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Business governance proposals criticised – Financial Times

The government is poised to decide on changes to company law by December, when it is expected to publish … insufficient attempts to improve corporate governance in Japan, after all the lapses that have occurred this year,” said Nicholas Benes, … Continue reading

Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the Justices – Gainesville Sun

And if, as expected, the Supreme Court soon announces that it will hear a challenge to last year’s health care law, it seems increasingly likely that it will be Mr. Clement who argues, in the thick of the 2012 campaign, … Continue reading

Law school hopefuls attend information session for application tips Wednesday – Shorthorn

Political science junior Brittany Council said she wants as much information as possible about applying to law school. Council attended an information session Wednesday by Cynthia Hall Clements, Texas Tech University School of Law admissions and …

Fracking Litigation Conference in Dallas Dec. 13, HB Announces – Yahoo Finance

DALLAS, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Responding to the controversy and need for clear legal perspectives around “hydraulic fracturing,” commonly called “fracking,” HB Litigation Conferences will hold its second conference on the subject in Dallas on Dec …

Federal agents say environmental laws hamper work – USA Today

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal agents trying to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border say they’re hampered by laws that keep them from driving vehicles on huge swaths of land because it falls under U.S. environmental protection, leaving it to wildlife …

Border Agents: Environmental Laws Hurt Work – Officer.com

WASHINGTON — Federal agents trying to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border say they’re hampered by laws that keep them from driving vehicles on huge swaths of land because it falls under U.S. environmental protection, leaving it to wildlife — and …

Bernie Madoff’s Daughter-In-Law Spills 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Madoff Family – The Business Insider

Stephanie Madoff Mack has just published a memoir and it’s harrowing stuff. Mack tragically lost her husband, Bernie’s son Mark, to suicide in 2010. The book is called “The End of Normal: A Wife’s Anguish, a Widow’s New Life” and … Continue reading

25 Egyptian prisoners let go in swap for Ilan Grapel, law student held as spy to be freed Thursday – New York Daily News

Grapel, his family and friends all vehemently denied the charges. The law student was raised in Queens and moved to Israel in 2005 where he served in the military and then enrolled in Georgia’s Emory Law School. Grapel’s father said … Continue reading

House repeals law withholding contractors’ taxes – AZFamily

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until they … Continue reading

Good-bye to never-used tax withholding law – United Press International

The 2005 law, the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act, was intended to partly offset the cost of tax cuts, Business Law Daily reported Thursday. It required the government to withhold 3 percent of the payment on government contracts …