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Ted Frank: A Conscientious Objector – Wall Street Journal

Like other class-action objectors, Ted Frank swoops in at the 11th hour and makes formal objections to settlements hammered out between corporate defendants and those who have alleged that a company has defrauded its investors or created a …

United States: The U.S. Has A New Patent Law – Mondaq

President Obama signed the Patent Reform Act of 2011 into law on September 16, 2011. Below is a summary of selected provisions of the Act. Effective March 2013, the U.S. patent system will change from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file … Continue reading

Six Money Tips For Late-in-Life Divorces – FOXBusiness

“One would be surprised how many spouses have no idea what the other spouse earns, has in a 401(k) or even where their spouse banks,” says Elizabeth Durso Branch, family law attorney and partner at McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & … Continue reading

Top 4 Ways to Raise Money for your Real Estate Project – PRLog (free press release)

I must hear the phrase “I am looking for investors” every single day. What most innocent folks don’t know is that they are violating securities laws by uttering those very words. Now these normally law abiding citizens don’t mean to … Continue reading

Basich Family Affairs with Zoran Basich – KABC

As CEO and founder of the Glendale-based company, Nursing Home Solutions. Zoran is considered one of the nation’s pre-eminent experts in elder law. Zoran first began his law career as Executive Director and founding member of Grey Law in the … Continue reading

Restaurant gets in trouble over child labor laws – The News & Observer

Kingsbury said that he worked jobs in kitchens in violation of the child labor laws when he was a teenager, first in Florida and then in Durham. At 14, he was starting work at 6 a.m. to do the restaurant’s … Continue reading

Airlines ready for next battle against EU carbon law – Reuters India

They would also adopt a declaration the 26 states made in New Delhi at the end of September, saying the EU plans were discriminatory and breached international laws. LONG LEGAL BATTLE Already the airlines have taken their opposition to European … Continue reading

New Law Prohibits Sex Offenders From Answering Door on Halloween – KGO-AM810

Orange and San Jacinto cities have similar rules. The ordinance states that “the events of Halloween could put children unknowingly in close proximity to sexual offenders who have committed violations against children.” “Usually we have …

Alabama’s tough immigration law awakens echos of old civil rights battles for some observers – Everything Alabama Blog

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — The epicenter of the fight over the nation’s patchwork of immigration laws is not Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico and became a common site for boycotts. Nor was it any of the four states that … Continue reading

Alabama immigration fight recalls civil rights era – The Guardian

Alabama was well-suited to be the nation’s civil rights battleground because of its harsh segregation laws, large black population, and the presence of a charismatic young minister named Martin Luther King Jr., who led a boycott of segregated …