"If you have not filed the claim within two years, the state law requires that we assert the appropriate defense — what lawyers call the statute-of-limitations defense," Mr. Cardozo told Councilman David I. Weprin of Queens.
Well, there is this asset called the statute.
Is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act the "worst law in technology", as Columbia Law School's Tim Wu calls the statute?
That seems inconsistent with the plan documents (and with ERISA), but the inconsistency disappears if one calls the statute an invalidation of the principal and alternate beneficiary designations.
His rule uncontested, Casimir presided over a process of unification and codification of laws in the mid-14th century for Great and Little Poland that is often called the Statute of Wiślica.
One can of course escape the conflict between the plan documents (which require making payments to the named beneficiary) and the statute (which requires making payments to someone else) by calling the statute an invalidation of the designation of the named beneficiary, and by observing that the plan documents are silent on whether invalidation is to occur upon divorce.
The domestic achievements of Casimir may be subsumed under the slogan "One king, one law, one currency". His rule uncontested, Casimir presided over a process of unification and codification of laws in the mid-14th century for Great and Little Poland that is often called the Statute of Wiślica.
Recently I was deeply struck by a post called The Statute of Limitations on Regret, posted on the Get Rich Slowly blog.
The IRS also has due dates: there are limits on how much time can pass before the IRS may no longer assess and collect on federal income taxes, sometimes called the statute of limitations.
A number of American advocacy groups, including the ACLU and the National Iranian American Council, have also called the statute discriminatory, since it could effectively restrict travel to the US based on national origin.
