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Please see full chart below for IRS Tax Overpayment And Underpayment Interest Rates for the 1st Quarter of 2014....
By: Charles (Chuck) Rubin

On December 11, 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a revised special rule that would provide for a limited exception to the protections currently proposed for the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) under the...

According to the Associated Press, Congress is considering a provision in the farm bill that would prohibit the government from disclosing information about farmers or their employees. The House version of the bill would disallow the EPA and other...

Drug crimes carry a stigma. If convicted of possessing, selling, manufacturing or trafficking drugs, you could lose your freedom for a very long time....
By: Law Offices of Gregory S. Robey

I thought today I might see if some of the readers might want to head over to the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report and check out some of the podcasts I have posted over the past couple of months. I try to present my own views on anti-corruption...

On December 5, ACLU-affiliated entities and borrower advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California seeking to compel FHFA to produce “all [FHFA] records pertaining to the use of eminent domain to purchase mortgages.” Alliance...

A federal judge has ordered the removal of a 29-foot cross on government-owned land in California. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns of San Diego, in a ruling (PDF) Thursday, said the cross violated the First Amendment ban on a government endorsement of religion, according to multiple reports.

On December 3, the CFPB issued a final rule that will allow the Bureau to supervise certain nonbank student loan servicers for the first time. The CFPB already oversees student loan servicing at the largest banks....

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office, or FIO, has submitted to Congress and released a report on how to modernize and improve the system of insurance regulation in the United States. Given the significance of the insurance...

If you furnish labor or materials to an oil or gas well and are not paid, then you should consider filing a mineral lien. Below are the steps to perfect a mineral lien....
By: Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.

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