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“Does the Gentlelady Have a Problem?” : Yes, Delegate Plaskett Most Certainly Has a Problem

JonathanTurley

Plaskett rose to demand recognition and to know why she was not allowed to vote: “I note that the names of representatives from American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia were not called, representing, collectively, 4 million Americans. Plaskett, with “colonies.”

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Panama court acquits all defendants in “Panama Papers” and “Car wash” cases

JURIST

This exposure prompted international discussions on financial transparency and offshore banking regulations, highlighting the role of tax havens such as Panama and the British Virgin Islands. At the heart of the scandal lay a sophisticated bribery scheme involving inflated contracts between Petrobras and numerous construction firms.

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October Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs Lists and Children’s Television Reports, New Form for TV CP Applications, Comments on Captioning of Video Clips and Incentive Auction Reimbursement Form and More!

Broadcast Law Blog

There is also a new form for full-power TV broadcasters filing construction permits applications for changes in their facilities, effective as of October 2. That is the possible suspension of the LPTV digital construction deadlines given the upcoming incentive auction. We expect more actions in the incentive auction proceeding.

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October Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: License Renewals, Broadcast Ownership Filings, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Rulemaking Comment Dates and More

Broadcast Law Blog

Eastern on November 9 , the FCC will accept applications for construction permits for new FM noncommercial educational stations to operate in the reserved band (88.1 through 91.9 on the FM dial). We wrote more about the application process and ten-application limit , here.

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October Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs and Children’s Television Reports, EEO Obligations, Repacking Reports and More

Broadcast Law Blog

Thus, stations in Alaska , Florida , Hawaii , Iowa , Missouri , Oregon , Washington , American Samoa , Guam , the Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , Saipan , and the Virgin Islands that are part of an Employment Unit with 5 or more full-time employees should have placed in their public file their Annual EEO Public Inspection File Report by October 1.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 62: When Life Winks

ALPS

Multiple addresses, a period of time just staying in a VRBO sort of at the last minute because of construction delays in this development here. Well, we did sail for two days out, we were going out to the British Virgin islands. I, just was one of the worst experiences my wife and I’ve ever had.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) argued to the District of Columbia Superior Court that a Texas federal court’s order in Exxon’s case against the Massachusetts attorney general supported CEI’s request for sanctions against the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) attorney general. ExxonMobil Oil Corp. , 2016 CA 2469 (D.C.