Finance Law

A hot topic amongst legislators in the new year and new season of governing is campaign finance reform, specifically taking aim at the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United campaign finance ruling in 2010 that greatly expanded the ability of corporations to directly contribute to election campaigns. Assembly Democrats Michael Allen and Bob Wieckowski introduced a resolution on [...]

Last modified: Friday, January 6, 2012 Study: Transfer law students succeed academically but fail to integrate fully in new school FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 6, 2012 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Findings from a national study released today by the Law School Survey of Student Engagement indicate that J.D. students who transfer midway through their legal education [...]

WEAVERVILLE – A Buncombe County school that last month made Bibles available to young children is turning away an offer to do the same for books on pagan beliefs. Ginger Strivelli’s fifth-grade son last month brought home a Bible given away at North Windy Ridge school, but when she offered free copies of books explaining [...]

(Updates with comments on unemployment from 13th paragraph. Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said the central bank could strengthen the U.S. economy by targeting stimulus policies at the housing market and loans to small businesses. “Further purchases of mortgage-backed securities would in my view help provide a more [...]

HOUSTON, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. /quotes/zigman/101060/quotes/nls/iesc IESC +2.16% today announced the promotion of Robert Lewey to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to replace Terry Freeman upon his retirement from the Company, effective January 20, 2012. James Lindstrom, IES’ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Robert has [...]

A new dean has been appointed at the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. University of Pacific provost Maria Pallavicini announced that Francis “Jay” Mootz is the new dean of the law school in Oak Park. He will assume his new duties July 1. Currently Mootz is a professor and associate dean at the William [...]

Phil Arroyo, chief of Clark County School District’s police force, has resigned, according to district sources. District Spokeswoman Amanda Fulkerson couldn’t confirm the reason for his resignation, citing personnel privacy laws. However, his resignation comes amid speculation of a cover-up of officers’ involvement in an underage party in 2009. “While we are required to keep [...]

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Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Credit investors have downgraded Computer Sciences Corp. to junk as cash dwindles at the manager of networks for NASA and the U.S. Navy and it writes down a $1.5 billion investment in a U.K. government contract. Credit-default swaps tied to CSC climbed to a record high this week, reaching levels that [...]

In a case successfully argued by Northeastern University law professor Wendy Parmet, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Thursday that the state could not exclude legal immigrants from subsidized health insurance. “We are very pleased for our clients and for the people who have gone without health care for a long time,” said Parmet, [...]