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Human Rights Due Diligence and Operations in Burma (Myanmar)

I recently published an op-ed in The Christian Science Monitor cautioning companies seeking to make investments in Burma (Myanmar) to make sure that the inflow of new investments does not end up harming the country's...more

How to obtain a Chapter 7 Discharge? Be Honest with the Trustee!

When clients hire the Law Office of Raymond A. Kenney, PLLC to assist them in the preparation of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case their preeminent goal is to obtain a discharge of their debts as quickly as possible. This is an...more

Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity's Maxims

Charles E. Rounds, Jr., Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity’s Maxims, 42 U. Tol. L. Rev. 673 (2011): That the national conversation on slavery reparations has been, and...more

Court Of Appeal Reaffirms Lender’s Refusal To Loan To LLC Based On Felonious Investor In Manager

In May, I wrote this post about a decision by the Second District Court of Appeal finding that a lender did not violate California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act when it declined to make a loan to a limited liability company whose...more

Are Women Business Owners at a Disadvantage to Men?

Do women business-owners really have less access to capital than men? I was reading this article exploring the reasons why women business owners have less access to venture capital than male business owners do. The data...more

Fall Forecast: DOL Hunts for Violations and DOJ Offers some Clarifications

In this newsletter: DOL will target hospitality industry beginning in October; Miniarture horses welcome: DOJ Enacts Revised ADA reglations; DOL explains reasonable break time and facilities for nursing mothers;...more

Jessica Pownall vs. PNC Bank

Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant, PNC Bank's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint

Plaintiff, Jessica Pownall, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated (“Pownall”)filed a class action against Defendant, PNC Bank, a National Association, as successor in interest to National City Bank (“PNC”), based...more

Islamic Finance in Relation to Capitalism & Socialism

Speech at the United Nations to the Ambassadors of the 57 Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on the inherent obstacles to capital formation in classical Islamic law, the Shari'a....more