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1Mary Schapiro, the First Woman Chairman of SEC, Sworn in Today 1 Citation After being unanimously confirmed by the US Senate, Mary Schapiro was sworn in today as Chairman of the SEC. In her statement she said the following, as reported in a press release from the SEC: "Seventy-five years after this great agency was founded, the SEC must play a critical role in rebuilding investor confidence, reviving our markets, and rejuvenating our economy. I?m honored and grateful to be entrusted with leading this agency during such an important time ? when the SEC must effu, technorati.com
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I think it's time to gook-ize the atheists 1 Citation on the face of it, this looks positive ... Ellen Johnson, the then-president of American Atheists on Fox TV asking for more politicians to speak to her, and her atheist flock , and entice their votes without the oversheen of Jesus Christ or Alla or The Lord Your God. Put your hand on the Bible - why? And, no, Church of Atheism is not a member of American Atheists because 1) I'm English and 2) I already have my own 'church' to kneel at the altar of. But good luck to the girl for renouncing the, technorati.com
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CLOSE GUANTANAMO U.S. FACILITY AND RETURN TO CUBA 1 Citation The American people voted for change and the Guantanamo stain was a big factor. Why? Undeniably, Delta Camp in Guantanamo Bay Cuba became a moral disaster for the reputation of our nation. This is because the prison or detention camp, was deliberately set up by the Bush Administration outside U.S. borders for the specific reason of circumventing U.S. Law. However, the thought of naming the detainees with convoluted terms such as "non-combatants" and thus, believing they would not be covered by e, technorati.com
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1 Citation As previously announced, my book with Erin O?Hara, The Law Market, is now out. Get yer copy from Amazon (apparently going fast, and soon available on Kindle) or direct from Oxford. And, for those in the DC area, there's the AEI event this Thursday. Why should you be interested? Because our proposal could be the last chance for saving state law before the coming federalization of everything. Further note: Wanna peek? , technorati.com
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Delaware's Competition for Corporate Business 1 Citation Professor Mark Roe of Harvard Law School posts here about his latest work that addresses the issue of Delaware's "competition" for "corporate business". Professor Roe has written several articles on related topics involving Delaware's role in the corporate world and what factors impact its ability to maintain that position. Professor Roe gave a lecture in Delaware on the topic as I previously wrote about on this blog here. Professor Larry Ribstein has also written extensively on this topic an, technorati.com
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Legal Hurdles in West Slow Pursuit of Pirates 1 Citation piracy4 Somali pirates firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked yet another ship in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, this time seizing a chemical tanker. A German military helicopter from a nearby warship arrived in time to pull three security guards out of the water, but not soon enough to prevent the hijacking of the ship and the rest of the crew. The latest attack, in which even trained security personnel aboard could not deter the pirates, demonstrated the urgent need fo, technorati.com
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1 Citation With the forthcoming publication of Erin O?Hara and my book on The Law Market, and my upcoming Jurisdictional Competition seminar at Illinois, I?m going to be looking more at that subject over the coming months. For today?s lesson, check out the videos by Cato?s Center for Freedom and Prosperity?s videos on tax havens: The Economic Case for Tax Havens; The Moral Case for Tax Havens; and Tax Havens: Myths v. Facts. The theme throughout, emphasized in the "economic case," is that there?s not, technorati.com
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Hot off the press: The Single-License Solution 1 Citation What?s the solution to the current insurance mess? Forcing insurers to deal with state regulators wherever they sell insurance? A uniform state or federal law? Henry Butler and I have a compromise: a federal law that enables true jurisdictional competition while minimizing national insurers? exposure to multiple regulation. Our paper, The Single-License Solution (working paper discussed here) has been published in the winter edition of Regulation., technorati.com
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1 Citation To avoid buyer?s remorse when you buy a home or a condo, you need to know what is your responsibility. Georgia is a buyer beware state which means that you have to make sure that you know what you are buying. This is done before the Purchase and Sale Agreement is negotiated as well as during the due diligence period. As a measure to be clear, the Georgia Association of Realtor?s Purchase and Sale Agreement is very clear that it is the buyer?s responsibility to check out the neighborhood as th, technorati.com
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Jurisdictional competition for hedge funds 1 Citation FT reports (HT Dealbook) that hedge funds will leave the UK if Europe decides to apply hedge fund borrowing limits to the borrowing implicit in derivatives. At the same time, hedge funds are trying to get tax modifications in the UK that would induce them to move from the Caymans to London. Alternative destinations mentioned in the article are Switzerland and NY. Of course, NY could be a problem if the US gets very serious about restricting short-selling and requiring too much hedge fund disclo, technorati.com
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