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Wednesday, 18 September 2019

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County to take final look at proposed budget

Mount Pleasant Morning Sun 17 Sep 2019

When the budget was introduced two weeks ago, County Treasurer Steve Pickens told commissioners that he was concerned by the amount of money they wanted to transfer from the fund, based on potential costs from litigation currently working through the federal courts to which Isabella County is named a defendant....

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County, city work to hold opioid companies accountable while local agencies take on the addiction crisis

Hickory Record 17 Sep 2019

“This is complex litigation and it is obviously in the city’s best interest to have this consortium represent the city.”. Funds won in a settlement would be split among the various jurisdictions proportional to the impact of the opioid epidemic as shown by data like the number of pills in a given community and overdose deaths, Crone said....

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Injuries, sidewalk riding among concerns for Lincoln's proposed scooter program

Lincoln Journal Star 17 Sep 2019

The 80-year-old said he'd like the city to allow them on the hiker-biker trails, but Cary has said that might jeopardize federal funding because of regulations barring motorized vehicles on trails built with federal dollars. Prospective litigation stemming from a spate of ......

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Nadler revs up Trump inquiry

Roll Call 17 Sep 2019

The House general counsel’s office, under an unprecedented strain as it seeks to enforce congressional subpoenas via the courts, last week sought a one-month extension for a deadline in the lawsuit to stop Trump from moving federal funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border....

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Purdue Pharma files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The Salt Lake Tribune 16 Sep 2019

Purdue hopes to restructure completely, with an expectation that the Chapter 11 bankruptcy will prompt an automatic stay of current civil litigation against the company over the opioid epidemic ... They want to begin addressing opioid-gouged public funds, they say, and to end litigation, which itself is crushingly expensive....

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now in session

The Columbia Daily Herald 16 Sep 2019

... General Sessions Court II on Saturday.In recent weeks, Judge Lee Bailey has held court three times in the city’s new $2.9 million courthouse, funded by the county’s litigation tax.“To say that I am happy is an understatement,” Bailey told The Daily .......

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Now in session: New Mt. Pleasant courthouse debuts

The Columbia Daily Herald 16 Sep 2019

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All you need to know about last mile funding of Rs 10,000cr for the real ...

Moneycontrol 16 Sep 2019

The size of the stressed asset fund would be Rs 10,000 crore and would be contributed by the Centre ... However, given the prevailing macro-economic weakness, both domestically and internationally, investor ability and appetite to contribute to the fund remains to be seen,” she said.Unlikely to assist projects under litigation....

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10 COMMANDMENTS ON FOREIGN LOANS

This Day 16 Sep 2019

Led by Dr Nwoko, Linas obtained various Judgements that led to the full refund of the funds to the LGAs ... This is in addition to the Fund’s policy of regularly designing national or corporate debt strategies to enhance cost/risk evaluation of the debt portfolio”....

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Warning! I think the Burford Capital share price could fall another 30%

The Motley Fool 15 Sep 2019

However, since peaking at this level on August 15, shares in the litigation finance provider have struggled to move higher ... The hedge fund has also ... The company relies on third-party financing to fund its litigation cases. Burford then takes a cut from the management of these funds....

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$1.4-bn fund may not be enough to spur India's housing sector

The Times of India 15 Sep 2019

The announcement will not solve the problem of delayed or stalled projects and affected home seekers in locations like the National Capital Region, as a majority of the incomplete residential projects here are under litigation or are already non-performing assets, which the fund ......

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Drug companies seek removal of judge in landmark opioid case

News & Record 15 Sep 2019

They cited Polster’s statements inside and outside court “evidencing a personal objective to do something meaningful to abate the opioid crisis, with the funding to be provided through defendants’ settlements” as well as “numerous improper comments to the media and in public forums about the litigation.”....

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Healey praised for hard line on opioid settlement

Eagle-Tribune 14 Sep 2019

Peterson said she believes the litigation needs to go before a judge and jury so that the public can “learn the truth” about the role pharmaceutical firms have played in the opioid crisis ... “This is the most effective way to address the urgency of the current public health crisis, and to fund real solutions, not endless litigation,” they said....