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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto’s political institute attracts many ambitious Japanese – Xinhua News Agency

… analyst Akihiro Otani told Xinhua that while Hashimoto is stepping up measures to realize his political ideas including revision of the Local Autonomy Law to create an Osaka metropolitan government, he completely understands the political limitation …

Landlord registration law comes under fire in the Falls – Niagara Gazette

NIAGARA FALLS — Community leaders are looking for a change in a landlord registration law they helpd create two years ago. More than a half dozen block club officials and business district representatives encouraged city lawmakers on Modnay to continue … Continue reading

Canada: The Implied Covenant Of Good Faith And Fair Dealing: Delaware Rocks On – Mondaq

Viacom International, Inc. The Court dismissed a claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in a merger agreement … Under Delaware law, an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing inheres in every … Continue reading

Opponents Argue The Health Law ‘Went Too Far’ – Kaiser Health News

CQ HealthBeat: Health Care Law ‘Harmful’ For The Uninsured But Aids Insurers, NFIB Tells High Court Lawyers for the National Federation of Independent Business told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the health care law’s requirement that all …

Romney Goes On Offense Against Obama On Health Care, Birth Control Issues – Kaiser Health News

Politico: Rick Santorum Hits Even Popular Parts Of The ACA How much does Rick Santorum hate President Barack Obama’s health care law? So much that he even opposes the parts a lot of Republicans like. The Republican presidential candidate …

Obama Campaign to Return Fugitive’s Family’s Cash – Bloomberg

the maximum allowed under federal law, according to campaign filings. In total, they bundled donations of about $200,000 for Obama’s re-election effort, mostly from other family members. The New York Times, which first reported the returned …

Pepper Hamilton law firm in Phila. hires non-lawyer as CEO – The Business Journal

Pepper Hamilton Pepper Hamilton Latest from The Business Journals Smaller law firms working to secure spots in shale industry Hire an Esquire: Matchmaking for lawyers Switch at office managing partner post for Ogletree Deakins Follow this …

Private-Equity Lobbying Protected Romney’s Tax Benefit of Carried Interest – Yahoo Finance

Blackstone Group LP alone spent $5 million in 2011 lobbying Congress on issues including the tax treatment of carried interest. “If anything preserves the status quo, it will be the very heavy lobbying campaign,” said Edward Kleinbard, a law …

South Africa: Merger Control – Mondaq

In the 2010/11 financial year 229 mergers were notified to the Commission (up from the … With regard to competition or anti-trust laws, currently there is no significant body of law in the UAE dealing with these issues. There has … Continue reading

UK Attorney General: understand government anger over radical preacher being granted bail – Winnipeg Free Press

Britain’s Home Office had wanted cleric Abu Qatada to remain in prison while he fights a legal battle to avoid extradition … “Individuals enjoy the right to liberty and government is bound by the rule of law and has to … Continue reading