The Legal Intelligencer |
Scandals Involving Judges, Staff Darkened FJD’s Year
The Legal Intelligencer In September, former Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Joseph C. Waters Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of mail fraud and one count of honest services wire fraud in relation to fixing cases for donors who contributed to his campaigns … |
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Substantiating Charitable Gifts—Specimen Letter To Client-Donors
WealthManagement.com (blog) When a receipt is required to substantiate a deduction, a donor must have it in his or her possession by the earlier of the actual filing of the return, or the April 15, 2015 due date (or extended due date) for the return. It’s wise to alert and inform … |
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A Budget Bill from Hell: Happy Pork Year!
newjerseynewsroom.com An omnibus bill is a proposed law that covers a number of diverse or unrelated topics . . . or in some instances what it doesn’t cover. President Obama and his posse … A massive expansion of contribution limits for individual donors wanting to … |
The 6 most statistically unlikely One Direction fantasiesMirror.co.ukKidneys are the only organ where around half of donors are alive, while liver, lung tissue and small sections of bowel are occasionally donated by living (and *surviving*) donors. Hea…
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May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel There are two basic types of stem cell transplants: autologous, which uses the patients own stem cells; and allogenic where they come from a brother, sister or parent, though they may come from an unrelated donor as well if they meet a set of strict … |
Woodland Record |
100 years ago: Woodland’s Community Xmas
Woodland Record The donors are extended thanks. They heeded the instructions given by the committee, went out in the biting winds and cold rains and through muddy streets to give their offerings or else put themselves to the trouble of telephoning and arranging for … |
Syracuse.com |
One family’s Christmas miracle: Baby Easton is beating the odds
Syracuse.com An Indiegogo fundraiser set up by a relative raised $183,000 from 4,000 donors in a month. The goal was just $5,000. His family’s … Dracker said he determined that Easton has an immune deficiency unrelated to his EB. He’s had monthly infusions for … |
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Organ broker skirts expulsion as lawyer cites ‘victimless’ crime
Chicago Tribune “It was a victimless crime because the recipient received a kidney and the donor was remunerated for his contribution,” Edward Shulman, an immigration lawyer in Paterson, New Jersey, said in a phone interview. “Even though he was convicted, it was not … |
Bloomberg |
He’s the Only Convicted Organ Trafficker in the U.S., and Now He Can Stay
Bloomberg Nancy Scheper-Hughes, an anthropology professor at the University of California at Berkeley who has written extensively about black-market kidney sales, cheered Rosenbaum’s 2012 jailing, saying he exploited donors in desperate need of cash, including … |
The Electronic Intifada (blog) |
Official probe calls on Illinois to reconsider Salaita firing
The Electronic Intifada (blog) Salaita was fired from a tenured position last August after pro-Israel donors, faculty and students mounted a campaign against him because of tweets he made excoriating Israel’s attack on Gaza. His case … CAFT acknowledges that in giving credence to … |