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Media Fails to Understand Pittman-Robertson

The Los Angeles Times – April 22, 2012 Nearly half of the county’s cities have adopted the ‘child safety zone’ law that bans sex offenders from parks, beaches, playgrounds and hiking trails. Critics say it’s an …

Mercury News – By Tracey Kaplan – 04/21/2012 In a rare move, District Attorney Jeff Rosen has fired a longtime Santa Clara County prosecutor after concluding that she committed an “outrageous abuse” of her power by …

By Gary Mandinach, Attorney at Law, California Appellate Project, Los Angeles, California 1. In re Tom (2012) Cal.App.4th , reported on March 21, 2012, in 2012 Los Angeles Daily Journal 3595, the First Appellate District, Division3 …

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Firearms Industry Helps Lead Economic Recovery

You and some co-venturers have come up with a business plan and an idea that you want to bring to fruition. How do you decide how much each person will own in the company? Many entrepreneurs think that each founder should own equal shares. This can be problematic, for many reasons. Here are a few things to think about when dividing ownership and founders stock. Who is bringing the funds to the table? Money is important and without initial funding, you can’t get a business off the ground. But is the bank-roller entitled to a larger proportion of the…

Dolphins, by the hundreds, are dying off the coast of Peru. And the reason for their death seems to be big mystery.

(Reuters) – A new species of gecko with black and gold bands like a bumblebee and slender toes termed a “striking surprise” has been discovered deep in the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea, the U.S. Geological survey said.

A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation.