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Creative Albuquerque symposium will focus on intellectual property – The Business Journal
Barnum will explore intellectual property protections and vulnerabilities in entertainment law. Valdes-Rodriguez will discuss the intellectual property challenges and victories she’s experienced over her career. There will also be panels on …
Crime report for Oct. 28 – Canton Repository
Listed information, including addresses, has been gathered from arrest and incident reports publicly available at area law-enforcement agencies. If your name appears here and your case was dismissed or you were cleared of the crime, let us know by calling … Continue reading
Human rights tribunal can’t award legal costs: Supreme Court – Toronto Star
a human rights lawyer says. In a key administrative law ruling involving a woman’s sexual harassment complaints against the military, the Supreme Court of Canada said Parliament did not intend to give the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal the power to … Continue reading
Rice Case Aims At Tort Cap – Southwest Times Record
“That is what the Civil Justice Reform Act was aimed at, not recovery for injuries, but what the penalty should be for conduct.” Scott also told the justices that the tort reform law does not violate the separation of powers … Continue reading
More Americans Have Unfavorable View of Health Care Law – ABC News
Americans’ favorable view of the Democrats’ health care law has dropped to a new low not seen since the law was passed in March 2010, according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report, released today, found that … Continue reading
South Africa : Intellectual Property Amendment Bill – Indigenous Knowledge Simply Won’t Be Protected By This Law – AllAfrica.com
Yesterday, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill was debated in Parliament. While the Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly supports the intention of this bill to protect indigenous knowledge, I believe that, in its current form, the bill is seriously …
Moving Beyond Civil Rights – New York Times
It’s tempting to insist that we simply need more of what has worked in the past: more civil rights laws and more lawsuits. Today, Americans think of almost every social injustice as a civil rights issue. The result has been … Continue reading
GOP seeks waiver of environmental laws at borders – Missoulian
WASHINGTON – Federal agents trying to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border say they’re hampered by laws that keep them from driving vehicles on huge swaths of land because it falls under U.S. environmental protection, leaving it to wildlife – and illegal … Continue reading
Tax-Free Wealth Transfer: This Season’s Best Gift – Yahoo Finance
Last December’s estate tax legislation was an exceptional present for families. For the next two years, tax laws were enacted to raise the gift-tax exemption from $1 million to $5 million for individuals and from $2 million to $10 million … Continue reading
China’s top legislature to vote on law amendments concerning military service, anti-terror efforts – People’s Daily Online
BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — China’s top legislature will vote on the draft decisions on amending the military service law, the resident identity card law and a bill on strengthening anti-terrorism efforts at the end of its bimonthly session on … Continue reading
