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 ...

Old myths die hard, and bankruptcy is no exception. One-third more people filed for bankruptcy in 2009 than in 2008 - and numbers could be much higher for 2010. However, it's likely that that even more folks are eligible to file - and therefore receive the help they need to reduce debt - but are c ...

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 ...

Jacob A. Korn, of Seattle, entered a guilty plea in Washington's largest mortgage fraud case. Korn was involved in the scheme that siphoned off millions of dollars from home loans. Joshua Adam Hicks, writing for The Bellevue Reporter, reveals that Korn did not report real-estate transactions that h ...

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 ...

Toyota is recalling 1.13 million Corolla and Matrix cars, which could potentially stall without warning. 2005 to 2008 Toyota Matrix and Corollas will be recalled for inspection and part replacement. According to a Bloomberg news report, about 200,000 Pontiac Vibe hatchbacks are also part of the reca ...

Individual retirement accounts in the United States hold about $4.2 trillion... about 25 percent of all investment assets yet only a small percentage of account holders contribute new money to them, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Investment Company Institute. The study shows ju ...

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 ...