Apparently some folks miss the former president. On Interstate Highway 35 near Wyoming, Minn., this billboard recently was erected as a political statement. It was paid for by anonymous businessmen and will stay up for two months. Anyone out there miss former President George W. Bush?

On my first, and concededly very rough, cut through Justice Kennedy's opinion in Citizens United, I was interested in his justification for overruling Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce--a decision rendered just twenty years ago. By my read, he deploys a reasonably diverse set of modal arguments ...

From today's WSJ: Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Ailing Bank From Home State.  And from last Tuesday: Wealthy Face Tax Increase. For this I read the paper?  At least America's Finest New Source offers breaking news: Supreme Court Allows Corporations To Run For Political Office.  My favorite: "This ...

On February 1, 2010, it became compulsory for randomly selected passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports in the UK to pass through full body scanners before boarding their flights.  This enhanced security screening has been implemented following the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attac ...

Well, I almost forgot I was interviewed for a published in in early January about the outlook for lawyers this year, but the story popped up on one of my .  Senior editor Nora Tooher spoke with several lawyers across the US to get a feel for what to expect in 2010. The forecast? Cloudy with a chan ...

The Justice Department wants to convince a federal appeals court in Washington that the accounting firm Deloitte should be forced to give up tax documents stemming from auditing services provided to Dow Chemical Company. Judge Richard Leon of the U.S....

Tennessee lawmakers are trying to figure out how best to protect youth from sexual abuse at a state juvenile center. Their action is in response to a federal report released naming Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Nashville as having one of the highest rates of sexual abuse in the country ...

In Sorcery and "Risk" Craft in Back Door Rescue to Single Claimant IRC 468B QSF" we discussed Dick Risk's "magic potion" for the rescue of the single plaintiff qualified settlement fund project. The NSSTA has pounced with all the fervor of an unleashed Maxine Nightingale lyric:"...And if you ...

By –       Kurt R. Karst Two recent rulings out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stemming from allegations about antitrust violations from the submission of citizen petitions have once again raised the issue of so-called “sham” citizen petitions and, insofa ...

Here's some food for thought: A multi-millionaire who dies today in the US might not have to pay any estate tax. There may have been a silent and temporary estate tax repeal this year. Now, if you're thinking about drafting some estate planning documents, you might be left scratching your head. D ...