Political and Legal Law

3M Shareholders Protest Corporate Political Spending – Law.com

The company also points out that its contributions strictly comply with the law. And it says it discloses all contributions in excess of $10,000 to third-party groups while detailing the company’s political activities and issue advocacy on its corporate …

PM calls for early elections on September 4 – Jerusalem Post

Kadima and opposition leader Shaul Mofaz visited Camp Sucker, the protest group for universal service, at its tent outside the Likud political convention. According to Mofaz, an early election, which will lead to the Tal Law being extended for six … Continue reading

Highlights of House GOP budget cuts – Denver Post

Cuts spending by 4 percent over coming decade. Health Care—Cuts the president’s overhaul law in several ways, saving $66 billion. Cuts include requiring those receiving health insurance subsidies to repay excess subsidies when their income …

Bert Johnson Asks Eric Holder To Investigate Emergency Manager Law, Voter Suppression – Huffington Post

Conyers claimed the law violated the contract clause of the U.S. Constitution … “I’m not sure that a clear-cut, clean bankruptcy free of politics would not have been the best option,” he said. “It was never explored.” Detroit’s consent …

Political Blotter: Boxer brisk and brusque, but bullish on bipartisanship – San Jose Mercury News

Read more and post comments at IBAbuzz.com/politics. April 29 Last week’s Bloomberg Businessweek … The Senate passed its version — which would expand the law’s funding and protections for same-sex couples, immigrants and tribal communities …

John Edwards’ cash wasn’t political, Rachel “Bunny” Mellon’s lawyer says – Politico.com

The Justice Department alleges that Edwards broke the law during his 2008 presidential campaign by … aside from vision problems that have reportedly left her blind. A political consultant who managed Edwards’s 2004 presidential campaign …

As Putin Takes Kremlin, Political Prisoners Get Six More Years – Forbes

and one who wields actual power of the law. To others, Putin is lawless; a new Russia Czar who is only against oligarchs that don’t play by his rules.  Meanwhile, those that did not leave the country had to give … Continue reading

Splintered Vote Throws Greek Politics Further Into Confusion – New York Times

Greek law gives the front-runner three days to form a government … the election results also marked the end of a political era for the Socialists and New Democracy. “The established parties were collapsed — they had too much pressure … Continue reading

Vote Throws Greek Politics Further Into Confusion – New York Times

Greek law gives the front-runner three days to form a government … the election results also marked the end of a political era for the Socialists and New Democracy. “The established parties were collapsed — they had too much pressure … Continue reading

Massachusetts Republican chairman asks Harvard to investigate Elizabeth Warren’s minority status – Union-News & Sunday Republican

Maginn wrote that from 1984 through 1995, Warren designated herself as a “minority” in the American Association of Law Schools deskbook. Warren was hired by Harvard in 1995. “The problem is that Ms. Warren is not a Native American.