Finance Law

The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year, and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure also is the [...]

 Washington and Lee University recognized five retiring members of the University’s faculty during commencement exercises on Thursday, May 24. The five retirees have a combined total of 135 years of service to WL. They are Denis Brion, professor of law; Michael J. Evans, the Lillian and Rupert Radford Professor of Mathematics; Frank Miriello, head football [...]

Animals need more rights, and their abusers need to be subject to tougher statewide laws, including an animal abuse registry, eighth-grade students from Rio Rancho’s Cyber Academy say. As part of a school project about local and state government, some Cyber Academy students are taking their animal registry concept to the next Legislature in January. [...]

Small Business Insight provides relevant information about SBA trends to business owners and potential business owners. Chester Springs, PA (PRWEB) May 27, 2012 Small businesses are the driver of the economy. In these turbulent economic times, business owners and entrepreneurs are looking for information to help them understand the funding options available to them. Small [...]

American Tradition Partnership, a nonprofit group, and co-petitioners sued for a declaration that the act violates their freedom of speech. They contend the Citizens United decision so clearly invalidates the Montana law that the justices should reverse the state ruling without oral argument. Montana, however, makes a sound and compelling argument that Citizens United, which [...]

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2–> The Monroe City School Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday to consider the approval of at least two charter schools, but according to Louisiana law, the board appears not to have met the conditions to approve the schools. Louisiana law states the board shall hire an independent evaluator to review [...]

Click photo to enlarge For 16 years, the Moraga School District has kept a terrible secret: the truth about its role in a sensational teacher sex abuse scandal. The scandal led to the suicide of a popular teacher in 1996 as allegations about his abuse of students emerged. Now an investigation by this newspaper reveals [...]

It’s not looking good for the Spanish banking system. Standard Poor’s just slashed the credit ratings of five banks and said the country is headed into a double-dip recession. One of them, Bankia, just asked the government for 19 billion euros in aid – a roughly $23.8 billion boost. That makes it the largest bank [...]

Corporation St road sign on King Edward Building, Corporation Street (Photo credit: ell brown) This morning Joe Weisenthal and others on Up With Chris Hayes were discussing the extent to which the preferrential tax treatment of debt is a problem. Everyone agreed yes, it was, and Joe in particular emphasized that the tax treatment of [...]

PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Philadelphia trial lawyers John M. Dodig and Mark W. Tanner of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP, recently presented “Trial Strategy: Building Blocks of Persuasion” to students of Temple University Beasley School of Law LL.M. Trial Advocacy program. The course, presented in April, addressed techniques for building [...]