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In a case that circles around the question of whether making terrorist threats is a crime of moral turpitude, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals moved against the majority convention and remanded the BIA case to be reviewed under a correct application of law. This is a good opportunity for immigration lawyers to understand the […]

You were inspired to pursue the law by Atticus Finch — before the rewrite. You always wanted a career helping others. Or you just want to get out of debt sooner. Either way, public interest law is for you. And while public interest law might not make you the richest lawyer ever, odds are that […]

North Carolina has faced a significant backlash since it adopted House Bill 2, a law meant to force transgender individuals to use the bathroom of their birth gender, rather than the gender they identify with. PayPal cancelled plans to expand to Charlotte, Lionsgate and A+E have refused to film in the state, and last week, […]

Are you tired of your BigLaw boss’s spittle flying across the room and hitting you in the face? Are getting tired of the tension at the office that’s so thick you can practically cut it with a knife? Are you in desperate need of a break from the stresses of the large law firm experience? […]

According to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook walked away with a ruling in favor of an American company … in China! But is this a sea-change for intellectual property rights in China? How It Began Despite being blocked in the world’s most populous country, Facebook’s name still carries a bit of a cache. It may […]

Chelsea Can Challenge For Trophies Again Next Season The Serbian midfielder expects the Blues to bounce back from this season’s disappointment by challenging for honours next term but has hinted he could leave the club in the summer Nemanja Matic believes Chelsea will be challenging for top honours again next season after a disappointing 2015-16 campaign. The […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari heartily felicitates with elder statesman and former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan on his 80th birthday. On this special occasion, President Buhari commends his immense contribution to national peace and development which he has exemplified as an accomplished administrator, astute businessman and patriot.   The President believes that the […]

Emergent militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has listed some conditions that should be met by the Federal Government before peace can be returned in the Niger Delta, vowing to “crumble the economy” if its demands are not met. The group of whom President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the military to crush, had claimed […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in alliance with law enforcement agencies are investigating some controversial financial transactions in some commercial banks operating in the nation. Our checks reveals that about five banks, Access, FCMB, Fidelity, Firstbank and Sterling bank are being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over transactions undertaken at the order of the […]Read More

Just as the government did in the lead up to The Scottish Referendum in 2014, it appears David Cameron is already escalating the so-called Project Fear. In a stunning statement of sheer fearmongery, clearly reflecting the establishment’s panic at the rise of Brexit votes in the polls, The Telegraph reports UK PM David Cameron warned […]

Submitted by Thad Beversdorf via FirstRebuttal.com, I’ve been recently tracking the Presidential odds on PaddyPower, an Ireland domiciled online gambling site.  Here are the current odds: For those not in the world of gambling, you can interpret the odds by saying the first number is the amount of cash you will win given a cash […]

“At the end of the day, negative interest rates are taxes in sheep’s clothing. Few economists would ever claim that raising taxes on households will stimulate spending. So why would they think negative interest rates will?“ Those are the shocking words of St.Louis Fed Director of Research Christopher Waller whose brief note today will be […]Read More