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Can’t get enough of Justice Scalia? Want to know when Justice Sotomayor makes a stop in your town? Figuring out how to stalk your favorite Supreme Court justice isn’t as hard as it might seem, thanks to a handy map that lets you know where the justices have been, are, and will be. SCOTUS Map […]

Our nation’s most liberal circuit, the Ninth Circuit, just affirmed a lower district’s ruling that judges cannot endorse other judges or political groups while angling for their own judge’s seat. The circuit found that despite legal arguments Wolfson presented, the Arizona laws put in place to limit judge speech survived the high bar of “strict […]Read More

In what is quite possibly the year’s most seemingly obvious procedural issue, the California Supreme Court opined that a felony defendant’s failure to execute a written waiver of his required presence constitutes a justified forfeit of bail under Penal Code sec. 1305(a). The moral of the story? Show up to court. Penal Code sec. 1305(a) […]Read More

A Putnam County, Indiana, sheriff’s deputy who was convicted for excessive force won’t get off with just a 14-month sentence, the Seventh Circuit ruled last Thursday. Calling the sentence “light,” when compared to similar cases, the court demanded that sheriff’s deputy Terry Joe Smith be resentenced. Smith was convicted following a series of violent episodes […]Read More

A government official from a poor, West African country wants to move millions of dollars into the United States. Anonymously. And he needs your help. What do you do? No, this isn’t a new version of the Nigerian prince email scam. It’s a hidden camera investigation by CBS’s 60 Minutes and the environmental and human […]Read More

Few people like to do their taxes, and as a consequence they’ll try to blaze through the tax-paying process as fast as possible. But if you’re a law firm accountant or in-house lawyer, that’s greenbacks left in the hands of the IRS. And as much as people hate doing their taxes, they should hate letting […]Read More

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. Facebook is the largest “nation” in the world, with more than 1.65 billion users across the globe. Not surprisingly then, with such global reach, Facebook is in the headlines fairly often. In terms of Facebook news items, a […]

PunchExporters lose N78bn to dollar restriction, others:The ongoing conflict between stakeholders and the Central Bank of Nigeria over the export repatriation policy, which came into force in February 2015, has forced some non-oil exporters to abandon the sector, while others have gone underground to carry out informal exports, our correspondent has gathered. What to do […]

The Sahara Group has said its 20th anniversary celebration will be dedicated to giving back to indigent communities and supporting sustainable development projects at its various locations across the globe. In a release made available to NAIRAMETRICS, Sahara’s Executive Director, Tonye Cole, said it considered the opportunity to increase its involvement in empowering lives and […]

Employee recruitment is one of the most difficult task any small business faces. Getting the right person for that important role can take weeks if not months to find and employ. As such, it is important that you inculcate work ethics that will help you retain your best employees and reduce staff turnovers. Here are […]

Berger Paints Nigeria Plc.(“the Company’’), manufacturers of decorative and industrial paints, marine and protective coatings, automotive/vehicle refinishes and allied products has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of its plans of outsourcing depots and appointment of franchisees. Here is what the company said; As part of its strategy to enhance accessibility and visibility of its […]Read More

The President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, announced this week that the BDC plans on cutting down its work force due to lack of access to dollars from the Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN), leading to loss of business. ABCON is expected to sack 30,000 of its 200,000 […]