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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is issuing a final rule to restrict the regulated entities--the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (collectively, the Enterprises), and the Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks)--from dealing in mortgages on properties encumbered by certain types of private transfer fee covenants and in certain related securities. This final rule is intended to protect the regulated entities from exposure to mortgages with certain features that may impair their value and increase risk to the financial safety and soundness of the entities. FHFA intends that the regulated entities develop reasonable means and appropriate methods to implement the rule in consultation with FHFA.
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Introduction - I. Graham and eighth amendment jurisprudence - A. How Terrance Graham Received a Life without Parole Sentence - B. The Changing Nature of Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence - II. The collateral holdings of Graham - A. Stare Decisis and Holdings - B. The Court’s Perspective on Rehabilitation - C. The Court’s Perspective on Adult Decisionmakers in the Justice System - III. Using Graham to challenge transfer laws - A. Eighth Amendment Challenges to Transfer Laws - B. Revisiting Kent and Previous Challenges to Transfer Laws - Conclusion
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is amending its Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Policy Directive. The purpose of these amendments is to implement those provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 affecting the program.
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Investor Relations:
Energy Transfer
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These final rules govern land-use-exemption permits for . The Clean Railroads Act of 2008 amended the U.S. Code to restrict the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board over . The Act also added three new statutory provisions that address the Board's regulation of such facilities, which is now limited to issuance of ``land-use-exemption permits'' in certain circumstances. In 2009, as required by the Act, the Board issued interim rules. In 2011, based on the comments received and further evaluation, the Board revised the 2009 Rules and sought comments on the changes. After further evaluation and review of the comments received on the 2011 Rules, the Board now adopts the 2011 Rules as final rules with minor mo...
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From 2005 through 2007, over 5000 leveraged buyouts occurred with a combined estimated enterprise value of over $1.6 trillion. This brief period accounted for approximately 30% of the total number of leveraged buyout transactions from 1984 to 2007 and 43% of the total real dollar value of all leveraged buyouts during the same period. In fact, in 2006, leveraged buyouts accounted for nearly 25% of the dollar value of all mergers and acquisitions in the US. These figures are impressive but not surprising. When credit is cheap and the economy is growing, highly leveraged buyouts represent the optimal means by which private equity firms acquire target companies. However, leveraged buyouts often burden target companies with staggering debt obligations. In the event that revenues stop growi...
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The EPA is proposing National Uniform Emission Standards for Storage Vessels and Transfer Operations, Equipment Leaks and Control Devices, herein referred to as Uniform Standards. The EPA is also proposing supplemental revisions to the National Uniform Emission Standards General Provisions, which were proposed with the National Uniform Emission Standards for Heat Exchange Systems, signed by the EPA Administrator on November 30, 2011. The proposed Uniform Standards would be referenced, as appropriate, in future revisions to new source performance standards and national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for individual source categories that are part of the chemical manufacturing and refining industries that have storage vessels and transfer operations, equipment leaks or con...
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