Finance Law

NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES ***** Guernsey, 19 June 2012 – Volta Finance Limited (the “Company” or “Volta Finance” or “Volta”) has published its monthly report. The full report is attached to this release and is available on Volta Finance Limited’s financial website [...]

NEWARK, NJ – John J. Farmer, Jr., Dean and Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law–Newark, has received the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award from the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey. The award, which was presented on June 14, 2012 at AFBNJ’s 36th annual dinner, is given each year to [...]

File picture. Ron and Andrea Williams with daughter Kathleen (4) at a park in Toowoomba. Ron took action in the Anti Discrimination commission after his daughter was asked to help build a replica of Noah’s Ark at her local state school. Ron is opposed to religious instruction in state schools. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen Source: The [...]

An NBA Stylist Tells Why LeBron Sports Eyeglasses “I don’t approach it like, ‘Oh my God, this gentleman is so tall.’ … You’re finding ways to applaud the length and the muscles and the build”

Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:15pm IST

Members of the community are invited to attend the University of La Verne College of Law’s Law Preview Day to learn more about law school and the steps to getting there. The free event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at 320 E. D St. in Ontario. Prospective students and [...]

Florida’s laws are among the best in the nation in addressing the needs of pregnant and parenting students, according to a report released today by the National Women’s Law Center. Unlike most states, Florida has a law that requires every district to establish a teen parenting program. The state also specifically addressses pregnant and parenting students in [...]

Jamie Dimon’s testimony before Congress serves as a stark reminder of the hubris and fallibility at even the most elite financial institutions, and provides an alarming illustration of a system where banks are addicted to big bets. Dimon has called the trading that led to gigantic losses at JPMorgan Chase a “stupid” mistake. It’s far [...]

FARMINGTON, Conn. and PITTSBURGH, Jun 19, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) – Horizon Technology Finance Corporation /quotes/zigman/626803/quotes/nls/hrzn HRZN +0.81% (“Horizon”), a leading specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed development-stage companies in the technology, life sciences, healthcare information and services, and clean-tech industries, today announced that Horizon and Silicon [...]

Outlook Magazine in association with research agency MRDA has come out with this year’s law school rankings. Outlook has ranked NALSAR Hyderabad as the best law school in the country; followed by NLSIU Bangalore and NLIU, Bhopal.   NUJS, Kolkata, who had earlier raised concerns about the transparency and the procedural aspects of the research [...]