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7 Feb 2012, 1:00 pm
The Federal District Court of the Northern District of California ruled that Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California, was unconstitutional. California voters passed Proposition 8 by 52% of votes in November 2008. The court ruled 2... [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 7:00 am
Hillary Clinton, speaking as US Secretary of State, condemned violence against members of the press in Egypt, noting that "freedom of the press" is one of the pillars of an "open and inclusive society." Meanwhile, in the United States itself,... [read post]
2 May 2012, 9:24 am
Another interesting panel from the Molken Institute conference: Speakers: Leon Black, Founding Partner, Apollo Management, LP David Bonderman, Founding Partner, TPG Capital Jonathan Nelson, CEO and Founder, Providence Equity Partners Jonathan Sokoloff, Managing Partner, Leonard Green & Partners Scott Sperling,... [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 3:40 pm
According to this story from Bloomberg, the SEC sued a Michigan man, claiming he traded on information he learned from a houseguest about the impending acquisition of Brink’s Home Security Apparently, the investment banker for Tyco International Inc., the buyer,... [read post]
1 May 2012, 12:03 pm
The always interesting Annual Milken Institue Global Conference is happening now. Here is the panel on the outlook for M&A. Speakers: Anthony Armstrong, Co-head, Americas M&A, Credit Suisse Maria Boyazny, Founder and CEO, MB Global Partners James Casey, Co-Head of... [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 6:00 am
Saiz Ahmed, an American Ph.D student studying in Kabul, spent hours huddled in his fourth-floor hotel room at the Hotel Inter-Continental while the hotel was under attack. At one point during the almost six hour ordeal, Ahmed decided to write... [read post]
17 May 2013, 2:00 pm
Daisha Inman has allegedly blown over $1 million of her children’s $60 million inheritance since 2010. Daisha Inman was married to Walker Inman Jr., the nephew of tobacco heiress Doris Duke. Following his death, the Duke fortune is now held... [read post]
16 May 2013, 4:00 pm
On December 19, 2012, Larry Delassus, 62, died of heart disease during a court hearing at which he was fighting Wells Fargo’s wrongful foreclosure of his Hermosa Beach condominium. Deborah Popovich, the estate administrator, is now suing the bank for... [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 10:13 pm
As anticipated, the Department of Justice has filed a complaint in Arizona federal court seeking a declaration and injunction that Arizona SB 1070, the controversial statute signed into law April 23 regarding immigration is unconstitutional. The DOJ complaint has three... [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 7:01 pm
Four GOP House members this week asked the Inspector General for the U.S. Agency for International Development to investigate whether the Obama administration misused appropriated funds to support Kenya's proposed constitution. Reps. Chris Smith, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Darrell Issa, and Frank... [read post]
6 Dec 2012, 6:07 am
Some excellent reporting and gathering of materials from C-SPAN on the Bradley Manning case, involving constitutional issues of state secrets, First Amendment, and due process, among others. Today's daily "read" is the video from an event discussing the Manning case... [read post]
19 May 2013, 8:00 am
Following a court ruling allowing for transsexuals to marry in Hong Kong’s New Territories, new questions have arisen concerning inheritance rights, matrimonial rights, and sex offenses. By covering male-to-female transsexuals under the definition of “woman,” does a male-to female transsexual... [read post]
31 May 2010, 9:00 pm
BP has established a claims process and has repeatedly indicated in the news media that it will pay "all legitimate claims". Putting aside for the moment what a legitimate claim is, why would a company voluntarily offer to pay millions... [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 1:16 pm
A panel of the Second Circuit has reversed the district judge's summary judgment against plaintiffs who claimed that a portion of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ("FAA") amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”), is unconstitutional. In... [read post]
11 Mar 2012, 3:13 pm
Alexandria police arrested Wilder Kentucky’s police chief, Tony Rouse, on March 1, 2012 and charged him with Driving Under the Influence. Rouse had been Wilder’s chief of police for 11 years.
Alexandria police began looking for the pickup driven by Rouse after a concerned citizen called the Campbell County dispatch and issued a complaint about a possible drunk driver in a pickup.
Rouse’s arraignment is set for March 22 in Campbell District Court.
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