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Veterans Court pays a steep price for political fight over immigration

Winston-Salem Journal 15 Jul 2018

Kevin Haskins showed up early and came prepared. He had his laptop out and was logged on ... This was no ordinary business meeting, however ... “I needed this ... “We’re used to it.” ... Grants were “held up by litigation and ultimately a nationwide injunction (no state got their federal funding during this period),” Margaret Ekam, a spokeswoman for the Governor’s Crime Commission, wrote in an email ... We’re exploring other funding options ... Indeed ... ....

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CURRENT SHAREHOLDERS: Zamansky LLC Investigates Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) for Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Duties

Odessa American 14 Jul 2018

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 13, 2018--Zamansky LLC announces that it is investigating Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) for potential breaches of fiduciary duties by the Board of Directors to current shareholders ... What Farmland Partners’ Shareholders Can Do ... Zamansky LLC is a leading investment fraud law firm with experience handling securities, hedge fund, ERISA and other shareholder class action and derivative litigation ... CONTACT ... SOURCE....

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Sheriff Gusman sues New York Times over prison rape video

The Times Picayune 14 Jul 2018

Sheriff Marlin Gusman is suing The New York Times, claiming a video it published about a man who said he had been raped at a Louisiana jail incorrectly suggests the assaults took place at Orleans Parish Prison ... (July 13) ... Among the damages the sheriff claims are personal embarrassment and humiliation, the inability to recruit and retain staff, loss of grant and funding opportunities, and increased exposure to litigation ... ....

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Residents express outrage over Litchfield building inspector's departure

Union Leader 14 Jul 2018

By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON. Union Leader Correspondent. July 13. 2018 8.52PM. LITCHFIELD — Several residents are up in arms because of the abrupt resignation of the town’s building inspector, alleging that the longtime employee was recently forced to either quit or be fired ... “Mr. Lynch resigned ... According to Peeples, some residents are considering starting a legal fund so that Lynch can pursue litigation, if he desires ... ....

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Businesses and individuals who purchased drywall indirectly for end use may be entitled to money from class action settlements

Market Watch 13 Jul 2018

If the New Settlement is approved it will conclude the litigation and funds from this settlement, and prior settlements with Defendants TIN Inc., USG Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, and Lafarge North America Inc., will be distributed ... The settlement funds will be distributed to eligible claimants after deduction of any court-ordered attorneys' fees, litigation expenses, and service awards to the Class Representatives....

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Governance Transition report – Is Sierra Leone a vampire state?

Sierra Leone Telegraph 13 Jul 2018

... book and recovering stolen funds has been loud ... Instructing the Managing Directors of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank and Rokel Commercial Bank that all unpaid loans owed by Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Financially Exposed Persons (FEPs), as stated in the World Bank Funded Audit of the Banks be paid within 30 working days or face litigation....

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Jill Stein’s Recount Cash Pays for Her Russia Legal Defense

The Daily Beast 13 Jul 2018

Previously, communications director Dave Schwab told The Daily Beast the vote was still on, stating that “we will poll donors on what to do with surplus funds once recount-related litigation is over and we are able to establish a surplus.”. Subsequent financial reports show not all those funds are going toward litigation of any kind, but then campaign promises are always hard to enforce....

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Déjà vu as gold mine firms face the same spat Amplats saw off

Business Day 13 Jul 2018

Amplats decided to place the funds with Old Mutual after various presentations from Amcu-sponsored and newly registered Igula fund in which the union has trustees. Amplats, which had just litigated against the Amplats Group Provident Fund around the misappropriation and mismanagement of R472m in assets, was wary of where the funds would be placed and it went through an intensive process to find a new fund manager....

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Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Ramanagar campus a priority: DKS meets varsity syndicate

The Times of India 13 Jul 2018

BENGALURU ... While Kumaraswamy had been very keen on the shifting, the proposal lost steam after he lost power ... However, the varsity, which has been alright with the shifting per se, has been opposed to the government’s design of the administrative block, land stuck in litigation and most importantly, the government wanting Rs 580 crore from its corpus fund—meant for students—to construct other buildings and a super speciality hospital ... ....

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FPI Shareholder Class Action: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces That A Securities Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Farmland Partners Inc. - FPI, FPI-PB

Market Watch 12 Jul 2018

A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation ... In addition to representing individual investors, the Firm has been retained by some of the largest public and private pension funds in the country to monitor their assets and pursue litigation on their behalf....

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County will join federal lawsuit

Pawhuska Journal-Capital 11 Jul 2018

Osage County commissioners voted 3-0 Monday to join in U.S. Court of Federal Claims litigation regarding funds that the U.S. government failed to pay to units of local government.A judge of the U.S ... ....

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FM Capital Partners wins Libyan SWF fraud case against...

This is Money 11 Jul 2018

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - FM Capital Partners (FMCP), which manages money for sovereign wealth fund the Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAP), has won a London court case against its former chief executive officer (CEO) over allegations of fraud and corruption ... The case is the latest in a string of litigation involving Libyan sovereign funds....

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Litigation funder Augusta completes �150m financing round

City A.M. 10 Jul 2018

Litigation funder Vannin Capital eyeing multi-million pound London float ... Earlier in May City law firm Rosenblatt confirmed it was considering taking on litigation funders by launching its own stand-alone fund to invest in litigation cases, following its float on the London Stock Exchange ... Listed law firm could launch its own litigation fund....

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