Its most important and unique financial regulation is the ownership clause that ties teams to the local community.

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The federal lawsuit alleges that the U.S. government's takeover and financial bailout of AIG was in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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There is an escape clause to avoid penalties if Europe faces a general shock such as the financial crisis.

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On the Defamation Bill, the government will have to decide whether to accept a new clause allowing profit-making organisations to sue for defamation only where they can prove substantial financial loss, and barring public bodies - like local authorities - from taking any defamation action.

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