That will end new expansions by corporations into Europe and some will end operations asap.

Europe just died with that ruling... financial cliff is no longer an apt term... financial blackhole is more appropriate.

dont use the "s" word

you need prescription for that link to view it arfeh

yeah its 2 year old decision I found about today

apparently they do have a "legal privilege" for outside lawyers, just not in-house counsel.  Not independent enough.

The problem is going to be what standard things like WTO go for, because if the EU sues USA for what US corporation does they will probably argue they can have everything Boeing and Eli Lilly in-house counsel did. 

I suggest all NGOs follow American law or we kill them with drones.

And yes its ridiculous to think corporations won't flock to Europe, just look at their economy over the last 2 years.   Oh wait.

What barbaris-....... OH MY GOD I JUST SAW A MAN DRIVE PAST MY HOUSE IN CAR MADE OUT OF STONE!

dpenguins doesnt care because he's a contract lawyer and therefore gets hired by Eurocorps so they can claim legal privilege

> Einstein wrote:

> Politician #1 *smirks* "of course, I used to be a lawyer as well!"

Until he took a nomination to the knee? 

Is it legal...

That question, two continents

In Europe it is proof of intent to commit a crime

In USA it is proof you checked before you screwed up.

we BEEN doing that it's called state militias

"The United States had two armies during the 19th century. The first, a standing army commonly referred to as the U.S. Army, had been authorized by the Congress in 1789. Designated the regular army, this force was composed of officers commissioned by Congress and enlisted men who joined for a five year period. In 1792, Congress created a second army intended as an auxiliary to the regulars called the militia. One major difference between the regulars and militia was the first was a national force while the second was the armies of the various states. Congress stipulated three instances when the militia could be called into federal service: to execute the laws of the United States, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions. This two-tiered arrangement formed the basis of the American military establishment during the Mexican War."

good lesson on the "living constitution"

Militia were a state power since the beginning.  State Militia "augmented" federal forces and were 2/3 of US forces in every war up to Spanish War.  By the time of the invasion of Cuba, magazine-loading rifles meant that nobody was making cartridges on the spot like at Bunker Hill...they had to have factory made ammo in the right size, at hand, immediately.  Since every state used a different rifle it meant NY Militia had to use NY ammo and CA militia hand to use CA ammo and neither could use federal US Army ammo.  No problem, just make sure the boxcars stayed with the passenger freight, right?

The invasion force at Tampico was supplied by a 1 track rail line.  Nobody got their own bags.

After this fiasco the Dick Act of 1906 offered states federal arsenals and armories and uniforms in exchange for federalized training of militias into fully-compatible forces.  This was reinforced by the National Defense Acts of 1917 and 1947 which gave them the same ranks and jobs as the federal military, and assigned state units set tasks within the federal military.

All this means, some 100 years later, you imagine that state militias are over.

But the practice of 100 years of -statute- cannot erase the Constitution.  Every state governor can raise a militia independent of the Feds.

but the governor can keep raising state militais like mushrooms

Where's the "federal limit"?  Never heard of it.  State militias were raised for the Indian Wars, and the Spanish war, and even after the Dick Act for riots and such.  the "national guard" was created in the National Defense Act of 1916