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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2009); Viilo v. Courts consider the breed of the dog for the dog’s aggressive nature, the dog’s location and behavior, and any dog owner’s negligence or lack of supervision or control. 6:12-CV-1697-Orl-37DAB, 2014 WL 3908187 (M.D. 11, 2014); McCarthy v. 08-CV-294-N-EJL, 2009 WL 3823106 (D. 12, 2009); Dziekan v.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Another reform announced in 2014 closed a loophole whereby the FHLBs increased their taxpayer-subsidized advances by lending to captive insurance companies created by mortgage REITS 31 (a specialty type of leveraged investment fund that is ineligible for FHLB membership), which the FHFA ruled inconsistent with the legislation that created the FHLBs.

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