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NBC: ‘Community’ coming back, Mariska Hargitay sticking with ‘Law & Order: SVU’ – My Fox 8

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — After acknowledging that NBC had a “really bad fall,” the network’s entertainment chief moved swiftly Friday to assure viewers that “Community” and “Law & Order: SVU” aren’t leaving. Although the Thursday night comedy …

Shreveport police release 2011 crime stats – Shreveport Times

The Shreveport police released 2011 crime statistics for the city Thursday, with a great deal of pride and thanks to the community and other law enforcement agencies. 2011 marked the first year that overall crime increased in Shreveport since …

Canada: ISS Details New Approach To Evaluate Pay-For-Performance – Mondaq

The Globe and Mail has recently published its annual report on corporate governance for 2011. Corporate Secretary: Practising Law? (Lawson Lundell LLP) What can be said about the role of the Corporate Secretary that has not already been said? Clearly … Continue reading

Consumer Finance Watchdog Spurred by Obama Targets Mortgages, Payday Loan – Bloomberg

“Holding both banks and nonbanks accountable to consumer financial laws will help create a fairer … “Americans have a right to expect that this new agency will start to address some of the financial problems that are affecting them …

Obama Lawyers Defend Health-Care Law at U.S. High Court – Businessweek

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration defended the 2010 health-care law and its requirement that people obtain insurance, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that the measure addressed a “crisis in the national health-care market.” In …

Freedom Energy Selects Phoenix Law Firm to Prepare SR-139/Shingle Recycling Process Patent Application – msnbc.com

Freedom Energy Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: FDMF) announced today that the company has selected Michael W. Goltry, of Parsons & Goltry, Patent and Trademark Attorneys at Law, Phoenix, Arizona, to provide the patent application for FDMF’s proprietary asphalt …

Student Winner of Astounding Inventions Competition Receives a Patent for Pool Drain Safety Device – Marketwatch

As the title sponsor, Greenberg Traurig awards the top winner(s) a pro bono provisional patent application for their inventions. About Greenberg Traurig, LLPGreenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately …

Myanmar’s opposition returns to mainstream of political life – Xinhua News Agency

has been granted to re-register as a legal political party under the Political Parties Registration Law. The new development ensured the NLD’s re-entry into the country ‘s mainstream of political life, observers here said. The NLD was registered with 21 … Continue reading

Politics aside – Battle Creek Enquirer

While there are laws on the books aimed at protecting consumers, such as the Truth in Lending Act, until now there has been very little enforcement and oversight. That should change as the CFPB now has authority to monitor mortgage … Continue reading

NBC Entertainment Head Weighs In on ‘Community,’ ’30 Rock’ and ‘House’ – New York Times Blogs

Robert Greenblatt, who runs entertainment for NBC, acknowledged here that the … Mariska Hargitay will return to “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” for another season, and Harry Connick Jr. who is in New York anyway, starring in “On …