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California Shark Fin Ban

by Ken Chan on May 18, 2012

California Fish and Game Code § 2021 set forth the California shark fin ban law. Under the law, “it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade or distribute a shark fin.”

2021(e) exempts restaurants from the ban so that they can clear out their shark fin stock. However, this only applies to inventory in hand as of January 1, 2012, and the restaurant has only one year from that date to use down their shark fins.

So, I was a bit surprised to see shark fin on sale last month at a local supermarket.

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18 USC 1751

by Ken Chan on November 17, 2011

Today, the FBI filed a criminal complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The FBI was seeking a warrant to arrest Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez for violating 18 U.S.C. Section 1751(c). That section pertains to attempts to kill the President of the United States.

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Another iPhone Antenna Lawsuit

August 4, 2011

On the rumored eve of the iPhone 5 release, I spotted this case–Jethro Magat v. Apple Inc.–in Justia Dockets & Filings. The original complaint was filed on June 23, 2011 with the clerk of the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California. According to the complaint, the plaintiff purchased an iPhone 4 on [...]

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NPR Defunding Bill

March 17, 2011

H.R. 1076, which prohibits federal funding of National Public Radio and radio content acquisition, passes the house.

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TSA Pat-Down Procedure

November 22, 2010

From the TSA Blog: It should be mentioned that you will not be asked to and you should not remove clothing (other than shoes, coats and jackets) at a TSA checkpoint. If you’re asked to remove your clothing, you should ask for a supervisor or manager. Of course you should not be removing your clothing [...]

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Formula Restaurants

August 18, 2010

USA Today reports that a group of investors are challenging a Springdale, Utah ordinance that bans “formula restaurants” to preserve the charm of the local community. Justia has the Complaint from Izzy Poco v. Town of Springdale et al.. Springdale Town Code 10-2-2: FORMULA RESTAURANT OR DELICATESSEN: A business which is required by contractual or [...]

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Main Street Fairness Act

August 2, 2010

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. If truth in advertising laws applied to Congress, the so-called Main Street Fairness Act would be renamed as the Main Street Tax Act because it has absolutely nothing to do with fairness for main street. The unstated [...]

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Deepwater Horizon

May 11, 2010

There are a number of ways to research the Deepwater Horizon disaster that continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico. You can find Deepwater Horizon news via Google News or watch a Senate webcast about the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. You can also peruse securities filings, for mentions of the [...]

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Santa Clara County Tackles Child Obesity

April 28, 2010

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to ban restaurants from offering toys or other incentive items in conjunction with foods that contain excessive calories, sodium, fat, saturated fat, trans fat and sugars. Interestingly, this ordinance will not affect all of Santa Clara County. Instead, the ordinance only regulates restaurants “in the unincorporated areas [...]

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Cyber Privacy Act

April 27, 2010

Last week, Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) introduced a bill that would require certain Internet websites that contain personal information of an individual to remove such information at the request of the individual. This bill potentially affects “[a]ny Internet website that makes available to the public personal information of individuals.” The bill also defines “personal information” [...]

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