Napkin nibbler settles SEC case involving Ex-Simpson Thacher clerk
By Brian Baxter, From The Am Law Daily The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it has formally settled its claims against mortgage banker Frank Tamayo, a cooperator in the agency’s insider trading case against former Simpson Thacher…
How not to leave a law firm
By Greg Land, From Daily Report Suit claims wiped files, missing clients, empty offices and an ‘I quit’ note Law firm dissolutions are often messy affairs, but a suit filed in Fulton County last month described the departure of two…
Judiciary in ‘disaster’ mode after OPM data breach
Zoe Tillman, From The National Law Journal Scope of breach “very unsettling,” chief judge of Washington’s federal district court said. Federal judges and judiciary employees were among the millions of federal employees whose personal information was compromised in a data…
The [US] Gun-Control Movement is borrowing the Marriage-Equality Playbook — and hoping for similar results
By Lisa Miller from New York Mag If the marriage movement were a novel, then the current moment would be its denouement. The players — activists, politicians, supporters, loved ones — have taken their victory lap and drunk their Champagne….
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MLK Concert Series take a hit
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Once regarded as one of the best deals in Brooklyn, the annual Martin Luther King summer concert series returns with an abbreviated lineup that begins and end with only four performance dates. The…
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‘Wizard of Oz’ super-fan offers $1 million for Dorothy’s stolen ruby slippers
By Kimberly Truong From Mashable IMAGE: Rubyslippers In this April 10, 1996 file photo, the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” are shown on display during a media tour of the “America’s…
Firefox now blocks all versions of Flash Player by default
By Liam Tung From ZD NET In the wake of two new zero-day flaws in Flash Player, Mozilla has disabled the plugin for all versions of its Firefox browser. Mozilla’s support team has made the dramatic but justified decision to…
Cayman Islands Diamond Exchange idea mooted
(IDEX Online News) – It’s already a major offshore financial centre, but the Cayman Islands could also become home to an important diamond exchange, according to World Federation of Diamond Bourses president Ernie Blom. According to The Cayman Islands Journal…
Cayman Islands University students to attend Academy in Austria
UCCI students to attend Women’s Engineering Academy in Austria Two young Caymanian Science students from UCCI, Samantha Cridland and Kerrie Forbes, are heading to the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria for the International Summer Academy in Engineering 4 Women…
Securing startups will be yet another gauntlet for Greece
By Elmira Bayrasli From TechCrunch Elmira Bayrasli is the co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted. Her book, From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places, hits book stands on September 8. Last Sunday Greeks overwhelmingly voted “no,” to…
