New Orleans Based on our experience with several class action suits, ACORN has come to know a little something what is called cy pres money. Cy pres comes from the French expression “cy pres comme possible” meaning “as near as possible.” The derivation comes from the law of charitable trusts and how assets are …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Mobile Activism
New Orleans We like to keep everyone up to date with the fast moving utilization of mobile phones and cellular technology that not only shrink our world but put people into motion. Several months ago we met with Nokia and Eriksson to explore these issues and now there are more examples popping up everywhere. …
Mandates
New Orleans There was a sad and troubling discussion in a piece written by Katharine Seelye in the Times about the gaps in both the Obama and Clinton health proposals. Seelye pointed out that while the Obama plan that goes right to the real issue: you can’t provide real health coverage on the …