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Potential personal liability possible because of outstanding loans from
Recently, the US Department of Labor (“DOL”) filed a lawsuit against the United Employee Benefit Fund (the “Fund”) and its two trustees for ERISA violations with respect to improper loans from the Fund. The Fund, established by the Professional Workers
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:57A
Bath salts' rise as dangerous synthetic drug alarms officials, affected families
Of all the new synthetic drugs alarming health and law enforcement officials in Minnesota and across the country, none has exploded into the culture over the past year as quickly - or as dangerously - as the human-made substance known as "plant food.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:56A
Judge rules in favor of city
A Fredericksburg Circuit Court judge granted the city's request to throw out a lawsuit that city officials broke Virginia procurement laws when they hired a consultant to assist city officials in evaluating the options for new courthouse facilities.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:55A
Whiplash – “a profitable invention of the human imagination”?
Over 80% of all personal injury claims are now for whiplash, however many a Claimant Personal Injury lawyer will no doubt avow that Mr Straw went too far in describing the condition as "not so much an injury more a profitable invention of the human
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:54A
Squabbles nasty and brutish, but unlikely to be short
THOMAS HOBBES, the 17th century English political philosopher who founded modern liberal thought, dodged the plague, the Civil War and, judging from his portraits, any attempt by barbers to get near his hair. Hobbes's own legacy, however,
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:54A
Leaked: the price of Greek bankruptcy
That includes preventing it from bringing down Portugal, Spain and Ireland as well. That's according to financial TV channel RTL-Z which has seen confidential papers from the Dutch finance ministry. Civil servants at the ministry calculate that the EU
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:53A
DODGERS MAKE PITCH TO KEEP KEKST
The Los Angeles Dodgers are seeking the okay of US Bankruptcy Court to continue the use of Publicis Groupe's Kekst and Co. unit as PR adviser. The Dodgers are upset with the "inaccurate or misleading" reporting of off-field issues,
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:52A
Stalemate over Australia asylum
Australia's opposition rejected the government's proposed immigration law changes, as PM Julia Gillard scrambled to salvage a controversial asylum plan. Ms Gillard had presented redrafted legislation to the opposition as she sought support for her
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:51A
Boiling Point: Alec Baldwin and the Cult of the Asshole Celebrity
It doesn't matter who or what they are on TV, if they refuse to sign autographs, if they hit their significant others, if they piss on the floor, or cut people off in traffic, and put their ass-holiness on display for millions. We shouldn't treat these
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:51A
Florida Laws That Don't Make Sense
I am concentrating on the Florida Constitution this week, but if you enjoy the article, please send comments or emails and I will research them and include your suggestions or do a follow up. Trust me, there are enough of these weird laws (and weird
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:50A
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