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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the immediate deployment of 22 top directors from the Budget Office. He had last month stated that all those involved in the “padding” of the 2016 National Budget will face the most severe punishment. Although authorities said the redeployment is part of a service-wide posting involving about 184 senior […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has again adjourned the asset declaration case against Senate President, Bukola Saraki to March 18. Saraki pleaded not guilty to charges that he falsely declared his assets when he was governor of Kwara from 2003 to 2011. The 13 charges he faces at the CCT, mostly relate to the […]

An explosion has been reported in the Central Bank of Nigeria building, along Calabar Road, Calabar, Cross River state, around 12:30pm on Friday. According to reports, a gas explosion was recorded at a section of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, office in Calabar, the Cross River state capital, which is under construction. Spokesman to […]

If you’re an attorney who wants to move into the legal department, we don’t blame you. A job as in-house counsel offers benefits that firm life just doesn’t — like, the ability to go home before dark. (At least sometimes.) If you’re a current in-house attorney looking for a new legal department to make your […]Read More

Safeguarding client information isn’t as easy as you might think. In the digital age, safeguarding information is something even the most tech-savvy corporations struggle with. To ensure that your clients’ information is safe, you actually have to be proactive about your security. Let’s start from the beginning. Rule 1.6 Back in what seems like ages […]Read More

The legal relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico has always been a little complicated. And perhaps nowhere has that status been more on display than the issue of same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ruled that the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that […]

Yale might be ranked as the number one law school in America (you’re trash, Harvard), but when it comes to passing the bar on the first try, graduates of the much less celebrated law schools far outrank Yale, Harvard, Stanford and many other prestigious law schools. That’s right, if you want to pass the bar, […]

Marriage equality is the law of the land. That much is settled. Despite this, a recent, very unexpected ruling from a federal judge in Puerto Rico, found otherwise — holding that the rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and last summer’s gay marriage decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, don’t apply to the la isla del encanto. […]

It looks like Tom Brady’s luck is finally beginning to thin out. The beleagured NFL star’s attorney appeared before the Second Circuit (originally brought late last year) and was subjected to the panel’s inquiries as to why Brady should or should not be reinstated into play after he was suspended in the wake of deflategate. […]Read More

Motion practice can often be a very fast-paced and harrowing experience, particularly when someone’s life or livelihood hangs in the balance. In motion practice, timing is everything. So what would you say to a defendant who waited two and a half years to file a motion for relief from judgment after the court handed down […]

The Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower district court ruling in favor of a Colorado non-profit that allowed it not to register as an “issue committee,” thus allowing it to protect the identities of its donors. This case should also be read in conjunction with a related campaign case also recently decided in the Tenth Circuit. […]

When we talk about heavily regulated industries, we are usually talking about things like toxic waste management, health care providers, or public utilities. But there’s one highly regulated trade that often goes unrecognized: the beer, wine, and spirits industry. The mess of regulations, and regulatory bodies, that make up the industries is, well … enough […]