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SEC Got 6 Substantive Warnings Re: Madoff Ponzi

Monday, 22 February 2010, 3:18 pm | Sherwood Ross Associates

The SEC’s own Inspector General(OIG) has found that between 1992 and 2008 the SEC received six substantive complaints about fraudster Bernie Madoff’s hedge fund operations yet never conducted a thorough and competent examination of them. The ... More >>

Escalating Afghan War Will “Destroy” Obama

Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:06 pm | Sherwood Ross Associates

Escalating the war in Afghanistan will destroy the Obama presidency “almost as surely as (Viet) Nam and Iraq destroyed Johnson’s, Nixon’s and Bush II’s,” a noted law dean warns. More >>

Net Neutrality Move A Blow To Ordinary Bloggers

Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 2:18 pm | Sherwood Ross Associates

If the cable and phone companies that transmit Internet data are allowed to charge higher rates to some producers for faster service the result will be “a ten pin strike against political freedom,” a prominent legal authority warns. More >>

WH Rejected All Advice That Torture Was Illegal

Monday, 12 January 2009, 9:42 am | Sherwood Ross Associates

War Crimes Report Says White House Rejected All Advice From Government Agencies That Torture Was Illegal; Report Names 30 High Bush Officials Complicit In Torture More >>

Goldsmith's New Book Justifies Rendition

Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:56 am | Sherwood Ross Associates

Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith during his tenure as head of the Justice department's Office of Legal Counsel(OLC), authored a March 19, 2004, memo approving the transfer of prisoners from Iraq to other countries for interrogation, according to dean Lawrence ... More >>

U.S. Losing The War On Terror

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 6:24 pm | Sherwood Ross Associates

U.S. Losing The War On Terror By Acting On Mere Suspicion, Not Proof, Says Legal Expert In Interview On His New Book Conducted By Msl Dean More >>

Metro State Schools Graduating Minority Lawyers

Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 12:23 am | Sherwood Ross Associates

State-supported universities in metropolitan areas that charge comparatively modest tuition "are playing an invaluable if unsung role in preparing minorities to enter the legal profession," a noted legal educator said today. "We need ... More >>

Bush Critics Can Sign Names At New Web Site

Thursday, 21 September 2006, 11:19 am | Sherwood Ross Associates

A new Web site where individuals critical of President Bush's policies can "register their disagreement for posterity" by signing their names and addresses in protest has been created by a New England legal scholar. More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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