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H&R Block Can’t Proceed With TaxAct Maker Deal, Judge Rules – Bloomberg
Howell granted a permanent injunction, saying the “evidence before the court, including documents and factual and expert testimony” showed the proposed purchase violated antitrust law. She ordered that her opinion remain temporarily sealed …
Crime History: Son blows up mom’s flight, kills 44 – Washington Examiner
At the time, there was no federal law that made it a crime to blow up an airplane, so prosecutors charged him with one count first-degree murder of his mother. Colorado became the first state to sanction TV cameras in … Continue reading
Law firm prepares to move into renovated Elks Building – Rapid City Journal
Talbot Wieczorek, an attorney with Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson, Ashmore law firm, was telling his friend and contractor Peter Anderson about how the growing firm was looking for a larger space. Anderson knew that his father-in-law, Steve McCarthy …
Political pandering in D.C. – Washington Examiner
To win support from Hispanic voters, he issued an executive order mandating public safety officials ignore federal immigration laws. But he may have outdone himself this time. Last week, to maintain his African-American political base east of the Anacostia …
Obama’s Illegal-immigrant Crackdown: Implications for Hispanics – ABC News
Much has been made of how this is playing out on the state level, with Arizona and Alabama among the states passing tough immigration laws. But a crackdown, at least a partial one, has been happening at the federal level, … Continue reading
State medical marijuana law creates haze of ambiguity for medical community, spurs growth of certification clinics – MLive.com
Hayes said his family physician wouldn’t have qualified him to receive … the drug still is illegal under federal law. It is not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and doctors cannot write a prescription for it.
INDOT: Watch where you put those political signs – South Bend Tribune
State law requires INDOT personnel to remove all unauthorized signs within the state right of way. Those areas that must remain “sign free” for the safety of the motoring public include: All interstates and their interchanges; All intersections …
Homeschooling is promoted as a human right at international conference – Examiner
International law and the 1945 UN Declaration on Human Rights, have also affirmed this right. In Phoenix, Arizona, there are two organizations that stand as watchdogs and standard bearers for maintaining state laws that are favorable to home schooling.
Crime and Courts: Attorneys warn that bill to limit their fees will stick it to consumers – madison
The folks at John Lynch Chevrolet-Pontiac in Burlington could have called Randy Kaskin and told him they were about to do $5,000 of work on his truck, as required by state law. Or they could have admitted their mistake and … Continue reading
E&O underwriters find some legal practice areas problematic – Business Insurance
New York-based senior vp at Willis North America Inc. “When it comes to (intellectual property) law firms, you can have a firm profitable for years and years,” she said. For insurers, because intellectual property claims are “so expensive …
