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30 Jun 2021, 5:00 pm
However, the Commonwealth has been pulled in the other direction in recent legislative sessions, with some now considering the state to be more aligned with progressive jurisdictions like California and Massachusetts, with more than a dozen employee-friendly pieces of legislation going into effect in 2020. [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal A Government Ethics Office Refused to Approve Kanye West’s Financial Disclosures from His Failed Presidential Campaign MSN – Grace Panetta (Business Insider) | Published: 4/19/2021 The Office of Government Ethics refused to sign off on Kanye West’s financial disclosure forms from his failed 2020 presidential campaign. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 5:13 pm
Commonwealth, 71 Va. [read post]
28 Feb 2021, 12:47 pm
Saris, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, member of President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST); Leonard P. [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 3:00 am
National/Federal Activist Shareholders Pressing Companies to Disclose More of Their Political Activity after Capitol Attack Washington Post – Tory Newmyer | Published: 2/23/2021 The insurrection at the Capitol continues to reverberate for major corporations that make campaign contributions. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 11:28 am
On numerous occasions here at Musings I have discussed the almost ridiculously picky nature of mechanic’s liens in the Commonwealth of Virginia. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm
National/Federal Beau Biden Foundation to Deny Lobbyist Donations, Make Major Donors Public The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 1/21/2021 The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, which works to combat child abuse and was named after President Biden’s late son, told donors it will make changes to increase transparency. [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 6:00 pm
Sebelius] Before the current pandemic, I had never read the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's opinion in Commonwealth v. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Amy Coney Barrett, a Disciple of Justice Scalia, Is Poised to Push the Supreme Court Further Right Washington Post – Michael Kranish, Robert Barnes, Shawn Boburg, and Ann Marimow | Published: 9/26/2020 The declarations of political war started coming fast as President Trump announced his nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. [read post]
16 Sep 2020, 6:30 am
(This is the deep meaning of the fact, for example, that four of the American states—Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky (originally, of course, part of Virginia)—styled themselves as “commonwealths,” i.e., communities organized around the seeking of a common good. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
Fewer Get to Congress Through Heredity Roll Call – Paul Fontelo | Published: 9/9/2020 Political dynasties were on the decline in Congress even before the recent Massachusetts Senate primary, in which Rep. [read post]
13 Aug 2020, 1:55 am
She both lives and works in Virginia now, and thus only incurs tax liability in Virginia. [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 7:18 am
" To "dissolve the political bands" revokes the "social compact" that existed between the Americans and the rest of "the People" of the British commonwealth, reinstates the "state of nature" between Americans and the government of Great Britain, and makes "the Laws of Nature" the standard by which this dissolution and whatever government is to follow are judged. [read post]
26 May 2020, 11:35 am
Professor Ray Winbush’s book, “Belinda’s Petition,” describes a petition she presented to the Massachusetts General Assembly in 1783, requesting a pension from the proceeds of her enslaver’s estate — an estate partly the product of her own uncompensated labor. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 12:42 pm
While the new law was passed quietly, it’s not particularly surprising that the Commonwealth sought to join the trend of restricting non-competes for low earners (see for example similar efforts in DC, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington, and Massachusetts)—especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that is sending unemployment rates soaring. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 8:30 am
The teller, Representative Gregg Harper of Mississippi, announced to the joint session, “The certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Colorado seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that Hillary Clinton of the State of New York received nine votes for President and Tim Kaine of the Commonwealth of Virginia received nine votes for Vice President. [read post]
23 Feb 2020, 4:17 am
Act. 6993, Delaware Chancery Court (Mar. 30, 2012) at 12; Brief of Amici Curiae Attorneys General for the Commonwealths of Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, the States of Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,… [read post]
27 Jan 2020, 1:58 am
He represented the losing slaveholder in the landmark Aves case, in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that slaves brought voluntarily into the Commonwealth (as opposed to fugitives) were immediately entitled to freedom. [read post]
23 Dec 2019, 4:00 am
Cummins, a partner with [Cummins Law] in Scranton that represents clients in civil litigation.Observers point to comparable rulings in federal and state courts including in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island.Frederick T. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 2:00 am
Two states (Connecticut and Virginia) will see notable changes to their sales tax base. [read post]
