Taxation & Estate Planning

Rahm?s fingerprints all over package, tactics
Mike Soraghan writes at the Hill: “Rahm Emanuel may have moved his office down Pennsylvania Avenue, but to stand in the hallways of the Capitol lately, it seems he never left ...

Rahm Emanuel's Rabbi Talks About The New Chief-of-Staff
Today's Springfield (IL) State Journal Register carries an interview about Rep. Rahm Emanuel with Emanuel's rabbi, Rabbi Asher Lopatin...

On the Move on Capitol Hill
The post-election, post-inauguration job shuffle is working its way through the ranks on Capitol Hill...

He's got this big old pair of brass balls, and you can just hear 'em clanking when he walks down the halls of Congress."
I'm just reading a Rolling Stone article from 2005 about Rahm Emanuel, who's going to be Obama's chief of staff...

A timely scholarly piece in light of the Kozinski kerfuffle
I am still thinking about what to think about the Kozinski kerfuffle (though I love the alliteration that comes with calling this story a kerfuffle)...

More information for US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, FBI and IRS
illinoisreview.typepad.com ? According to the Cook County Assessor's website, the Chicago home of four-term Democrat Congressman and likely new White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, doesn't exist...

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

What role does financial means determine which parent gains custody?
was(am) a single male that gained custody of my daughter when she was three. Thi...

Can the so-called proprety manager enter my duplex without permission?
The manager (sister of owner) has NO right to be in the apartment unless there w...

Divorce in the Philippines between a national and a foreigner?
first of all,eventhough divorce is not legal in the Phil,the fact that you are m...

What can be done when a seller signs a contract with a buyer for a house, that states the seller has the title free and clear and will hand it over when the contract is fullfilled, but the buyer found out that wasn't tru
Most contracts are voidable when they are based in fraud, however home purchases...

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Rent Controlled Apartments
Landlord to pay $10 million settlement after forcing out low income tenants and then selling the buildings for a profit.

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

TransUnion
Class action credit practices suit offers free credit monitoring services for millions.