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Facebook may have come up with a relatively cheap solution for a fairly large legal headache.
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But at least the necessary four Justices decided there were grounds to weigh in on fairly narrow legal questions: Did the Florida Supreme Court usurp the power of the state legislature by allowing hand counts to continue past the legal deadline?
CNN: Bush's Contested Lead
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Starting a legal business here is fairly easy to do, but in numerous other countries the process is time-consuming and expensive, requiring multiple licenses and procedures and the involvement of multiple government agencies.
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Clear and fair legal rules, clearly and fairly applied, consistently top potential investors' wish-lists.
ECONOMIST: Ecuador
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Expensive stuff: Sophisticated equipment, big buildings, highly educated and knowledgeable technical and salespeople, vast national marketing campaigns, product testing, legal expertise, as well as a fairly significant amount of time.
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The strength of the legal system and its perceived willingness to treat businesses fairly varies from state to state, the study found.
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To curtail illicit flows he suggests the government should: (i) ensure that the rule of law is applied fairly and swiftly, (ii) strengthen regulatory and legal institutions (iii) adopt policy measures to improve both public and corporate governance such as improving tax compliance and collection.
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This is fairly esoteric, but since I have written about some of the plans for the Legal Entity Identifier I am including a link to it.
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While the moves are legal and disclosed in regulatory filings, "there are certainly some fairly serious red flags in terms of behavior that are raised there, " said Paul Hodgson, chief research analyst for GMI Ratings, a corporate-governance and risk-management research firm.
WSJ: Ocwen's Rapid Growth Puts Spotlight on Its Practices
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If PEDs are made legal in professional sports, then suspicion would no longer need apply and the best players would be fairly rewarded for their on-field performances.
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