(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) MANILA - The Philippines and South Korea further strengthened military ties through the signing of a term of reference (TOR) which calls for an Army-to-Army level collaboration. Philippine Army (PA) chief, Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. and Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) chief-of-staff Gen. Nam Yeong-shin signed the TOR in a virtual ceremony on Thursday. This is in accordance with the June 2018 memorandum of understanding between the Philippines' Department of National Defense and South Korea's Ministry of National Defense. "I have this hope that through this TOR, the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea will have an ironclad alliance that is ready to face security and defense challenges not only in our respective countries but as well as in the Indo-Pacific Region," Brawner said in a statement. The TOR covers the following areas of cooperation reciprocal visits, mutual exchange of Army related insights and information
The Philippine Army (PA) and the Republic of Korea Army vowed stronger ties on military education and training, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and other areas of cooperation amid security and defense challenges in the region and beyond.
Fighting the “Big” New York Law Firm
Antitrust Is More Interesting Than You Think, Part IV May 24, 2021
Here are more vignettes to show you what it was like to try a case a big case with Mr. W, the senior Reed Smith partner who looked terrific but whose elevator didn’t seem to go all the way to the top floor. After that I’ll return to my original topic: “Antitrust Is More Interesting Than You Think.”
Trial tactics
Over lunch one day in the bomb shelter/restaurant, about a week before the trial started, Mr. W said to me, “Let’s talk trial strategy.”
May 18, 2021
(Photo: Fayetteville Police Department) Surveillance video released by police shows an SUV driving around a traffic circle in Fayetteville, N.C., passing close to a group of Black Lives Matter protesters, May 7, 2021. Law enforcement officials said that lane is not currently open for traffic.
(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) A North Carolina judge has been charged with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly almost hitting Black Lives Matter protesters with his car.
In a video of the May 7 incident released by police, an SUV reportedly driven by North Carolina Appeals Court Judge John M. Tyson appears to drive around a traffic circle past protesters, then move into the innermost lane of the circle near where protesters are standing and drive past them again.
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“I will say I’ve reviewed the surveillance footage,” he said. “It will be labeled Defense Exhibit #1.”
The video shows an SUV driving in a lane that is closed to traffic and painted with a mural adorned with the words “Black Lives Do Matter” and “End Racism Now.” One of the protesters, Myah Warren, testified that Tyson was driving the SUV and that it almost hit her and others. The group organizing the protest, FAM: Fayetteville Activist Movement, noted: