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Press Russia on intellectual property: US lawmakers – YAHOO!
Russia must take “transparent, substantive and prompt actions” to battle rampant intellectual property theft before it can join the … can consider a vote to remove Russia” from a 1974 US law that blocks Moscow from joining the WTO, they … Continue reading
Which nations measure up on human rights? – msnbc.com
good laws, effective due process and ethical lawyers, prosecutors and judges “are less vulnerable to the horrors of the human condition,” Neukom said. Although the U.S. is widely held up as a model of democracy and civil rights, it has … Continue reading
Rights group concerned European countries seeking China bailout cash may ease off human rights – Associated Press
Richardson said it’s wrong for countries with growing economic ties with China to assume that “to press for better human rights protections would be somehow to compromise the economic ties.” “At the end of the day, many of the same … Continue reading
Jenner Scores 6 Entertainment Pros From Hogan Lovells – site.law360.com
Law360, New York (November 10, 2011, 1:58 PM ET) — Six former Hogan Lovells attorneys have joined Jenner & Block LLP’s content, media & entertainment practice as partners in its Los Angeles office, the firm announced Thursday. Richard L. Stone … Continue reading
Missouri Supreme Court hears challenge to 2010 ethics reform law – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The law provides a vehicle for the purchase of services to be done by competitive bidding and without the political involvement ofelected officials. The final title of the bill – a law “relating to ethics” – reflects this, he said. Therefore … Continue reading
Fight on Clean-Air Rules Threatens to Delay Power Payback – Bloomberg
executive director of Chicago- based Environmental Law and Policy Center. That would give cleaned-up generators an advantage over power companies that have been slow to retrofit coal-fueled plants with pollution controls, said Sam Brothwell …
Civil rights group backs lawsuit challenging Congressional map – Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
Nine Marylanders backed by a civil rights organization out of Prince George’s County … The suit also challenges Maryland’s first-in-the-nation law that counts prisoners at their last known address rather than the state or federal facility …
Trade War in Solar Takes Shape – New York Times
… in the Carter administration who is now the chairman of the international trade practice in the Washington office of the Dewey & LeBoeuf law firm. Although solar energy now contributes only about one-tenth of 1 percent of American …
Tobacco firms fuming over Australia’s "plain package" law – CBS News
on Thursday warned it would challenge the law in the Australian High Court, and claimed the government was on “shaky legal ground.” “No other country in the world has implemented plain packaging and there are many good reasons for that … Continue reading
OSC should have given Finkelstein fair warning of allegations: lawyer – Calgary Herald
A lawyer for Mitchell Finkelstein, a former mergers and acquisitions specialist at a blue-chip Bay Street law firm who is now at the centre of a high-profile insider tipping and trading case, says his client should have been given months … Continue reading
