Finance Law

<!– end javascript to email the article –>  Canada Newswire Appointment adds capacity to Element’s management team with a strong track-record in non-bank lending TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2012 /CNW/ – Element Financial Corporation (TSX: EFN) (“Element”), Canada’s leading independent equipment finance company, today announced that it has appointed Karen Martin as the Company’s Treasurer. [...]

August 10, 2012 — Volunteers are needed to serve as jurors for mock trials Friday, Aug. 17, which culminates the second annual Summer Trial Institute at the University of Wyoming College of Law. Interested participants should report to the College of Law no later than 1:45 p.m. Six mock trials are scheduled to begin at [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that school districts must register and report campaign spending related to ballot questions. The ruling stems from a 2010 complaint against the St. Louis County School District. Complainants maintained district leaders and school board members violated state campaign laws by using public funds to [...]

MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO, Aug. 9, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – BMO Harris Equipment Finance Company announced today that it has hired Jennifer Stamps to expand BMO Harris’ equipment finance footprint.  She will be focused on new business development in Texas and the surrounding states, as well as providing energy, transportation, marine and large corporate expertise to existing [...]

Just months after basking in the glory surrounding its plans to move downtown, the St. Louis University School of Law is in turmoil. Early Wednesday, Dean Annette Clark abruptly announced her resignation in a scathing letter targeting the university’s leaders, including the Rev. Lawrence Biondi, the president. Among other things, she complained about being left [...]

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Diverse population called advantageous. Jason deBruyn Staff Writer- Triangle Business Journal Email A racially diverse law student body provides educational benefits for students, their institution and society, according to a 10-year research study that included professors from UNC-Chapel Hill. Separately, the UNC School of Law faculty submitted a “friend of the court” brief in the [...]

Posted at: 08/10/2012 12:16 PM Updated at: 08/10/2012 12:29 PM Print Story  Email to a Friend ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that school districts must register and report campaign spending related to ballot questions.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)’s China growth is being rewarded by investors who have pushed down relative yields on bonds sold in January by the biggest luxury carmaker more than any other new issue in Europe this year. The spread on BMW’s 1.25 billion euros ($1.5 billion) of notes due 2015 has narrowed 77 basis [...]