Yesterday the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) announced in a press release that it would be operating a morning duty advice scheme at the London offices of the LVT from 21 September 2010. This news follows hot foot on the announcement that from 16 September 2010, LEASE’s phone advice line w ...

Al eerder vermeldden we op deze blog dat de Artikel 29 Werkgroep, het advies- en overlegorgaan van Europese privacytoezichthouders, een Opinie had gepubliceerd over behavioural targeting. (Behavioural targeting of behavioural advertising is kort gezegd het monitoren van het surfgedrag van internetg ...

Hi folks! Well, I'm not completely AWOL, just rocked off my socks with work. That's a good thing, right? But I do truly miss popping by the blog and sharing my thoughts with you. The urge to blog is strong, it is. Some quick musings tonight:I love that the Special Libraries Association has its candi ...

Plaintiff Trade Associates, Inc., sued defendant Fusion Technologies Inc. in the Western District on various patent issues and for breaching an alleged royalty agreement. Fusion filed a counterclaim asserting an ownership interest in Trade Associates’ DURA-BLOCK mark in connection with sa ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just published their latest evaluation of booster seats. Booster seats are designed for children ages of 4 to 8 and their purpose is to insure that lap belts and shoulder harnesses fit across a child's torso so that the belts can do their job in the ...

A sharply divided (6-5) Ninth Circuit today ruled in Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan that the state secrets privilege compelled the dismissal of Binyam Mohamed's claims against Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., for its role in his extraordinary rendition and torture. In so...

Since Sarbanes-Oxley was passed the Commission has invoked Section 304 to seek the repayment – or clawback – of certain executive compensation. Specifically, in SEC v. Jenkins, Case No. CV-09-01510 (D. Ariz. Filed July 22, 2009) the Commission for the first time sought the repayment of certain disc ...

Would anyone from the NYC area like to inquire about 2 Pavement tickets, featuring uberslacker Steven Malkmus from when he was still razor-sharp and at the top of his sardonic game? Central Park, Tuesday Sept 21.I can't go because I'm giving the annual Tillinghast Lecture on international taxation a ...

For the first time, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recommendation list for booster seats has more seats being recommended than not.  The Insurance Institute is saying that booster seats on the whole, are getting much safer.  The agency made the recommendations after testing 72 safety sea ...

Copyright Law - Expert Legal Commentary || By Ryan Smith and Thomas F. Zuber || The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed that contractual protections for artistic works may be enforceable even in the absence of valid federal copyright protection for those works. In Benay v. Warne ...