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13 Apr 2024, 3:33 pm by admin
Prelude to Litigation Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) was a widely used direct α-adrenergic agonist used as a medication to control cold symptoms and to suppress appetite for weight loss.[1] In 1972, an over-the-counter (OTC) Advisory Review Panel considered the safety and efficacy of PPA-containing nasal decongestant medications, leading, in 1976, to a recommendation that the agency label these medications as “generally recognized as safe and effective. [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 9:30 pm by ernst
We have word of a book launch for Arbitration and Mediation in Nineteenth-Century England by Francis Calvert Boorman and Rhiannon Markless:Arbitration and Mediation In Nineteenth-Century England rounds off Derek Roebuck’s series on the history of English arbitration, and is written by his collaborators on the previous volume, English Arbitration and Mediation in the Long Eighteenth Century, Francis Calvert Boorman and Rhiannon Markless. [read post]
25 Feb 2024, 12:37 am by Frank Cranmer
Privy Council An end-of-year post reported the events relating to a personal request to King Charles on Christmas morning for the exceptional opening of a closed churchyard: St Mary and St Eanswythe Folkestone. [read post]
15 Feb 2024, 9:32 am by Nathan Dorn
In a recent post, we highlighted Francis Hilliard, an author of many law books who flourished during the booming book trade of mid-19th century America. [read post]
8 Feb 2024, 9:36 am by Eugene Volokh
In 1868, the Senate refused to seat Philip Francis Thomas of Maryland, who served as treasury secretary under President Buchanan.[26] Championing the refusal, Senator Jacob Howard argued that when "principal public functionaries" including Thomas and Floyd had resigned from Buchanan's cabinet, they had been perfectly aware of the cabal "endeavoring to … beleaguer the city of Washington with the design of seizing it … and, at all events,… [read post]
2 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty last year to one count of unauthorized disclosure of income tax returns. [read post]
2 Jan 2024, 7:41 pm by Thomas James
The Front Page, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 1:11 am by David Pocklington
Where will Pope Francis be buried? [read post]
29 Nov 2023, 7:55 am
I am deighted to pass along the announcement of the publication of (Anne Wagner and Sarah Marusek (eds)) Research Handbook on Legal Semiotics (Edward Elgar, 2023). [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 7:52 am
And here he is opting out of an event with Pope Francis and King Charles and many other leaders. [read post]
20 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Charles Littlejohn admitted he obtained thousands of individuals’ tax returns by accessing an IRS database, and then leaked the materials to the New York Times and ProPublica beginning in 2019. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Charles Koch Has Given More Than $5 Billion of His Stock to Two MSN – Matt Durot (Forbes) | Published: 10/10/2023 Charles Koch is making big moves to ensure his charities and causes are funded long after he is gone. [read post]
29 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Lauren Boebert rents a Washington apartment from a top official for the right-wing advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, a key part of the conservative influence network originally funded by brothers Charles and David Koch. [read post]
5 Sep 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
In a recent book review in Foreign Affairs, Professor Charles King of Georgetown University diagnoses the rise of new versions of illiberal philosophies that purport to explain and provide direction for populist movements arising in the last few decades in the United States and around the world.[6] A trio of recent books, according to King, illustrate these views. [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Democratic Group Plans $10 Million Push to Protect Election Officials DNyuz – Nick Corasaniti (New York Times) | Published: 8/17/2023 A group that works to elect Democrats as the top election officials in states around the country is planning a $10 million venture to pay for private security for election officials of both parties, register new voters, and try to combat disinformation. [read post]
Charles Darwin’s cousin, Sir Francis Galton, developed the idea of eugenics, in 1888, as a way of producing an improved human race, primarily through the regulation of marriage and reproduction. [read post]