Hamburg: Jungfernsteig at dusk, viewed from Lombardsbrücke The D&O Diary was on assignment this past week in Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city and Europe’s second-largest seaport. January may not be the best time to visit; at 53 degrees northern latitude, Hamburg is chilly and dark this...
The petition of the day is: Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 17-975 Issue: Whether forcing an entity to defend claims for civil liability and penalties in an ultra vires agency proceeding, when “exclusive jurisdiction” of those claims lies in federal district...
As Congress considers a path forward on immigration policy, the debate is playing out along desolate stretches of the southwestern border, where at least 7,209 people have died while crossing illegally over the past 20 years, reports NPR. A report by the aid group No...
When a widespread industry practice comes under regulatory scrutiny, companies that end up in the crosshairs sometimes fall back on the “everyone does it” defense. This argument has an intuitive appeal in the consumer-protection context—consumers are presumably aware of practices that are common across an...
Gov. Greg Abbott is set to replace another official at the scandal-plagued Texas Juvenile Justice Department. One juvenile justice reform advocate said the action appears to be in retaliation for the official speaking out about agency flaws, the Texas Tribune reports. The governor will announce...
The final sentencing hearing began Wednesday for disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who will again be confronted by scores of victims as he faces another prison sentence for molesting gymnasts at an elite Michigan club run by an Olympic coach, reports the Associated Press....
A Mesa, Az., man named in court documents as a “person of interest” during the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas said he had met the shooter one time and sold ammunition to him. Douglas Haig told The...
California moved a step closer to resuming lethal injections this week but still faces significant hurdles before inmates can be executed, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation unveiled a revised single-drug method of execution, allowing the state to use either...
A Dallas man who was on parole for the murder of his estranged wife when he stabbed and strangled his ex-girlfriend in 1999 was executed last night, the Houston Chronicle reports. The execution of William Earl Rayford, which took 13 minutes to carry out, was...
The first task facing a retailer entering a new market? To find its customer. This chore takes on more significance for foreign retailers venturing into a complex, expansive and heterogeneous market such as the United States. Depending upon the soundness of the choice, the proverbial...