Two freedom of information decisions, one in the Federal Court, the other by the Queensland Information Commissioner went against Dr Mohamed Haneef recently, adding to the mixed FOI record of attempts to access documents concerning his detention and cancellation of visa in 2007. The fact that he has ...

At In These Times, Roger Bybee writes Labor Day 2010: Obama Returns to Milwaukee to Make Case to Working Families: When President Barack Obama, Labor Secretary Hilary Solis, and ... AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka come to Milwaukee, Wisc., on Monday to deliver Labor Day addresses, they will be gre ...

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Pfizer Inc., et al.v. Mylan Inc. et al. 1:10-cv-06463; filed August 20, 2010 in the Southern District of New York • Plaintiffs: Pfizer Inc.; Pfizer Products Inc.; C.P. Pharmaceuticals ...

56% of lawyers personally maintain a presence in an online community/social network such as Facebook, LinkedIn, LawLink, or Legal OnRamp. This compares with 43% in the 2009 and 15% in the 2008. Such are the findings of the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center Survey of ABA ...

Weve returned from Japan and notice other differences concerning safety besides the seat belt requirement in motor buses.  For one thing, at every construction site there was one and sometimes two men in official looking outfits that somewhat resembled police uniforms, wearing helmets, standing on t ...

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. v. Whirlpool Corp., 2010 WL 3397358 (N.D. Ill.)Previous reporting in this case that is exploring the increasing role of materiality in false advertising cases. Whirlpool moved to exclude LG’s damages expert Mohan Rao and portions of the rebuttal expert report of LG’s ...

Wrapping paper: $5.00 Holiday lights: $25.00 Cookie ingredients: 15.00 Christmas morning with the family? Priceless Master Card is responsible for one of the best known advertising schemes of the past decade. With heartwarming precision, the company expresses the idea that the most valuable things ...

Rapid advances in technology are nothing new; what is new in recent decades is rapid advances in the kinds of technology that require intellectual skills. This has increased the returns to people who have high IQs and good technical education. In addition, fulfilling Max Weber’s prediction that mo ...

Yes. I'm going to vote yes to re-legalize marijuana. I mean, c'mon, seriously. We've got a chance with this initiative to take a bite out of a propaganda and law-enforcement campaign that kills and otherwise wrecks the lives of millions, costs billions to pretend that "progress" is being made, corr ...

Okay Marty, per your email to Kelly, have it Your Way: "Bud tried to explain to me that Jon Sistare should not be held accountable for making false statements in that document he signed and took an oath to because it was drafted by his attorney. I found that to be outrageous and asked him to recons ...