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29 Nov 2009, 9:11 pm
The Washington Legal Foundation will be co-sponsoring a panel discussion with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers this Wednesday morning Dec. 2 in Washington, D.C., with former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh of K&L Gates, Brady Dugan of Akin Gump,... [read post]
5 Sep 2006, 11:42 am
Shortly after Warren Buffett announced that he was giving away the vast bulk of his estate to the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, I heard a story on NPR that interviewed Buffett's granddaughter, Nicole Buffett. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 6:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
Prince Alwaleed has been in close coordination with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the charity... [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 6:41 am by David Edelstein
s life has taken a turn for the better, thanks to his jailhouse lawyering skills and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 5:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.
  In Delaware, therefore, directors are independent even if they receive substantial fees, are friends of the CEO, serve on the board of non-profits that receive substantial contributions from the company (or its foundation), and if they are in the same economic strata as Bill Gates. [read post]
On August 15, 2022, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule introducing new controls on four “emerging and foundational technologies” that were identified during the December 2021 plenary meeting of the multilateral Wassenaar Arrangement. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 12:25 pm by Michael Froomkin
The Heritage Foundation Then and Now — Counterpunch. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 8:21 am
Gates, whose charitable foundation has given away more than $3 billion since 1999 for educational programs and scholarships, noted that about 30 percent of U.S. ninth-graders fail to graduate on time. [read post]
4 May 2011, 2:59 am
Eight major foundations announced Tuesday that they have launched an initiative to solve long-term national and international food and agriculture policy issues.Called AGree, the effort is being funded by the Ford Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, W.K. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 7:36 am by Ted Frank
Following up on my earlier post, my brother reminds me that Buffett plans to avoid billions of dollars of estate and capital gains taxes by donating his fortune to charity—suggesting that he believes that the Gates Foundation can better spend his money than the US government can. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 8:25 am by Sheldon Toplitt
" Sources for the grant money include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the John & James Knight Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Wallace Foundation, the Times article noted.Because the grants are for specific projects, they will not affect NPR's $6 million deficit that is expected to prompt a 10 percent staff reduction in 2014 (see "TUOL" post 9/13/13). [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 12:23 am by centerforartlaw
In 1992, the Barnes collection went on a 12-stop international tour, bringing in some much needed cash to repair the Merion building but ultimately also brought in massive crowds wanting to see the newly world-renowned collection.[21] Neither the neighborhood in Merion nor the building itself could keep up with the numbers of visitors that were now lining up at the gates. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 9:03 pm by Jonan Pilet
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is working toward getting the basics in place so good food safety can become possible. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 1:57 pm by Trinie Thai-Parker
The Guardian newspaper, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched a new website recently that focuses on global development and keeping governments accountable for achieving the 8 millennium development goals (MDG), which they signed up to through the United Nations Millennium Declaration. [read post]
25 Nov 2015, 6:29 pm by Brian Frye
Some of these charitable trusts, like the Gates Foundation, are multi-billion dollar enterprises. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:50 am by Michael B. Stack
The post 4 Foundational Elements of Return to Work Success appeared first on Work Comp Roundup. [read post]
30 Apr 2023, 11:25 am by Gene Takagi
Institutions such as the Ford, Gates, Heron, MacArthur, and McKnight foundations are using the full array of tools at their disposal— from program-related investments that come out of their grantmaking funds to commercial investments that draw from their endowments. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 10:58 pm
 The estate tax gets the Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Waltons (WalMart) type business owners. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 1:32 pm
With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the National Center for State Courts, the Center-hosted Self-Represented Litigation Network, in cooperation with the Legal Services Corporation, is presenting: A Training on Public Libraries and Access to Justice January 11-12, 2010, Austin, Texas Information on Application Process With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the National Center for State Courts, the Center-hosted… [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 10:43 am by Steve Bainbridge
The Washington Legal Foundation now has a video channel of legal briefs on Youtube. [read post]