Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Paddy loves Saint Vincent
Peter Binose Thursday, May 07, 2015 Dear Sir Whilst talking with an old friend in Dublin recently we were discussing Prime Minister Gonsalves. For this letter I will describe my friend as Paddy, that’s not his name, nothing like his…
First amendment win for brewery’s ‘Raging Bitch’ beer
By Sue Reisinger, From Corporate Counsel A company called Flying Dog Brewery, which makes a craft beer called Raging Bitch, has registered an important First Amendment victory for businesses that want to go to market with creative brand names, showing…
Injunction issued against AmEx anti-steering rules
By Andrew Keshner, From New York Law Journal American Express cannot impede merchants from expressing preferences or offering incentives for consumers to use certain cards, a judge decided after already determining the company violated antitrust laws with its anti-steering rules….
Skelos, son charged with bribery, extortion
By Mark Hamblett,From New York Law Journal In the latest federal indictment targeting what authorities say is a pay-to-play culture in Albany, New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, were arrested Monday on federal…
Nine-year-old charged with car theft in Trinidad
From Caribbean360 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday May 6, 2015 – Police in Trinidad and Tobago have charged a nine-year-old boy for stealing a car, but questions are being raised about the legality of the move. The child took a…
Trinidad journalist ruffles media feathers; now under attack
By Melanius Alphonse From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Freelance journalist and talk-show host Marcia Braveboy is at the centre of a political storm in Trinidad and Tobago after she took a well-known newspaper columnist there to…
Lawson Conner launches ‘Discovery’, a unique offshore investment management platform for Cayman Islands
From Opalesque Opalesque Industry Update – Lawson Conner, Europe’s provider of investment management and compliance solutions to the alternative investment fund industry, has launched ‘Discovery’, the first AIFM integrated offshore Investment Management Platform. ‘Discovery’ will be structured as a Cayman…
5 ways humanity is killing crowdfunding
By Lyndsey Gilpin From TechRepublic Crowdfunding was meant to democratize finance and help the best ideas for changing the world have a chance to succeed. But as usual, humanity is trying to sabotage that mission. We were joking in the…
Disruptive defendant keeps testing Alsup’s patience
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder U.S. District Judge William Alsup doesn’t typically interrupt opening statements for bathroom breaks. Then again, there is little that’s typical about the trial of fallen San Francisco real estate tycoon Luke Brugnara—a tour-de-force personality…
