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Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, A common misconception in America today is that our nation is evenly divided between conservatives and liberals in an absolute sense. This is not necessarily true. Though national elections always seem to progress along a 51 percent to 49 percent opposition, with red states barely beating our blue states […]

With the USD Index stretching to its longest winning streak of the year, jawboned by numerous Fed speakers explaining how April is ‘live’ (and everyone misunderstood the dovishness of Yellen), it appears that The PBOC wanted to send a message to The Fed – Raise rates and we will unleash turmoil on your ‘wealth creation’ […]

2 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it had cleared several Boko Haram camps in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, killed five suspected terrorisrs, and rescued 180 Hostages. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the Acting Director, Public Relations, for the Nigerian Army said in a statement that […]

The Federal Government has set up a panel to investigate the activities at the nations’ anti-corruption agencies namely, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission ICPC. Purpose of the panel formulation is to investigate high profile corruption cases allegedly compromised by the EFCC officials. Known […]

It’s one thing to be in house counsel; it’s another thing to be general counsel. If you’re general counsel, you’re it. Things get even hairier if you’re solo general counsel. The legal position of the executives and the entire company essentially rests on your professional legal opinion because you’re the only one around in your […]Read More

In a case that will actually make some people take sides with lawyers against the Social Security Administration, the Second Circuit recently found that applicable federal law of Sovereign Immunity shields the SSA from suit. There aren’t too many cases out there where people can agree that lawyers got the short end of the stick, […]

Ever wonder what the legal world would be like if the Supreme Court was composed exclusively of drag queens? Wonder no more. RuPaul, ‘Supermodel of the World’ and perhaps the world’s most famous female illusionist, gave us some gender-bending Supreme Court insights on RuPaul’s Drag Race this week, as contestants were instructed to serve up […]Read More

It turns out that one of the best ways to aggravate and intensify a penal sentence against you in California is to be carrying a concealed weapon while you commit a crime. This is demonstrated in the crime of People v. Aguilar. The legal issue at bar is whether “crimes of moral turpitude” include not […]

We’re surrounded by unorganized, unstructured data: old case files, public records, mountains upon metaphorical mountains of electronically stored information, and even the emoticons in your emails. This data can be mined for valuable information. That, at least, is the promise of “big data,” that data with low information density, but huge volume can be organized […]

The Supreme Court heard lively oral arguments this morning in a case over whether religious organizations must comply with Affordable Care Act rules on the provisioning of contraception through employee health insurance plans. Those employers, which include religious universities, hospitals, and one group of nuns, don’t actually provide contraception directly, however. They are already exempt […]

Here’s the startup dream: find an untapped need, (say, cheaper travel lodgings or easier cars on demand,) put together a new product to meet that need, “disrupt the paradigm,” and get rich in the process. But, as the rise of Uber, Airbnb, and Spotify show, that fast growth can soon run headfirst into a legal […]

Members of Ekiti State House of Assembly have demanded an unreserved apology from the Department of State Services (DSS) over the 4th March 2016 invasion of the House of Assembly and unlawful detention of a member of the House, representing Efon Constituency, Hon. Afolabi Akanni for 18 days, threatening to seek redress and damages in […]