Presented is a list of recent laws passed in the U.S. Congress current during April 2010. Among the legislation enacted is the Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act, a piece of legislation meant to require annual testimony before Congress by the chairperson of the Securities and ...
“Then why does Congress pass such laws?” shouted Shmidlapp. Fenwick blinked. “Are you suggesting that Congress never passes foolish or short-sighted——” “I am asking why, if minimum wages are so goddam stupid, far-sighted humanitarian leaders like Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey and ...
Government Contracts: Law, Administration and Procedure(Pub. #326 – Release 478) – The following chapters have been updated in this release: Termination for Default; Excusable Delay; Laws Relating to Labor; and The Miller Act. In addition the Recent Developments Newsletter has also been updated...
laws. For its part, the CFPB has provided almost no instruction as to what would constitute discrimination or disparate impact under its new legal theory. For example, the agency did not specifically identify protected classes of persons as non-discrimination statutes passed by Congress do. ...
shadow that passed over the blank canvas in the empty art museum. I am the impossibility of desiring the person you pity. And the petal of the Easter lily – That ghost of a tongue. That tongue of a ghost. What would I say if I spoke?
Earlier this year, I did a cursory review of anti-discrimination laws as they pertain to asexuality. Where asexuality was protected, it was often by accident. Only one state explicitly mentioned asexual people. Many states which did have strong LGBT anti-discrimination protections have defined “...
During World War II, Congress passed four excess profits statutes between 1940 and 1943 with rates ranging from 25% to 50%. During the Korean War, Congress also imposed an excess profits tax, effective from July 1950 through December 1953. The tax rate at this time was 30% of excess profi...
In thus tracing back to the most remote periods in the physical history of our continents, one system of operations, as the means by which many complex formations have been successively produced, the mind becomes impressed with the singleness of nature's laws; and in this respect, at least,...
also arguing that the SEC’s attempt to regulate crypto assets as securities exceeds the SEC’s authority. The brief asserts that Congress has not delegated such authority to the SEC and emphasizes the states’ interest in preventing the potential preemption of consumer protection laws.The Block. ...
which would provide adequate incentives for small investment firms to get back into the business of underwriting and supporting small-cap companies.The SEC could use its authority under securities laws to exempt this market from rules standing in the way, or Congress can step in.” [Emphasis adde...