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  • In Statement, Sokoto APC Mocks PDP After LG Poll Defeat

    2 Shares Share Tweet Share Share Email APC Press Statement PDP and Sokoto LG Poll: Ranting of Sore Losers The attention of the Sokoto State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to a statement issued by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of the defeated parties that participated in the March 12, […]
  • As Egypt Abandons Capital Controls Is CBN The Last Man Standing?

    PAT MELIK After Egypt abandoned its longstanding struggle to hold the value of its currency against the dollar, all eyes will be on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and President Muhammadu Buhari who have stubbornly refused to heed sound economic counsel to devalue the naira despite economic distortions from the current policy.  The Central Bank […]
  • N5 Million Up For Grabs If Your Stockbroker Sells Your Shares Without Your Approval

    The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has begun the implementation of the newly amended rules which is aimed at tightening the issues surrounding unauthorised sale and transfer of shares by unscrupulous stockbroking firms and traders. The NSE had last week started the implementation of the detailed and tougher rule regarding the fraudulent sale of shares. Under […]
  • One Reason Why Nigerian Stocks Could Remain Depressed For A Long Time

    For investors in the Nigerian stock market frustration is currently the order of the day. Investors have seen share prices plummet to historical low price to earnings levels indicating that we are in a period of lack of demand. To make matters worse, some of the companies have actually declared impressive returns and rewarded shareholders […]
  • 1st Cir Says Justice Has Been Served for Whitey Bulger

    Justice has been served and nothing that happened at the lower federal level warranted a reversal of James “Whitey” Bulger’s convictions arising out of his participation with 11 murders and his East Coast criminal enterprise. One of the issues critical to the case concerned Bulger’s claim that he was promised immunity by the former federal […]Read More
  • Can the IRS Force Disclosure of Foreign Bank Account Info? Yes, 1st Cir. Rules

    The First Circuit partly affirmed a lower district ruling ordering Zhong H. Chen and his wife Chu H. Ng to hand over business and financial records pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act, the federal act intended to pry open records relating to possible overseas financial criminal activity. The case highlights the tensions between the right […]
  • ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ Review: Season 2, Episode 14: Confessions

    So much for the secret keeping. After scheming, conniving, and straight up killing to keep their bad deeds hidden, everything started spilling out in last night’s episode of How to Get Away With Murder: Wes’s origin story, Annalise’s bummer of a pregnancy, even Frank’s back story. Of course, the confessing was helped along by a […]Read More
  • SCOTUS Kills Apple’s E-Book Challenge by Denying Cert.

    It looks like at least one of Apple’s legal issues is finally put to rest. The Supreme Court of the United States declined this last Monday to hear Apple’s challenge to the Second Circuit’s ruling that it and four other companies tacitly conspired to drive up e-book prices in violation of federal anti-trust laws — […]Read More
  • 9th Circuit Decides Indian Reservation Murder Case

    It’s rare when issues of jurisdiction actually sound interesting, but a recent case in California makes the grade. The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part a criminal judgment against a defendant in a murder case where jurisdiction over the defendant turned on whether or not the victim was Indian. This case reminds of the duality in […]
  • Top 3 Cool Legal Jobs This Week: Cool Cities

    Does your current city have you feeling down? Looking to make a move to someplace a little more happening? As part of our affiliate partnership with Indeed, we’re bringing you the three coolest legal jobs we can find, in some of the coolest cities in the country. So, pack up that U-Haul. A move could […]
  • Coworking Space for Lawyers: A Viable Option?

    Coworking space simply sounds nice, whether or not its a vialble option. It brings a more communal working environment, possibly more perks of free food, a startup-like vibe, etc. Now lawyers are thinking of getting in on this whole coworking thing. Well, we hate to be the bringers of bad news, but it looks like lawyers […]