Perhaps I should address Paul Ryan's shadow budget, proposed on behalf of the House Republicans (although in public they are keeping as far away from it as they can).To see the details, check out the first 4 pages of this CBO letter scoring it.Key features, with my reaction to them, are as follows:1 ...

A few weeks ago, a client who will be opening a factory in China within a couple of months told me how much he has been learning about China by following people on Twitter and following their news links. He then asked me who if I had a list of "China people" he should be following. I said abou ...

, whcih is headlined "Okla. panel OKs death sentence for child rapists," spotlights that some legislators continue to want to resist the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling declaring unconstitutional Louisiana's capital child rape law.  Here are the basics: This new local article Ken ...

GOP Rep. Paul Ryan handed House Democrats the perfect wedge issue last week, and they're going to use it. House Democrats want to kick House Republicans where it hurts, and are exploring ways to force the minority party to take a stand on Rep. Paul Ryan's budget "roadmap" that has become a politic ...

In an opinion piece in The Washington Post that appeared last Friday, SIFMA President and CEO Tim Ryan argues that while recent proposals by the Obama Administration have suggested that the financial services industry hasn't changed, in fact, the industry...

Jed Babbin has the top story at Human Events today. Yes, George W. Bush spent too much and proved redundantly that the term “big government conservative” is an oxymoron. And yes, when Bush left office our economy was in trouble.  But how long will Obama claim that the only way for our economy to re ...

Week 2 of the LegalMatch Ping Pong Tournament has come to a close and two teams have emerged as favorites. has won all but one game so far earning them 217 points with one game remaining. also only retains one loss and has 226 points. With 3 weeks to go, anything can happen and players have be ...

When President Obama met with House Republican leaders he noted that Rep. Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, had put forward a “serious proposal” for controlling federal spending and balancing the federal budget.  Rep. Ryan has also supported an alternative approach to ...

    A Maryland Court of Appeals in the case of Questar Builders, Inc. v. C.B. Flooring, LLC, 2009 MD.LEXIS627, considered the issue of whether private parties may terminate a contract for convenience whether a Termination for Convenience clause makes a contract voidable.  Th ...

An Illinois State Police trooper was nearly struck by a speeding car during a traffic stop on the Eisenhower Expressway last weekend, according to the Chicago Breaking News Center. The Chicago car accident attorneys and the Illinois work injury lawyers at Abels & Annes urge everyone to obey the la ...