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Judge Orders PG&E Directors to Visit Town Destroyed by Wildfire

A federal judge directed the utility’s board to visit Paradise, Calif., to see the devastation from a fire the company has said was likely started by its equipment. Read more detail on Recent Business Law posts –

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Slim To None (And Slim Just Left Town)

Among other reforms, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”) requires that upon “final adjudication” of a federal securities action, the court shall include in the record “specific findings regarding compliance” with the federal rule providing that attorneys’ … Continue reading

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"I grew up in a far-left college town, and I've known so many young people who were free spirits, who were nonconformists…"

"… who were determined to be themselves no matter what anyone else said, who had a passion for noisy music and experimental art, who listened to the color of their dreams . . . And back then, it didn't seem … Continue reading

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A New Sheriff in Town?

On January 5, 2009, Granta Nakayama introduced Adam Kushner as the USEPA’s new Director of the Office of Civil Enforcement (“OCE”) (effective January 11, 2009). Kushner was previously the Director of the Air Enforcement Division of OCE and oversaw the… … Continue reading

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How Quincy, Florida Became a Town of Secret Coca-Cola Millionaires

In the 1920s and 1930s, a banker named Pat Munroe in the small town of Quincy, Florida noticed that even during the depths of the Great Depression, otherwise impoverished people would spend their last nickel to buy a glass of Coca-Cola. … Continue reading

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