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Sources: Commanders sale coming ‘soon’ as top candidates take shape originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington

The sale of the Commanders “will be over soon” according to multiple sources speaking with NBC Sports Washington.

How soon?

That’s unclear, and while the NFL might not want any major news stories during its playoffs, an announcement could come as soon as March.

The league holds its annual meeting at the end of March, though the new league year opens at 4 pm on March 15. Ideally, a new owner could be installed prior to that date so Washington can hit the ground running during free agency.

There’s also news regarding Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Early reports suggested he was the front-runner to buy the Commanders, though that no longer seems to be the case. Bezos did not submit an official bid for the Commanders when the proposals were due just before Christmas, sources told NBC Sports Washington. Front Office Sports first reported that news.

That does not necessarily preclude a Bezos offer from coming in later, though multiple sources say that Dan and Tanya Snyder prefer not to sell their franchise to the Amazon founder.

Still, Bezos has immense wealth in a

Howling at the Government: The Fight to Get Wolves Back on the Endangered Species List

Taylor Hopkins

Introduction

In Ojibwe, an Indigenous language spoken by the Anishinaabe people, the word for “wolf” is Ma’iingan.[1] When describing the significance of the wolf in Anishinaabe culture, Marvin Defoe, a member of the Red Cliff Tribe, said: “the Ma’iingan are our brothers. The legends and stories tell us as brothers we walk hand in hand together. What happens to the Ma’iingan happens to humanity.”[2]

In the wake of the removal of Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the gray wolf in 2020, wolves across the country were slaughtered in state sanctioned hunts. The hunts elicited outrage from Indigenous communities, including six Ojibwe tribes who argued that by holding wolf hunts, states were ignoring not only science, but also tribes’ rights to access resources and give input on environmental management.

On February 10, 2022, after over a year of mismanaged hunting and irreparable damage to wolf populations, Judge Jeffrey S. White, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, restored ESA protections to gray wolves in 44 states.[3] While this is certainly a decision to be celebrated,

WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden at the White House Wednesday and will deliver a prime-time speech before a joint session of Congress during a dramatic visit to Washington on the 300th day of the Russian attack on the U.S. ally.

“You will never stand alone,” Biden told Zelenskyy as both stood near each other during an extraordinary news conference in the packed East Room of the White House.

Zelenskyy applauded Biden’s support and said the next few months, where the harsh weather will test Ukrainian mettle and resources, will be crucial in deciding the war’s outcome.

“We need to survive this winter,” Zelenskyy told reporters. “This is the survival issue.”

Some two hours earlier, the Ukrainian president had arrived at the White House for his historic mission – a little after 2 p.m. – and was warmly greeted on the sunny but brisk winter day by Biden and first lady Jill Biden.

Zelenskyy’s visit comes as Biden and Congress reaffirm their commitment to

M&A attorneys representing buyers, and their private equity and strategic clients, have long felt comfortable that the courts would uphold restrictive covenants in an acquisition. Even if the restrictive covenant at hand was perhaps somewhat broader than necessary, buyers and their counsel believed that the courts would judiciously apply their “blue pencil” to reform an overbroad covenant to make it enforceable. They also believed that by picking Delaware law and Delaware courts to hear any dispute, their restrictive covenants would be upheld by a court that has a well-deserved reputation for enforcing contracts.

The parties

In a very recent opinion on October 6, 2022, by the Delaware Chancery Court, Kodiak Building Partners, LLC v Adams, Vice Chancellor Zurn ruled that the restrictive covenants imposed on a stockholder in an acquisition were overbroad and unenforceable. In addition, the court declined to apply its blue pencil to reform the overbroad restrictive covenants on the basis that to do so would not be equitable. In this article, the authors, a non-compete litigator and an M&A attorney, will discuss the background of this case, the ruling that has surprised many M&A attorneys, and some key takeaways for the future.

As described on its

Election workers were still digging into a mountain of ballots on Thursday — more than 600,000 statewide, according to a tracker posted by the Arizona secretary of state.

The highest-profile offices on the ballot, from U.S. senator to governor to other key statewide positions, remained too close to call. Results from around the state will continue to be posted throughout the day on Friday.

Maricopa County, the most populous county in the state, released a major update of results on Thursday evening.

Looking for the latest updates? Follow Friday’s coverage of Arizona’s midterm election by Republic reporters.

Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s election events.

Hobbs keeps lead over Lake

Democratic nominee for governor Katie Hobbs held her lead over GOP nominee Kari Lake as the neck-and-neck contest remained too close to call on Thursday evening.

Kelly stays ahead in U.S. Senate race

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, maintained a lead Thursday evening over Republican Blake Masters.

10 p.m.: Yee on course to win treasurer’s race

Kimberly Yee, the incumbent treasurer and a former state lawmaker, maintained a strong lead over Democrat Martín Quezada, a state senator, after Thursday’s ballot tallies.

Yee is seeking another four years in office. She

This article was originally published in the Boston Bar Association’s Fall 2022 Boston Bar Journal.

Just over four years ago, the Massachusetts legislature finally passed a bill long in the works addressing non-compete agreements and replacing the Commonwealth’s trade secret misappropriation statute with a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the “UTSA”), referred to herein as “MUTSA.” See M. G. L. c. 93, § 42-42G. While the Commonwealth’s “new” non-compete law has received the most attention, the adoption of the UTSA was also notable. Even though Massachusetts is the 49^th state to adopt the UTSA, MUTSA differs from other states’ versions of the UTSA. This piece will discuss the differences in pre- and post-MUTSA jurisprudence and what issues may be implicated by the law.

Comparing the text of MUTSA to its predecessor

Prior to MUTSA’s enactment, parties alleging trade secret misappropriation relied on both common law and statutory law. Oddly enough, the pre-MUTSA statute never specifically defined “misappropriation.” Instead, the statute provided that anyone who “embezzles, steals or unlawfully takes, carries away, conceals, or copies, or by fraud or by deception obtains” a trade secret “with intent to convert to his own use,” regardless of the value of

Eminent Domain and Ethanol: Farmland Seizures and Carbon Sequestration in Iowa

Ian Klopfenstein

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric CO₂.[i] This process occurs through natural processes like photosynthesis and biomass carbon banking, as well as through human-facilitated carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations.[ii] Artificial CCS operations are usually designed around large point pollution sources to capture CO₂ produced through industrial processes before it enters the atmosphere.[iii] The CO₂ is then transported by pipeline from the point source to its sequestration point, typically being injected into underground geological formations like oil fields and exhausted coal beds.[iv] While the USGS estimates North America has enough storage capacity for 900 years’ worth of CO₂ at current sequestration rates,[v] the long-term security of these deposits have been called into question following instances of CO₂ leakage and geological instability at injection sites around the country.[vi]

On February 1, 2022, Summit Carbon Solutions filed its first permit application with the Iowa Utilities Board for its Midwest Carbon Express pipeline, the largest carbon capture project in the world.[vii] The pipeline is slated to spread across a route of 2,000 miles,