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154 VOL. 72 PART 1 JANUARY 2014 THE ADVOCATE battle of experts. No doubt, in the dusty back corridors of the New Orleans courthouse, settlement negotiations will be surreptitiously conducted. One wonders, and the gnomes wonder, why the parties don’t wait until the first issue is decided before plowing on with what must be a monumentally costly second phase, which might be avoided if the judge finds that BP was not grossly negligent. This litigation has been bedeviled by accusations of misconduct in the administration of the court-supervised claims program. The FBI director, one Louis Freeh, has issued a report that found that several members of the staff administering the program had taken kickbacks for referrals. So far, Judge Barbier has rejected BP’s three separate requests that settlement payments be suspended. November 15, 2013, saw the annual bencher elections. Re-elected in Vancouver were David Mossop, Q.C., Miriam Kresivo, Q.C., Tony Wilson, Herman Van Ommen, Q.C., and Maria Morellato, Q.C. Elected for the first time were Joseph Arvay, Q.C., Sharon Matthews, Q.C., Jeevyn Dhaliwal, Jamie Mclaren Craig, Q.B. Ferris, Elizabeth Rowbotham and A. Cameron Ward. In Victoria, Pinder K. Cheema, Q.C., and Dean P.J. Lawton were elected. Nancy G. Merrill was re-elected by acclamation in Nanaimo. In New Westminster, Philip A. Riddell was re-elected and W. Martin Finch, Q.C., was elected. In the Kootenays, Lynal E. Doerksen was re-elected by acclamation while Tom Fellhauer had the same fate in the Okanagan district. Lee Ongman and Gregory Petrisor were both re-elected in the Cariboo district. Last, but by no means least, District No. 8, Prince Rupert, saw a hard-fought battle in which Barry Zacharias was re-elected by acclamation. Thanks to all who ran for election, whether successful or not. Those who toil in the basement of the Advocate office have been keeping a watchful eye on developments in the J.P. Morgan, London Whale case. Extradition proceedings have been launched against the employees Javier Martin-Artajo, now living in his native Spain, and Julien Grout, now in his native France. U.S. federal authorities expect to have Martin-Artajo in hand soon, but anticipate problems with Grout. France does not generally extradite its own citizens. Meanwhile the Justice Department is in settlement talks with J.P. Morgan and is seeking $11 billion from the bank over its sale of questionable mortgage securities: a separate matter from the Whale case. The Advocate supposes that the bank has the resources to fork over such large sums in fines, which, presumably, would not be tax deductible. As we go to press it is reported that J.P. Morgan has settled the mortgage securities fraud for $13.5 billion. Some of this sum is said to be destined to
THE ADVOCATE VOL. 72 PART 1 JANUARY 2014 155 compensate victims. Well, that’s nice: but how many million victims were there? Typographical curiosities: # Everybody uses this symbol. It is sometimes referred to as a pound sign, but more recently a hashtag. It is an abbreviation of Libra Pondo, a pound by weight. In medieval England, the “lb” was written with a tilde (like the squiggle that appears above the n in señor), which signifies a contraction. Thence it was corrupted into # by scribes in a hurry. In English it is also known as a comment sign (in programming languages), a cross (in China), a hex (in Singapore and Malaysia), an octothorp (or octotherp) and a space (in galley proofs). The word “octothorp” first appeared on a 1973 U.S. patent for a telephone by Bell Labs, whose engineers claim to have coined the word in 1968. The octothorp should not be confused with the musical notation for sharp notes. The sharp sign (♯) also has two sets of intersecting parallel lines, although these rise from left to right (so as not to clash with the horizontal lines of the musical staff). The vertical lines in a sharp are also perfectly vertical, whereas in an octothorp they are often slanted. Arlene M. Doll, Frank S. Borowicz, Q.C., Thomas G. Lewis and Lisa M. Wong have been appointed members of the Mental Health Review Board, while Margaret Ostrowski, Q.C., Joan A. Bubbs, Maureen E. Baird, Q.C., Wayne N. Plenert, Tiina P. Williams and Oleg H. Tomchenko have all been reappointed. Ms. Ostrowski has been designated as chair. Richard T. Taylor was reappointed as a director and vice-chair of the British Columbia Assessment Authority for a term to October 31, 2016. J. Richard W. Hall recently ended his four-year federal government Governor in Council appointment. To stay busy, he will be assuming the inaugural position of president of the Tulita Land Development Corporation, which represents the Sahtu Dene and Metis in the Northwest Territories. Tajdin I. Mitha, David J. Handelman and Carrie H. Manarin were all reappointed as members of the Employment Assistance Appeal Tribunal. Firoz Kassam has been appointed to the Drugs Benefit Council of British Columbia for a term ending December 31, 2015. The Collaborative Family Separation Professionals of Victoria are presenting a collaborative practice training in that city on March 6, 7 and 8, 2014.
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