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...climate change in the absence of action from the White House, and Congress is finally ready to step in; representatives just hammered out the details of a bill raising automobile fuel economy standards to 35 mpg. "The tenor seems to be different this time," says Jennifer Haverkamp, international counsel for Environmental Defense. "There is a building sense that enough time has been wasted and it is time...
...Usury Act does not apply to the University because the statute is “directed at lenders and there is no suggestion that it was intended to encompass passive investors in lenders such as limited partners or shareholders.” Harvard’s Office of General Counsel declined to comment because of the pending legal action. According to Richard Briansky, Fahey’s attorney, a drawdown notice describing the loan and interest rates charged was sent to Harvard at least a week before the loan was approved. Fahey is seeking approximately $20 million, the amount that...
...darker connections. Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the man who oversaw the vetting of Kerik to be police commissioner in 2000 was aware of Kerik's ties to Interstate Industrial. According to his notes, the investigator, Edward Kuriansky, briefed both Giuliani and his chief counsel on the matter. Giuliani told a state grand jury last year that while he recalled Kuriansky's briefing, he had no recollection of hearing about Kerik's relationship with the firm or its principals. (Kuriansky, whose office of investigations reported to the mayor in the Giuliani era, died in July before...
...creating music than spend time and money filing lawsuits. We hope the day arrives soon when lawsuits are not necessary to foster a marketplace that rewards investment in creativity and compensates those who make the best music in the world. Steven Marks is the executive vice president and General Counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America...
...could be the ultimate insider-trading tool,” Cox added. Before he became chairman of the SEC in 2005, Cox represented California’s 48th district in the House of Representatives, most recently chairing the Committee on Homeland Security. Before that, he served as senior associate counsel to the president from 1986 to 1988, representing Ronald Reagan during the Iran-Contra scandal. While Cox, who received degrees from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School in 1977, said it was “not self-evident” that the incursion of government-controlled firms and funds...