With Election Day right around the corner and candidates making their final push to voters, a very select group of people met recently to learn more about how the American political system works. The Peking University Alumni Association – Minnesota (PKUAA-MN) and Tsinghua University Alumni Association – Minnesota (TAA-MN) held a joint seminar on civic …
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Legal Debate Series: The Limits of Law
The eighth in the series of Thomson Reuters Legal Debates took place on Sept. 1 at Thomson Reuters Canary Wharf Auditorium with the motion under debate being whether the judiciary, not just parliament, must address breached election promises. The Rt. Hon. David Lammy, MP and Robert Palmer, barrister, Monckton Chambers, argued for the motion which was opposed …
Damn the C&D letters, politicians just want to ROCK
The following post comes from William Hochberg, Esq., head of the Music Law Department at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger, LLP. You can follow William on Twitter at @billeeto That R.E.M. and Survivor recently had to let loose their legal teams against rock-loving politicians is surprising. You’d think political campaigns would know better than …
