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Fleischer on Taxing Sovereign Wealth Funds
Vic Fleischer has a very interesting post entitled Taxing Sovereign Wealth Funds...

Fleischer: A Theory of Taxing Sovereign Wealth
Victor Fleischer (Illinois) has posted A Theory of Taxing Sovereign Wealth, 84 N...

Sovereign Wealth Funds and Activism
Sovereign Wealth Funds and Activism In this podcast, Ron Orol, Senior Writer for The Daily Deal, The Deal and TheDeal...

Wanted: More Disclosure and Transparency from Sovereign Wealth Funds
Wanted: More Disclosure and Transparency from Sovereign Wealth Funds Over the past six months or so, sovereign wealth funds have increasingly been the subject of debate - in the media and in Congress - for taking stakes in distressed companies...

Sovereign Wealth Funds as Shareholders
I have posted to SSRN a preliminary draft of a paper entitled "Sovereigns as Shareholders"...

Current Law on Taxing Sovereign Wealth Funds: Why It's Good to Be The King
For those interested in non-tax issues, The House Financial Services Committee is currently holding a hearing on Sovereign Wealth Funds...

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Can a creditor/collection agency call other employees at your place of work AND call your adult children who live in another state?
A creditor can call you at home, several times a day if you aren't answerin...

If my stepmother goes on Medicaid, can they take my father's house and assets if they have been separated for many years but are still legally married (NJ)?
if medicaid up there is the same as in sc, they willnot take the houses. medicai...

I married American citizen 2 years ago and have conditional permanent resident status. The marriage has not gone well and my husband has left. What effect will filing for divorce have on my application to have conditions
Many visas, etc., involving spouses must be applied for by both spouses (for exa...

How to prove housing discrimination based on sexual orientation in student housing?
There are several things you can do. First of all, contact any welfare advisors,...

my boyfriend is a green card holder in the U.S.and is married here in the Philippines .. the marriage last for 2 years . his wife now gave birth from another man,he is planning to marry me here in the Philippines but the
if your b.f. is a greenc ard holder,he can file for a divorce and the Phil. law ...

Hospira AC Power Cord Recall
Hospira AC Power Cord Recall

RadioShack
Power Supplies Recalled

Best Buy
Recalls Portable Power Sources

DYMO LabelWriter Power Adapters
Recall issued

American Regent Recalls All Lots of Ketorolac
American Regent Recalls All Lots of Ketorolac

Tennesse Power Utility
Dam Bursts, Floods Homes and Land