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Bar News - November 22, 2002 Morning Mail Award Winner Corrects Inaccuracies I am thrilled to be one of the recipients of this year’s New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association Marilla Ricker Award, and I enjoyed the article and photograph in this week’s (Oct. 18) Bar News. However, I feel compelled to correct a couple of the statements regarding my various activities. I am not on the board of directors for Mary Hitchcock Hospital, the NH Charitable Foundation or David’s House. I am on the board of overseers of those organizations and, in the case of the Charitable Foundation, my tenure ended this year. Furthermore, my work on the Legislative Committee to Study Residency Laws and on the United Developmental Services Human Rights Committee ended several years ago. I am aware that an inaccurate resume resulted in the firing of the new football coach at Notre Dame. I would hate to be rejected from consideration for the head coaching job based on inaccuracies with respect to my "accomplishments." Deborah J. Cooper Secret Settlements Are Against Public Policy I have just finished reading the article titled "US Chamber Peddling A Stale Product – A Tort ‘Crisis’," as well as the brief "No More Secret Settlements" under "Notes From a Messy Desk" (both appeared in the Nov. 8 Bar News). It would appear that there is going to be a steady drumbeat of attacks against the tort system and reasons to keep secret settlements. There was an article on page D1 of the Boston Globe on November 3, 2002, "The disclosure dilemma: Why a ban on secret legal settlements does more harm than good" by Richard A. Epstein. He contends that ending secret settlements will only further increase already excessive litigation. As the ABA president has done, the legal community must respond to any misleading, slanted or incomplete articles pertaining to the legal system and legal community. We need to do this in a very public way by submitting articles for publication in response to such articles so the public is not hearing just one voice. Bernard J. Wolfe Footnote to Immigration Law Article I just wanted to add a footnote to Lorne Fienberg’s informative article on immigration law after 9/11 (page 9 of the Nov. 8, 2002 Bar News). Effective Nov. 15, 2002, the INS recently adopted a rule requiring all citizens or nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan or Syria admitted to the U.S. prior to Sept 10, 2002, and who will remain in the U.S. after Dec.16, 2002, to appear before and register with the INS by Dec. 16, 2002. Failure to do so will make these aliens deportable and subject to criminal penalties. There are some exceptions. Interested persons should consult the INS office in Manchester or Boston. George Bruno |
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