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…h an even more generous proposal for the Palestinians, I agreed. I figured even Arafat might realize at some point that if he did want a negotiated peace, the time for dithering was over. Clinton would no longer be president in five months’ time. Unless I could find an alternativ...

…t have to worry about no-confidence votes while confronting the Palestinian violence. I knew Shas’s support would waver if there was a resumption of serious peace negotiations. Still, as Clinton continued to insist we make one final attempt to get a deal, I felt we had a responsi...

…ider the following puzzling aspects of our morality: 1. Many of us share the view that one should not use people, even if it benefits them to be used, as Kant intoned in his second formulation of the categorical impera- tive: “Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether i...

A spy told us, “Everyone in the theater hissed when Les Moonves’ face came up on-screen.” Moore also held a Q&A after the screening. The movie’s already premiered in Moore’s hometown of Flint, Mich., and played the Toronto International Film Festival. Richard Kahn HBRK Associa...

…utility stocks, is also sensitive to changes in the market level of interest rates. Utilities historically underperform if bond yields rise, and outperform when they fall. Furthermore, ED is a bellwether utility and has historically outperformed during market uncertainty as a lar...

158 Public figures from the second or third generation of immigrants are emerging slowly. The traditionally anticommunist sentiment in Paris’s thirteenth district, populated by former refugees, has all but disappeared. The district’s Socialist Party MP, a former advocate of Taiw...

…nc, 465 U.S. at 774-75, 104 S.Ct. 1473); see also Exec. Order 13244 (desig- nating certain branches of Al Haramain and BIF in 2002). Accordingly, Prince Turki’s motion to dismiss the Federal com- plaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is granted. Jurisdictional discovery is not...

…Victim Protection Act (““TVPA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1850 note; the Antiterrorism Act (“ATA”), 18 U.S.C. 1. According to Plaintiffs, Osama bin Laden formed al Qaeda, which means “the Base” or “the Vanguard,” into an international terror- ist organization with the aim of violently op- po...

Practitioners should be cognizant of the treatment of DREs by other countries. 8° Not only can the different treatment by a foreign country present traps for the unwary, but they can also produce significant planning opportunities for U.S. individuals and businesses. Obama Propo...

…g trade secrets from a plucky American entrepreneur could have been a tough sell to a federal jury in Orange County, California. [http://www.law.com/image/LitDaily/DailyDicta.jpg]The stakes were high--more than half a billion dollars in damages--and some of the facts were, ahem,...

…raded cannabis companies. In 2018, Aurora acquired Uruguayan fully licensed ICC Labs Inc. (ICC) that operates a GMP-certified lab facility, indoor and outdoor grow operations and distributes CBD-based products under the brand BIDIOL. In January 2019, Khiron acquired NettaGrowth I...

156 remotely intercepting even the faintest traces of electromagnetic signals, hacking into computers, and eavesdropping on distant conversations, but using special units, called “tailored access operations,” to plant listening devices in embassies and diplomatic pouches. It als...

…nterest in protecting and strengthening democratic institutions in the United States and elsewhere in the world. While different participants took the lead in drafting particular sections of the report, each section was reviewed and contributed to by a number of participants in w...

…ieve, I concentrated on the intriguing financial mystery instead. But now the women have come back. Not the same ones, different ones. And their stories are bone- chilling. Journalists from England have phoned—and, in one case, flown—to ask me about Epstein and Maxwell. Who is he...