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Sunday, September 25, 2011

“IRS, U.S. Banks at Odds Over $1 Billion in Tax Credits from Barclays Deals” An article to be published in Monday’s edition of Financial Times — written by Vanessa Houlder and Megan Murphy of Financial Times and Jeff Gerth of ProPublica — begins, “Judge Patrick Schiltz is an educated man. He earned his degree from Harvard Law School, won a coveted clerkship for US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and served as a law professor for more than a decade before joining the bench as a federal judge in Minnesota in 2006.”

Two related articles also being published Monday are headlined “Government Claims AIG ‘Gamed the Tax System’” and “US tax authorities target bank deals.”

Posted at 11:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Campaign Finance Ruling Turned to Labor’s Advantage”: In Monday’s edition of The New York Times, Steven Greenhouse will have an article that begins, “Labor unions are seizing on last year’s landmark Supreme Court campaign finance ruling to change how they engage in politics, developing ambitious plans to influence nonunion households in the 2012 election and counter corporate money flowing into outside conservative groups.”

Posted at 11:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Debate over GPS devices on suspects’ cars spurs ‘Big Brother’ concerns”: This article will appear Monday in The Contra Costa Times.

Posted at 10:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fighting Constitution Center workers missed domestic tranquility”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “Police are looking for a man who stabbed a co-worker early Sunday morning at the National Constitution Center.”

Posted at 4:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Flirting with justice: Thirty years ago, Sandra Day O’Connor made history by becoming the first female justice on the Supreme Court — and opened doors for wise women everywhere.” Meg Waite Clayton has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘Most important’ religious freedom case”: Today’s edition of The Deseret News contains an article that begins, “There was a time when Cheryl Perich may have wanted to emphasize she was a minister. But that was before her case worked its way up to the Supreme Court this March.”

Posted at 9:57 AM by Howard Bashman



“Obama administration must make risky healthcare decision; White House lawyers could try to speed up or slow down the process of seeking to have the Supreme Court decide on the constitutionality of the president’s healthcare law”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Pennsylvania attorney prepares to take his case to the Supreme Court”: Today’s edition of The York Sunday News contains an article that begins, “Paul Rossi researched the individual health care mandate long before President Barack Obama signed it into law.”

Posted at 9:50 AM by Howard Bashman