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...million in back taxes and fines, the New York Times reported this week. Finn M.W. Caspersen, who gave over $30 million to the Law School and tens of millions more to other philanthropic enterprises, may have been implicated in a sweeping federal investigation of offshore bank accounts, said the Times’ anonymous source. In recent months, Swiss banking giant UBS agreed to turn over the names of thousands of its American clients to the Internal Revenue Service, as the federal government attempts to crack down on tax evasion. Caspersen held a bank account with LGT, a private bank...
...schools placed Yale ahead of Stanford and Harvard based on the percentage of 2007 graduates from each school who received employment as judicial clerks. Clerks are assigned to one judge or justice and are charged with reviewing briefs and conducting research for pending cases. The ranking system takes into account both the percentage of graduates employed as clerks in any court and the percentage of graduates employed as clerks in Article III courts, which include the U.S. Supreme Court, the 12 U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the 94 U.S. District Courts. “Clerkship is a terrific training opportunity...
...against this specific war, but now I don’t think I would [serve] in any war.” However, Mograbi is careful to emphasize that his passionate political views are not responsible for his interest in filmmaking. He refuses to acknowledge any formative experiences that account for his career. He explains that he had always intended to be an artist. “Making films is part of my life,” Mograbi says. Although his films are often billed as documentaries, Mograbi insists they are not. “My films are first and foremost...
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Ezzeddine's exact connection to Hizballah is unclear. The organization denied having an official relationship with him, but Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah has acknowledged that the group was being tainted by association, saying he would mount an investigation to account for investor losses. But many investors have said Hizballah officials not only encouraged them to put their money and trust in Ezzeddine but also claimed that his investments were halal, acceptable according to Muslim laws that forbid profiting from interest (which they equate with usury). (See pictures of Hizballah's youth movement: the Mahdi Scouts...