Taxation & Estate Planning

Butler and Johnston Provide Economic Analysis of UDAP Statutes
Henry N. Butler of Northwestern and Jason Scott Johnston of Penn have written "Consumer Harm Acts? An Economic Analysis of State Consumer Protection Acts." Here's the abstract:State Consumer Protection Acts (CPAs) were adopted in the 1960s and 1970s to protect...

Johnston on Climage Change & the Supreme Court
Jason Scott Johnston (University of Pennsylvania Law School) have posted Climate Change Hysteria and the Supreme Court: The Economic Impact of Global Warming on the U.S. And the Misguided Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act on...

Butler & Johnston on State Consumer Protection Acts
Henry N. Butler and Jason Scott Johnston (Northwestern University - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted Consumer Harm Acts? An Economic Analysis of State Consumer Protection Acts on SSRN...

Salvation Army employee sent to prison over theft www.privateofficer.com
Salvation Army employee gets 20yrs prison term in theft case www.privateofficer.com BENTONVILLE ARK June 6 2008 A former employee at The Salvation Army Thrift Store was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison after admitting to stealing almost $ 15, 000 from the business...

The Space Between: Dunsmuir Complications in Grace Johnston v. Director of Vital Statistics for the Province of Alberta
An application has been filed for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in the matter of Grace Johnston v. Director of Vital Statistics for the Province of Alberta, et. al...

Ind. Decisions - Two today from 7th Circuit
In Schleicher, Steve v. Salvation Army (SD Ind., Judge Young), an 11-page opinion, Judge Posner writes:The Schleichers brought suit against their former employer, the Salvation Army, charging violations of the minimum-wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Bailout Bill HR124

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Kawasaki Recalls Off-Road Motorcycles
Kawasaki Recalls Off-Road Motorcycles

Bayer CropScience AG
alleging farmers suffered economic losses after Bayer's biotech Liberty Link rice was released into the food supply and countries banned US rice.

Road Supervisor
Nesquehoning Borough pays former employee $47,500 wrongful termination settlement.