FrobeniusTwist

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by FrobeniusTwist 2y ago
This is very well put, and I agree with it unreservedly. But I do think that it's worth bearing in mind that "trans rights" is, for better or worse, an evolving concept in the culture at the moment. I grew up in the 70s and
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by FrobeniusTwist 3y ago
It certainly can be confusing. I generally use the term "nonprofit" to mean a corporate entity formed under a nonprofit corporation act, e.g., one derived from the Model Nonprofit Corporation Act. This says nothing about the tax
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by FrobeniusTwist 3y ago
As noted elsewhere, the EITC is a so-called "refundable" credit. It wouldn't serve its intended purpose if it wasn't refundable.
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by FrobeniusTwist 3y ago
>> The US tax code is very clear on that point and is not open for debate. > Anyone who has ever worked with an accountant knows this isn't true. The point being referred to here is that you can't take a deduction for pro
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by FrobeniusTwist 4y ago
Your advice above about maybe not spending recent withdrawals is really good. I just want to point out that recovery of "preferences" (which is what these withdrawals might, possibly, be) doesn't depend on there having been
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by FrobeniusTwist 4y ago
That case probably (it's been a while since I checked) still shows up in most business law casebooks, but it doesn't really help much in understanding modern judicial thinking about the role of "profit motivation" in cor
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by FrobeniusTwist 4y ago
What tax, specifically, is Delaware a haven from? Incorporating in Delaware doesn't get you out of Federal income taxes, or state income taxes (to the extent your operations, which are probably not based in Delaware, subject you to in
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by FrobeniusTwist 4y ago
I worked in the same building in Honolulu as these folks. Several of us were able to buy various bits of hardware left over after they wrapped. I ended up with a massive monitor that I used for years after. My recollection is that one of
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by FrobeniusTwist 5y ago
"Quiet enjoyment" is a archaic legal term of art, arising (I believe) in law governing conveyances of real property. The Black's law dictionary on my desk defines "quiet" in this context as "Unmolested; tranqu
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by FrobeniusTwist 5y ago
Another (transactional) lawyer here. While I generally agree with this, there are still circumstances in which something like a VC system would be useful. It's not uncommon for documents to go through a dozen or more (sometimes signi
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by FrobeniusTwist 6y ago
I'm a lawyer, and a former (and still occasional) programmer. In my experience, tools developed for (or at any rate, targeted at) lawyers seem to always be bloated, slow, and of negligible utility as far as I can tell. For "lega
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by FrobeniusTwist 6y ago
The main "pro" of a successful Chapter 11 is that a viable but struggling business is saved (along with the jobs provided by the business), although the investors in the business may see their investment wiped out. As mentioned e
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by FrobeniusTwist 6y ago
> You pay taxes based on where you have a nexus, such as an office. That's true as far as it goes, but the requirements for "nexus" were significantly weakened a few years back by South Dakota v. Wayfair . It is no longe
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by FrobeniusTwist 7y ago
Amazed to see Trollope mentioned here. I read Dr. Thorne probably twenty years ago, and liked it OK. I recently found, and have been completely blown away by, the Timothy West recordings of Trollope on Audible. They are hands down the mos
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by FrobeniusTwist 9y ago
> Actually, the situation i long for is before the creation of the LLC, where shareholders were responsible for paying for the corporations lawsuits. LLCs are fairly recent invention, and also one that hurt consumers a lot. Er, what? S
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by FrobeniusTwist 11y ago
IIA[American]L. The answer to your question about how lawyers figure out changes to the law is: they give an assignment to a new associate (or law student, in the case of scholars) to track down the history manually. It's a horrible
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by FrobeniusTwist 12y ago
I hear you, but if your assessment is based on XSLT 1.0 (which is likely, since 2.0 was not very widely implemented) you might reconsider. The differences between 1.0 and 2.0 are so stark and significant that they're hardly comparable
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by FrobeniusTwist 12y ago
No. In a Chapter 11, the debtor (referred to in this context as the "debtor in possession") remains in control of the proceeding (with court oversight). Generally, the purpose of an 11 is to reorganize or restructure, but a comp