Legal Issues

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Tax on Breathing

Thursday, November 5, 2009
By Kyle
Tax on Breathing

Assuming global CO2 emissions of 28,432 million metric tons, humans emit an additional 8% of that total through breathing alone. »

Oil Companies Sued for Katrina

Saturday, October 31, 2009
By Kyle
Oil Companies Sued for Katrina

Over the last decade, global warming has become a hot topic. The outcome of Comer v. Murphy Oil will be extremely significant and could result in a flood of litigation that Congress has arguably aimed to prevent through prudentially required elements of standing. However, the floodgates are opening... Isolating individual polluters unfairly singles out... »

Florida’s Beachfront Property Rights

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
By Kyle
Florida’s Beachfront Property Rights

“To speak of riparian or littoral rights unconnected with ownership of the shore is to speak a non sequitur. Hopefully, the Supreme Court will take jurisdiction and extinguish this rather ingenious but hopelessly illogical hypothesis.” Belvedere Development Corp. v. Division of Administration, 413 So.2d 847 (1982) Historically, in Florida at least, property lines for beachfront land... »

Kahre v. The World

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
By Kyle
Kahre v. The World

So the more I read about this guy, the more I like him. Rather, what he stands for: The US Constitution. The man I’m speaking of is Robert Kahre. Kahre is a particularly interesting Nevada resident that I stumbled across while doing research for my post on Alternative Investments. He is a contractor, though... »

Ho White

Monday, October 19, 2009
By Kyle
Ho White

This is just too funny to pass up. In a hilariously inappropriate ad campaign to promote their new raspberry ale, Jamieson Brewery ran the following ad in Australia earlier this week. The ad, shown to the right, is of “Ho White and the Seven Dwarves.                  ... »