Corporate & Securities Law

"Commas key in battle to control Philly newspapers"
"Commas key in battle to control Philly newspapers?" The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The future of Philadelphia's two major newspapers could turn on a pair of commas in the bankruptcy code...

Man puts super-glue into neighbor's locks
Ah, the best kind of mischief, criminal mischief. There is an excellent mugshot after the jump, as well. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Commas in the Second Amendment
An interesting paper over at GMU's The Green Bag. It points out that even at the time of the ratification, there were versions with one, two, and three commas, and that since Congress, the Executive, and the Supreme Court have varied in their usage...

Our Comma Delimited Social Compact
Ross E. Davies, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, posted to the Social Science Research Network on Wednesday a fascinating article on the various versions of the Second Amendment that are in circulation ? notably historical versions of Second Amendment that contain no commas, one comma, two commas and three commas sub-dividing the constitutional text...

And, In Some Judicial Opinions, It Hasn't Been:
"With some statutes punctuation has been used to indicate that a phrase set off by commas is independent of the language that followed."...

Second FiddleThe Supreme Court has not looked squarely in the face of our second amendment since 1939. Back then, the Court ruled that it was OK for the National Firearms Act to ban the interstate transport of sawed-off shotguns...