CBN To Sell Dollars To Banks On Thursday
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has told commercial lenders to fund their naira accounts on Tuesday to enable them participate in a currency intervention on the interbank market on…
Nigeria to lose 30% of GDP to corruption by 2030 — Report
A new study released by professional services firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PwC indicates that Nigeria will lose 30 per cent of its GDP to corruption by 2030, the Vanguard has reported.This was…
Mimiko Unveils 2016 Budget for Ondo State
The governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko today announced the sum the of 118.9 billion for fiscal budget of the year, Daily post reports. The state appropriation bill is one…
Stalk Your Favorite Supreme Court Justices With This Handy Map
Can’t get enough of Justice Scalia? Want to know when Justice Sotomayor makes a stop in your town? Figuring out how to stalk your favorite Supreme Court justice isn’t as…
7th Cir. Rejects ‘Light’ Sentence for Violent Sheriff’s Deputy
A Putnam County, Indiana, sheriff’s deputy who was convicted for excessive force won’t get off with just a 14-month sentence, the Seventh Circuit ruled last Thursday. Calling the sentence “light,”…
Fail to Appear and Forfeit Your Bail, Court Rules. Imagine That!
In what is quite possibly the year’s most seemingly obvious procedural issue, the California Supreme Court opined that a felony defendant’s failure to execute a written waiver of his required…
9th Circuit Affirms Arizona Judge Speech Laws as Constitutional
Our nation’s most liberal circuit, the Ninth Circuit, just affirmed a lower district’s ruling that judges cannot endorse other judges or political groups while angling for their own judge’s seat.…
Facebook Is All Over the News
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. Facebook is the largest “nation” in the world, with more than 1.65 billion…
In-House Lawyers: Deduct Your Travel Expenses
Few people like to do their taxes, and as a consequence they’ll try to blaze through the tax-paying process as fast as possible. But if you’re a law firm accountant…
Would You Help Move Shady Money Into the U.S.?
A government official from a poor, West African country wants to move millions of dollars into the United States. Anonymously. And he needs your help. What do you do? No,…