North Dakota lawmaker expulsion reveals policy problems
JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press
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1of5At the state Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota on 3-4-2021, Rep. Luke Simons, R-Dickinson, speaks to members of the House to plead his case against his expulsion from the chamber due to accusations of workplace harassment and sexual harassment over the course of four years, Thursday, March 4, 2021. The members voted 69-25 to expel Simons from the legislature. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)MIKE MCCLEARY/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Rep. Emily O Brian, R-Grand Forks, describes her encounters with Rep. Luke Simons, R-Dickinson, during the debate of a resolution to expel Simons from the state Legislature on 3-4-2021 at the state Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota, Thursday, Mach 4, 2021. Simons was expelled by a 69-25 vote by the House members. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)MIKE MCCLEARY/APShow MoreShow Less
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons testifies at Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the proposed budgets for the FCC and the FTC on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 7, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons said on Tuesday that he would resign effective Jan. 29, along with members of his senior staff.
Simons, who announced his departure in a news release, did not say why he was leaving, but the FTC’s chief typically leaves when a new administration comes in.
The five-member FTC is also losing Democratic Commissioner Rohit Chopra, who has been nominated to head the Consumer Financial Protection Board.
Legal fight to collect $78k in unpaid fees continues
By Naomi Neilson|13 January 2021
A Queensland-based managing partner has had a win in an ongoing and often delayed legal fight to collect over $78,000 in legal fees from a client who frequently made many, unsubstantiated “excuses” and “sought adjournments at every opportunity”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has awarded costs to a Queensland firm and its managing partner for the expenses lost during a drawn-out legal fight, which began in mid-2019 and has been delayed time and again by the client. The cost award will cover two adjournments affected by last-minute “excuses” and a failure to prepare.