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	<title>Stephen Diamond</title>
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	<description>A law professor and political scientist in Silicon Valley</description>
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		<title>Follow me on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<title>LA city attorney candidate takes on SAG Plan whistleblower case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a sign that there is more here than meets the eye, prominent litigator Greg Smith, who has a long track record of winning large claims on behalf of fired public sector employees especially police officers and firemen, has taken &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=4096">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is the audit of the SAG pension and health plan really &#8220;much ado about nothing&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After stories surfaced of a possible &#8220;raid&#8221; by federal agents on SAG&#8217;s pension and health plan, the Plan trustees themselves responded with an unusual statement denying that any such raid had taken place. They claimed that all that was happening was &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=4083">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Afghan My Lai?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Sergeant Accused of Slaying 16 in Afghan Village &#8211; NYTimes.com.]]></description>
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		<title>SAG arrest threat story collapses &#8211; mea culpa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A controversial report earlier this week by SAG anti-merger activist Michele Santopietro posted on several social media sites that SAG general counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and SAG Communications Director Pamela Greenwalt threatened Santopietro and a second SAG member, Samantha Hartson, with &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=4067">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Martin Sheen&#8217;s expert really told the Federal court today about merger and the SAG pension plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The declaration of actuarial expert Patrick Byrnes on behalf of Martin Sheen et. al was posted online late today here. A closer read indicates important new details that were not included earlier today in The Hollywood Reporter article by Jonathan &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=4021">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Expert Slams SAG Disclosure to Actors Ahead of AFTRA Merger Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another example of the value of digging into the details of the federal court suit filed to block the SAG-AFTRA merger, The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s dogged labor journalist Jonathan Handel discovered that an actuarial expert with 35 years experience including &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=4004">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News of secret SAG deal with TV Land leaks on eve of merger vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what some SAG activists claim is a violation of core SAG bargaining principles, SAG apparently negotiated a new labor deal with TV Land some time last year, a production company owned by Sumner Redstone controlled media conglomerate Viacom. As &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=3990">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writers and Directors maintain silence on SAG/AFTRA merger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pro-merger websites like SAG Watch, alleged by some to be managed by an AFTRA official, are celebrating endorsements from two unions that are not exactly heavy weights in the film and TV business, the Musicians and Actors&#8217; Equity, but there &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=3987">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SAG comic falls flat on labor law issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAG comic, Allen Lulu, has never, as far as I know, played a lawyer in reality or on TV, but that has not stopped him from misinterpreting federal labor law in pursuit of his goal of promoting the SAG-AFTRA merger. &#8230; <a href="http://stephen-diamond.com/?p=3976">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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