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Just after the close of trading in a post on its blog, Tesla announced that yesterday evening (one wonders why if the company knew about it yesterday did it wait until after the close on quarter end Friday to release the news), that one of its cars had been involved in a fatal crash while […]

When looking at the kneejerk devastation in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, JPM’s head quant Marko Kolanovic said that he expects up to $300 billion in program selling, coupled with 5-10% in near-term downside to the S&P500. While Kolanovic was correct about quant and technical fund flows, what he likely did not factor in […]

Nigerian stocks closed trading on a negative note as the all share index dropped -0.72%. Market capitalization at the close of trading was N10,165,342,294,541.06. Highlights of today’s trading session. NSE All Share Index was 29,597.79 down –0.72%. Market capitalization closed at N10.16 trillion compared to yesterday’s market capitalization of N10.2 trillion. Volume of shares traded was 342,604,114.00 units. […]Read More

Note: “Buy” refers to the rate you pay if you want to buy forex. “Sell” is the rate that you sell to parallel market operators. Our rates are obtained from black market operators on the mainland and the island of Lagos. We prefer to publish the higher of the two. Dollars Buy   – N350 […]

The Supreme Court ended its most recent term with a bang on Monday, reversing the Fifth Circuit and declaring that Texas’s restrictions on abortion providers constituted an undue burden on a woman’s access to abortion, in violation of the Constitution. In Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Court rejected the Fifth Circuit’s determination that uncertainty […]Read More

Drones have been around for some time now. What was perhaps the first aerial bombardment of a city involved a sort of proto-drone. In 1849, Austria employed “unmanned aerial vehicles” (balloons filled with remote-controlled bombs) against revolting Venetians. By the late 1950’s, the U.S. Air Force was routinely using unmanned aircraft during missions in hostile […]Read More

I’m representing a famous former NLF player, accused of domestic assault. I’m concerned that my client won’t pass a drug test, so I send a quick text message: “Heaven help us if one of the conditions is to pee in a bottle.” Except I don’t send it to co-counsel, as I thought. I send it […]Read More

Your company will be hacked. It’s as certain as death and taxes. In light of this, what the diligent in-house attorney can do is make sure all of the company’s affairs and records are in order. If a government investigation takes place, you should be ready. Below we cover data breach notification requirements along with […]

Yesterday, California’s Secretary of State announced that the recreational marijuana measure had obtained more than enough signatures to be included on this November’s ballot. The amount of money supporters have raised is $3.53 million according to the Sacramento Bee — 31 times more than opponents have raised to block the measure. The development is consistent […]Read More

Besides having the hardest bar exam of the states, California also has the greatest concentration of unaccredited law schools in the nation. And in the rank-obsessed world of law, this is not a good reputation to have. Well, one of those schools has announced that it will be enrolling its last first year class and […]

Imagine you drove your car into a bad part of town, parked on the side of the street, and walked away to go eat dinner. When you came back, you discovered that thieves broke your car’s windows and stole your backpack and mobile device hidden in the trunk. How would you react if you found […]

Before Britain can begin its withdrawal from the European Union, it will have to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which allows EU members to begin their divorce from the Union. But if you’ve entered into agreements and contracts that have been frustrated by the Brexit, you too might be able to invoke […]