Legal opinion
Xanadu stores will be open Sundays, Christie says
...at Xanadu, if and when Xanadu actually opens," Christie said. "That's my understanding, that's the legal opinion I got. " But a number of interested parties - including New York...
Cameron makes bank tax pledge
...would do any better. PS Did the admirable, ethical, decent Mr Brown get what he wanted by the way - a legal opinion that manifesto promises do not have to be kept? In order to post a...
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Behind Runaways film, legal battle simmers
...include the band's hit songs in the film. Production company River Road Entertainment then commissioned a legal opinion that analyzed the life rights issues that might arise, and the...
"Some controls are out of place here," Humphreys, making the point that thousands of dollars of taxpayer money have been spent on the speed humps. He questioned whether removal of the humps violated state traffic regulations as well. "We were provided a legal opinion by legal counsel that was asked for at prior meetings," McDermott said. Committeeman Robert Tillotson said he did not believe the Committee had acted illegally, but admitted the initial decision to approve and install the humps should have come from the Committee. "We should have voted on it,"
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New legal opinion adds twist to Northampton landfill question
...need a Special Heavy Use Permit from the City Council. The city's Planning Department sought the legal opinion from Mark Bobrowski, a Concord lawyer specializing in land use and...
Official defends alleged off-the-books spy program
...part of the contract, the official said. Furlong said military supervisors approved the program, and a legal opinion was sought that deemed the operation lawful. Furlong said...
U.K. regulator probes Lehman's repo accounting
...the firm had to buy the assets back later. Before Lehman could book the deals as sales, it had to get a legal opinion that these were true sales. Valukas said the firm couldn't get a...
Selling Pru's Asian venture will be easy - financing it may be less so
...¦ in the first two quarters of 2008 alone. Lehman couldn't get a US legal opinion to back its use of Repo 105, so it went to London law firm Linklaters, the latter saying it was...
Do other firms use Lehman's accounting 'drug'?
...form over economic substance, he noted. Before Lehman could book the deals as sales, it had to get a legal opinion that they were true sales. Lehman's court-appointed examiner, Anton...
Lehman autopsy throws Ernst & Young into spotlight
...assets off Lehman's balance sheet. But to get the right accounting treatment, the firm needed a legal opinion saying that such transfers were true sales. Valukas said Lehman couldn't get...
How 'Repo 105' was Lehman's accounting 'drug'
Lehman had to overcome one final hurdle before it could book the deals as a sale -- it had to get a legal opinion that the deal was a "true sale." "The problem was that Lehman was...
Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets mother of murdered toddler James Bulger
...the draconian injunction which protects Venables's new identity. Even before he is formally charged, legal opinion is divided on how the case will be managed. An Old Bailey barrister...

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