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Osinbajo The Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed on Thursday that 30 out of 36 States in Nigeria have so far benefited from the salary bailout as at 18 May, 2016, and 35 States have applied for the Excess Crude Account-backed loans. The revelation was made during the National Economic Council presided over by the Vice President, Mr. […]

Addressing journalists on Thursday, representatives of the community condemned the description of a Boko Haram suspect, Mohammed Hayatu, caught alongside Amina, as her husband. The chairman of Chibok Community in Abuja, Tsambido Hosea, said Mr. Hayatu should rather have been reported as their daughter’s exploiter. “We condemn, in strong terms, the calling of Mohammad Hayyatu […]

The ECOWAS Court was today told in Abuja that the security details, including soldiers attached to the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Muhammad Sambo Dasuki had not been withdrawn by the federal government when his Asokoro Residence in Abuja was searched over allegations of unlawful possession of arms. An operative of the Department of State […]

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals took on an eyebrow-raising tone recently when it endorsed a pro-gun advocate notion that a “right to buy arms” is implied within the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. The decision is a major blow to Alameda County’s attempts to limit gun sales and the location of gun stores. […]Read More

It’s a fair question that deserves to be asked: does old but converted housing have to comply with the Fair Housing Act? No, say federal courts… so long as those converted buildings are built before March 13, 1991. FHA and Accessibility The Fair Housing Act was part of the overall Civil Rights Act (and movement) […]

Donald Trump released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court nominees yesterday. The list included none of the usual suspects like former Solicitor General Paul Clement. Indeed, Trump seems to have avoided almost all markers of “establishment” Supreme Court candidates. There is not a Harvard law grad in the bunch. What former SCOTUS clerks are […]

Here’s some good news for litigious Cadillac drivers. The Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s finding that purchasers of GM’s 2014 Cadillac CTS sedans could properly be certified as a class for purposes of suit. It’s a second validation for the plaintiffs, who had earlier beat opposing motions by GM in a lower federal […]Read More

Facing an extraordinarily troubling set of facts, a California appeals court decided to err on the side of an emotionally damaged killer whose life came spiraling down, culminating in a frenzied murder. In the view of the court, the statutory prohibitions that preclude expert testimony on the subject of mens rea were improperly applied to […]

There are 50 beautiful states in this country and you’ve probably got business in more than a few of them. As in-house counsel, you don’t need to memorize the commercial codes from California to Connecticut, but there are some important state issues that you should be aware of. States with big markets and lots of […]

Wyoming’s highest court has publicly censured a lawyer working out of the state’s capitol for charging a client $30,000 in interest fees on a bill that was originally just $41,000. So if you’re considering charging your clients almost 50 percent in interest, we recommend against it. Top tip? Just don’t. One could say that Cheyenne […]Read More

The weakness in precious metals – as the dollar soared – after yesterday’s Fed minutes has extended this morning as Fed’s Lacker unleashes even greater hawkish-ness. Gold is back at 3-week lows, back below $1250 with its biggest drop in 3 months… Double-whammy…Gold’s biggest one-day drop in 3 months on very heavy volume Now back […]Read More

As attention shifts from the fate of EgyptAir’s vanished flight MS804, which disappeared shortly before landing at 2:30am local time and which both Greek air traffic controllers and French president Hollande declared earlier ago has crashed, the focus turns to what happened during the doomed flight’s final moments. First, via the Guardian, here is a […]Read More