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7 Dec 2011, 1:37 pm by Schachtman
  “To smoke or not to smoke,” Scientific American 375 (Dec. 9, 1871). [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 11:50 am by William McGrath
" Senator Brown's solution is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (or "STOCK") Act of 2011 (S. 1871), which "would prohibit members or employees of Congress, as well as Executive Branch employees, from using nonpublic information obtained through their public service for the purposes of investing or otherwise making a personal financial gain. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 10:16 am by Steve Bainbridge
Here's the key operative language from the version introduced by Senator Scott Brown (S. 1871): Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, by rule, prohibit any person from buying or selling the securities or security-based swaps of any issuer while such person is in possession of material nonpublic information relating to any pending or prospective legislative action relating to such issuer, if-- (A) such information was obtained by… [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 2:24 pm by Steve Bainbridge
  Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass) introduced S. 1871, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, on Wednesday. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 2:34 pm by Daniel Richardson
  The SCOV has finally cited George Eliot and her 1871 epic, Middlemarch! [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 10:26 am by Timothy Coates
  Pincus replied that grand juries performed the same function at common law in 1871, yet complaining witnesses could be sued for malicious prosecution. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 12:14 pm by library
Rulloff’s Restaurant in Collegetown is named after an infamous 19th century Ithaca resident, Edward Rulloff, who was convicted and hanged for murder in 1871. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 7:47 am by Timothy Coates
Paulk contends that most prosecutions in 1871 were not brought by public prosecutors but rather by private parties. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 3:11 am by Lyle Denniston
Background An old civil rights law, passed by Congress in 1871 and sometimes known as the “Ku Klux Klan Act,” provides a very wide-ranging option for individuals to sue for money damages if their constitutional rights have been violated — but that law’s expansive Section 1983 does not apply if the violator works for the federal government. [read post]
22 Oct 2011, 12:56 pm
The commemorative week was established as a remembrance of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 that lasted almost two days, killed more than 250 people, burned more than 2,000 acres, and left 100,000 people homeless. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 9:10 pm by Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)
Motion for Summary Judgment, Star-Advertiser v Abercrombie, No. 11-1-1871-08 (filed 10-18-2011) // [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 9:34 am
Lacey Municipal Court Address: Lacey Municipal Court 818 Lacey Rd Forked River, NJ 08731 Forked River - Lacey Town Information Lacey Township was incorporated as such in 1871 from portions of what are now known as Toms River and Barnegat Townships. [read post]
8 Oct 2011, 12:04 am
On this day in ...... 1871 (140 years ago today), on an autumn night that followed what had been a parched summer in Chicago, a city filled with wooden buildings, flames leaped in a barn. [read post]