Today we bring you Part II of my conversation with Wayne Burton and Cyndy Nayer of the Center for Health Innovation, where we get into some specific examples of successful programs.  The Center represents over 40 million lives, and brings together employers and providers to focus on a limited number ...

Week 2 of the LegalMatch Ping Pong Tournament has come to a close and two teams have emerged as favorites. has won all but one game so far earning them 217 points with one game remaining. also only retains one loss and has 226 points. With 3 weeks to go, anything can happen and players have be ...

The work programme of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union has described as unfocused and full of good intentions, but the part concerning taxes, under the ECOFIN Council, is quite concrete: Taxation: The fight against fraud (pages 5 to 7). It is worth quoting as a backgroun ...

Since Switzerland is outside the European Union (EU) as well as the European Economic Area (EEA), the relations have been developed mainly on the basis of bilateral agreements. The Treaties Office of the European Commission’s DG External Relations offers access to the existing EU-Switzerland treatie ...

Cunningham Charter Corp. v. Learjet, Inc., __ F.3d __, 2010 WL 199627 (7th Cir. Jan. 22, 2010) We are honored again to bring you another guest column from one of the smartest Chicago lawyers from below the Mason-Dixon line.  Our regular, loyal readers know we are referring to none other than G ...

German government frets over morality of paying tax informer, reports Deutsche Welle (2 February 2010). Should Germany pay 2.5 million euros to buy stolen bank data of 1,500 people suspected of tax evasion? Geographically Switzerland is at the heart of Europe, with four EU neighbours even the Europ ...

The Lisbon Treaty entered into force on 1 December 2009, and the internal market remains a core aim of the European Union, meant to comprise an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the Treat ...

The European Union has a new Regulation No 66/2010, which lays down rules for the establishment and application of the voluntary EU Ecolabel scheme. It repeals Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 (subject to transitional provisions). REGULATION (EC) No 66/2010 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ...

The teams have been fine-tuned and week one of the LegalMatch Ping Pong Tournament has come to a close. The Rules are simple:  One game to 21.  Players must win by 2.  Your points count towards your overall team score. An additional 5 points are added to the winner’s team score.   ...