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What Anna Hazare means for corporate India? – Hindu Business Line
The most immediate impact is likely on businesses that have been getting away without complying with the laws of the land using unfair … the Anna Hazare movement is about better governance. Corporate governance is an essential sub set of … Continue reading
Supreme Court to examine reach of international human rights law – Bellingham Herald
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to resolve an international human rights dispute over whether corporations and political groups can be held liable in American courts for their role in the torture, murder and enslavement of victims …
Security National Real Estate Loan Units Enter Ch. 11 – site.law360.com
Law360, New York (October 17, 2011, 6:12 PM ET) — Several subsidiaries of loan acquisition firm Security National Master Holding Co. LLC that invest in real estate filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware on Thursday, saying they could not … Continue reading
OUR OPINION: Obsolete law harms U.S.-Russia relations – Standard-Times
Two influential Democratic members of Congress, Scoop Jackson of Washington and Charles Vanik, responded with an amendment to a major trade law that denied the Soviet Union and its satellites the trade relations normally extended to other …
Law and human rights minister says goodbye to staff – Jakarta Post
Law and Human Rights Minister, Patrialis Akbar, held a farewell gathering with ministry staff on Monday morning after being discharged from office, a member of his staff said. “He (Patrialis) gave a briefing and said that he had two pieces … Continue reading
Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Stereotaxis, Inc. – msnbc.com
WEST HARTFORD, CT — The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States …
Portland activists protest bankruptcy laws – msnbc.com
PORTLAND – Members of the ‘Occupy Portland’ movement joined other protesters in a rally downtown Monday for a change in how student loans are handled in bankruptcy court. The protesters held signs and shouted over bullhorns, complaining …
Top U.S. court to hear Shell human rights case from Nigeria – Globe and Mail
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide if companies can be held liable in the United States for international human rights law violations, a case about allegations that Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDS.A-N helped Nigeria violently suppress oil … Continue reading
Canceled benefit renews political fight over health care law – GovExec.com
The Health and Human Services Department’s Oct. 14 announcement that it is abandoning health care reform’s ambitious long-term care benefit is being interpreted by critics and supporters of the 2010 law along predictable lines. The Community Living …
Looking for Legal Work? Become a Patent Lawyer – Law.com
With one big exception, that is: the current boom in jobs for patent attorneys. In a Bloomberg report by Sophia Pearson, she writes that IP lawyers “are in such demand that their specialty may account for more than 15 percent … Continue reading
