Lawyers for Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state was not taking a position on whether to split the primary, and deferred the matter to the political parties.
"Until now, there have been no written guidelines or policies governing the conduct of Office of the Attorney General lawyers handling such informal consultations.
He will be replaced by Jean-François Dubos, currently the company's chief lawyer general counsel, although it is not clear if this appointment is permanent.
So the cry goes out for a lawyer – general counsel, no less – to advise British administrators on matters of dispute and draft legislation.
The remarks from Apple's top lawyer, general counsel Bruce Sewell, were made in a conference call with reporters just hours after the Justice Department submitted a legal brief that accused the technology company of trying to usurp power from the government.
It may help, too, that she is not a lawyer, general or professor, like previous secretaries of state, but a politician who has seen at first hand the high politics of the White House and the low politics of the Senate and the campaign trail.
The speech of the day, though, was made by another lawyer, Dominic Grieve, attorney general in the coalition years.
On paper, Roland Burris has the credentials to be Commerce Secretary: accountant, banker, lawyer, comptroller, attorney general, U.S. Senator, oh, and, don't forget, registered lobbyist.
Lawyers for the attorney general will meet in Washington tomorrow with officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to discuss the sale.
