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Robert Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether Biden mishandled classified documents, wrote that the president couldn’t recall in an interview with prosecutors the date when his adult son, Beau, died of cancer. And Biden recalled the specific date that Beau died, although he briefly wondered aloud about the year as the conversation toggled between various events. “Oh, God, May 30th.”A White House lawyer interjected by saying, “2015.”“Was it 2015 he had died?” Biden asked. Beau died while Biden was serving as vice president, and his deep sorrow helped deter him from running for president in 2016, when Trump ultimately defeated Hillary Clinton. Biden mentioned the death during an interview that Hur conducted on Oct. 8.

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☆ ‘Mason-Dixon’ Review: The Line That Would Divide America
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Harold Holzer | Edward G. Gray | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Photo: Edwin Remsberg/AlamyCould there be a more opportune moment for an authoritative book on the border crisis? No, not that border, and not today’s crisis, but the dispute that once raged over where Pennsylvania ended and Maryland began. That colonial-era quarrel cooled only when the expanse was surveyed and mapped in the 1760s by the Englishmen Charles Mason (1728-86) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-79). Grab a Copy Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation By Edward G. Gray Harvard University Press 456 pages We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site. Yet as the historian Edward G. Gray observes in his ambitious and richly detailed “Mason-Dixon,” the survey initially meant to address but one issue: a long-contested border between British territories in America.

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Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems interwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study. Study authors said bees, flies, moths and other pollinators are being hit harder than the general insect population. Those plants rely on bees and flies to help them reproduce and fewer pollinators mean reduced crops, study authors said. “There will be this double hit of climate change impacting coffee itself, the coffee plants, but also impacting the pollinators on which it depends so that’s quite worrying for those of us who like coffee,” Newbold said.

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☆ Wells Fargo, a juicy target, sparks lead counsel fight among shareholder firms
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Alison Frankel | Thomson Reuters | Alison Frankel Has Covered High-Stakes Commercial Litigation As A Columnist For Reuters Since A Dartmouth College Graduate | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, yet another plaintiffs' firm, Robbins, is deep into a similar derivative suit against Wells Fargo board members in San Francisco Superior Court. But it’s worth noting that in 2022, Wells Fargo won the dismissal of a previous shareholder derivative suit accusing the board of regulatory compliance failures. Kessler said its complaint, which includes "detailed" and "substantial" references to Wells Fargo internal documents, was more likely to withstand a dismissal motion from the bank. Scott + Scott told Tigar that it had the most up-to-date documents from Wells Fargo because it brought a Section 220 demand after the $3.7 billion CFPB agreement. I would not be surprised to see a rival derivative suit filed in Delaware Chancery Court by one of the shareholder firms spurned by Tigar.

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☆ Opinion: Judge’s rejection of Hunter Biden’s plea deal vindicates Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Opinion W. James Antle Iii | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On Wednesday, the GOP position on Hunter Biden received vindication from US District Judge Maryellen Noreika, who rejected an “unusual” plea bargain the Department of Justice had offered him. Noreika had been asked to approve to a plea deal that would have spared the president’s son prison. Hunter Biden is one reason Trump is able to survive, even thrive, under circumstances that would have felled almost any other candidate. But the voters who will decide the next GOP presidential nominee are not wrong in thinking that something about Hunter Biden’s treatment doesn’t sit right. Republican voters believe Hunter Biden is getting off with a slap on the wrist while their favored candidate is the one being hunted.

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Hunter Biden, appearing in court wearing a dark suit and sporting slicked back hair, appeared agitated and worried as the plea deal began to unravel. She said she has “concerns about the constitutionality” of the gun deal because it might violate separation of powers principles. Noreika also has the ultimate decision on what sentence Hunter Biden will receive if a plea deal is accepted or he is tried and convicted. “At least there is some scrutiny going on,” Texas Rep. Chip Roy told CNN in reaction to the Hunter Biden plea deal being refined. GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio credited IRS whistleblowers critical of the investigation for the collapse of a plea deal, although the issue did not come up during a hearing.

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☆ Carter, Biden and American Malaise
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Kimberley A. Strassel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jimmy Carter lost the 1980 general election by a landslide to Ronald Reagan, so it's difficult to understand why Joe Biden continues to follow the Carter 'malaise' playbook today (07/15/22). Bettman via Getty Images/Shutterstock Composite: Mark KellyWhen Jimmy Carter ran for president, the first U.S. senator to endorse him was Delaware’s Joe Biden. Mr. Carter later wrote in his White House diary that the first-term Democrat had been his “most effective supporter during the 1976 campaign.” In 2021 Mr. Biden was the first president since Mr. Carter left office 40 years earlier to visit him in Plains, Ga. “Those guys love each other,” a former Biden aide told Maureen Dowd of the New York Times .

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☆ A Delaware city wants to let businesses vote in its elections. It just cleared a key hurdle, but it’s faced pushback
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Letting businesses vote in municipal elections dilutes the voice of the citizenry and “puts the idea that corporations are people on steroids,” said its executive director, Claire Snyder-Hall. Seaford proposal meets resistanceThe latest Delaware municipality to propose letting businesses vote in its local elections is the city of Seaford, with roughly 8,500 residents. Grenshaw said he never expected that to be a problem, since four other municipalities had no trouble getting approval for their decision to let businesses vote in the past. How influential could that be in future Seaford elections? The city clerk’s office would conduct a series of annual cross-checks to ensure that a business currently owns property in the city.

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Law Firms Duane Morris LLP FollowJune 20 (Reuters) - David Weiss, the top federal prosecutor in Delaware, wrapped up the most closely watched investigation of his career on Tuesday when U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax crimes. Weiss, 67, who was appointed to his post by Republican then-President Donald Trump, agreed to stay on the job into the Biden administration to complete a long-running probe into Hunter Biden’s finances. Hunter Biden, 53, agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes and reached an agreement on a gun-related offense that could allow him to avoid a conviction, according to court filings. “I don’t think he’s thinking about the politics at all,” said Thomas Ostrander, who worked with Weiss at law firm Duane Morris. Weiss was nominated to be U.S. attorney in Delaware by Trump in 2018 with the support of Delaware’s two Democratic U.S. senators.

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☆ Carper Says He Will Retire, Vacating Seat in Solidly Democratic Delaware
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Thomas R. Carper, a veteran Democrat from Delaware, announced on Monday that he would not seek re-election next year, opening up a seat in a deep-blue state that he said he hoped would go to his handpicked successor. Mr. Carper, 76, is in his fourth term in the Senate and is the last surviving Vietnam veteran to serve there. He has held public office since the 1970s, first as Delaware’s treasurer, then for a decade as a congressman, then as governor and, since 2001, as a senator. “This just seems like a good time just to turn the page and move on,” Mr. Carper said at a news conference in Wilmington, Del. He added, “I’ve got miles to go, and I’m going to make every day count.”The senator said he intended to do all he could to help Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, the Democrat who serves as the state’s only member of the House and was his former intern, win the race to succeed him.

☆ Elon Musk to Take Stand in Trial Over His Tesla Compensation Package
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WILMINGTON, Del.—Elon Musk is slated to take the stand Wednesday in a shareholder lawsuit over his multibillion-dollar compensation package at Tesla Inc. The trial that kicked off Monday in Delaware’s business-law court has focused on whether Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, had undue influence over a 2018 pay package that is worth around $52 billion at recent share prices.

☆ Elon Musk Testifies in Court Over His Multibillion-Dollar Tesla Pay Deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WILMINGTON, Del.—Elon Musk said the targets in his multibillion-dollar Tesla Inc. pay package were “extremely unlikely” when initially contemplated, as he defended the grant on the stand Wednesday. The trial that kicked off Monday in Delaware’s business-law court has focused on whether Mr. Musk, Tesla ‘s chief executive, had undue influence over a 2018 pay package that is worth around $52 billion at recent share prices.

☆ Tesla’s board chair says Musk needed money for space travel
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Matt Mcfarland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington, DC CNN —Elon Musk said that he needed to receive what amounted to the largest compensation package in history so that he could fuel his goals around “inter-planetary travel,” Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm testified Tuesday. Musk has long claimed that he intends to use his vast wealth in pursuit of space travel and colonization. “Quite honestly, I don’t know how much it costs to do any inter-planetary travel. The company’s driving interest in awarding Musk such an enormous compensation package was to keep his focus on Tesla, as opposed to his other companies. Denholm said Tuesday that Musk’s previous compensation package before the 2018 plan wasn’t adequate to keep him engaged at Tesla.

☆ Elon Musk’s Tesla Compensation Trial in Delaware Court Set to Kick Off
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Elon Musk doesn’t accept a salary from Tesla, instead being compensated in stock options that vest based on Tesla’s valuation and achievement of other milestones. The trial over Elon Musk‘s multibillion-dollar pay package at Tesla Inc. is due to kick off Monday morning in Delaware’s business-law court. A Tesla shareholder, Richard Tornetta , is seeking to nullify Mr. Musk’s 2018 compensation grant, valued at around $52 billion at recent share prices. The plaintiff is alleging that the board at the time failed to disclose crucial information about the package to shareholders, who signed off on it.

☆ Elon Musk’s Tesla Compensation Trial in Delaware Court Kicks Off
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WILMINGTON, Del.—The trial over Elon Musk‘s multibillion-dollar pay package at Tesla Inc. kicked off Monday morning in Delaware’s business-law court. A Tesla shareholder, Richard Tornetta , is seeking to nullify Mr. Musk’s 2018 compensation grant, valued at around $52 billion at recent share prices. The plaintiff is alleging that the board at the time failed to disclose crucial information about the package to shareholders, who signed off on it.

☆ Tesla heads to court to defend Elon Musk’s pay
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Matt Mcfarland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington, DC CNN —Tesla headed to court today to defend the huge compensation package that helped make CEO Elon Musk the richest person on Earth. Even in the rarified air of CEO pay, Musk’s compensation plan stood apart. The Tornetta complaint alleges that the board of directors that created Musk’s compensation plan lacked sufficient independence from him. “This is a huge package,” Hayn said of the compensation plan. Tesla leadershipHayn noted that Musk’s close relationships with the board members could be problematic for Tesla in the case.

☆ Elon Musk, Tesla Board Members to Defend CEO’s Pay in Court
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Rebecca Elliott | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose pay package was valued recently at around $52 billion, is the world’s richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Elon Musk is headed to court this week to defend his multibillion-dollar pay package at Tesla Inc.A Tesla shareholder is asking Delaware’s business-law court to rescind Mr. Musk’s CEO pay package, which was approved in 2018 and is valued at around $52 billion at recent share prices. The plaintiff has alleged that Tesla’s board at the time failed to disclose key information about the deal and how it came together.

☆ Top Prosecutor in Hunter Biden Probe Is Veteran of Sensitive Cases
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( James Fanelli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hunter Biden has been under investigation. He has said he was confident that a review would show he acted legally. The U.S. attorney overseeing the long-running investigation into President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden , has a depth of experience in handling politically sensitive cases and built a reputation as an evenhanded prosecutor. David Weiss, Delaware’s top federal prosecutor, is leading a team weighing whether there is enough evidence to charge the younger Biden with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun he purchased, The Wall Street Journal reported last week.

☆ Delaware Freezes Out Russia-Linked Startups, Extending Sanctions’ Reach
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Andrew Scurria | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

PREVIEWDelaware is now extending U.S. sanctions meant to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine to business ventures incorporated in the state. Blocked startups also can’t raise outside financing because they can’t amend their articles of incorporation in Delaware to issue new capital stock, according to several startup founders and their lawyers. Some startups have persuaded Delaware to restore their good standing after demonstrating that corporate officers no longer live in Russia. Blocked startups face other financial repercussions. It can’t proceed with expansion plans so long as it is blocked in Delaware, Mr. Zykov said.

Sea level rise will flood huge swaths of the country and submerge billions of dollars’ worth of land, according to a new report. The analysis indicates that sea level rise could reduce the value of that private land by more than $108 billion by the end of the century. Risk isn’t evenly distributedClimate Central found that, unsurprisingly, the effects of sea level rise aren’t evenly distributed across the U.S. In Galveston County, Texas, more than 4,200 buildings that are currently above sea level will be at least partially underwater. While sea level rise is one of the major impacts of the climate crisis, it’s not the only one.

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