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9 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Cast as Criminals, America’s Librarians Rally to Their Own Defense Yahoo News – Elizabeth Williamson (New York Times) | Published: 2/3/2024 As America’s libraries have become noisy and sometimes dangerous new battlegrounds in the nation’s culture wars, librarians and their allies have moved from the stacks to the front lines. [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Asian American Super PAC Launches Operation to Improve Understanding of Fastest-Growing Electorate MSN – Colby Itkowitz and Amy Wang (Washington Post) | Published: 4/11/2021 The AAPI Victory Fund super PAC, the top political organization representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, announced the creation of a new nonprofit group aimed at developing a greater understanding of the nuanced population that has long been excluded from conversations about issues such… [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 10:11 pm by Sam E. Antar
Rather, Overstock has been using various misleading methods to make up its own “straw-man” prices which it claims other merchants are charging for those products, and then claiming that its own prices are significantly lower.23. [read post]
2 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Canada – Trudeau’s Holiday Travel Didn’t Break the Rules, Ethics Commissioner Tells MPs CBC – Elizabeth Thompson | Published: 1/30/2024 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to Jamaica did not break the rules that govern gifts and travel for elected officials because the stay was a gift from a longtime family friend, Interim Ethics Commissioner Konrad Von Finckenstein told Members of Parliament (MP). [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Florida businesspeople Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested and accused of orchestrating a straw donor scheme that funneled money to numerous Republican committees, including a $325,000 contribution to a pro-Trump super PAC. [read post]
14 Dec 2022, 1:19 pm by Patricia Hughes
When I became a Canadian citizen, I admit I swore an oath to Queen Elizabeth II reluctantly, but now better appreciating the role of a separate head of state, I echo the comments Diane Francis made on this point: although she was not a monarchist, when she became a citizen, she “realized the oath wasn’t about upholding the monarchy or pledging fealty to a King or Queen. [read post]
14 Sep 2023, 6:00 am by Tad Lipsky
Another straw appeared in the wind on April 6 of that year, when then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch[1] gave a strong and unusually strident speech before the spring meeting of the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section, singling out anticompetitive mergers for especially pointed criticism, and dismissing some recent proposed transactions as unworthy even of contemplation by the firms involved—a theme laced with scorn for antitrust counselors, their business clients, and the… [read post]
22 Apr 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Watchdog Cracks Down on Untraceable Super PAC Donations MSN – Zach Montellaro (Politico) | Published: 4/15/2022 A statement from four of the six members of the FEC indicated the agency would now start cracking down on straw donations to super PACs that are funneled through limited liability companies (LLCs) by requiring disclose of who is behind the LLCs. [read post]
6 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Texas, Florida Social Media Cases and More MSN – Ann Marimow and Cat Zakrzewski (Washington Post) | Published: 9/29/2023 The Supreme Court said it would wade into the future of free speech online and decide whether laws passed in Texas and Florida can restrict social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts. [read post]
7 Feb 2015, 10:54 am by Bill Marler
Bill Marler made history with the horrendous 1993 Jack in the Box food poisoning outbreak. [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 3:30 am by Greg Lambert and Marlene Gebauer
For those of us in large law firms, we understand that Practice Group Leaders have the following responsibilities: Develop a strategy for the Practice Group (PG) Advance the business development of the PG Ensure equitable distribution of work among the more junior PG attorneys Identify attorneys within the practice who are struggling and find mentoring and coaching opportunities for them Practice law at the same time For Lathrop GPM’s Intellectual Property Group, Kate Tompkins can do all of… [read post]