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Israeli films win big at Sundance – Jerusalem Post

The Law In These Parts is a critical investigation of the IDF … The film follows Burnat and his budding family over the course of several years in their West Bank village of Bil’in. Burnat is engaged in filming the … Continue reading

Tax break benefits the richest – Times-Leader

The treatment of carried interest is a legacy of 20th-century partnership law, crafted with small businesses in mind in the years before the financial services industry became a behemoth. Today, it represents a loss of tax revenue. Closing the …

Case highlights probate court’s different standard – Cape Cod Times

Probate judges often take a cautious approach to custody cases that involve sexual abuse allegations, said Mary O’Connell, a family law professor at Northeastern University School of Law. The court does not want the alleged abuse to continue …

Business Digest: Godbold elected Foundation fellow – Chattanooga Times Free Press

Humphreys School of Law, graduating with his juris doctor in 2004. He is a member of the American, Tennessee and Chattanooga bar associations. Announcements should be sent to Deputy Business Editor Mike Pare at mpare@timesfreepress.com or by …

Judge interprets ’263 patent in Apple’s favor in HTC Android appeal – Apple Insider

The ’263 patent is very significant because it represents technology at the core of Android, rather than being a physical design or user interface feature that companies using Android can easily work around or remove. An ITC Administrative Law Judge … Continue reading

Tax software targets frugal niche – The News & Observer

The hours they devote to OnePriceTaxes haven’t abated, given that the software has to be updated every year to accommodate changes in state and federal tax law. OnePriceTaxes offers state returns for 35 of the 41 states that have an … Continue reading

Letters: Romney is simply following tax laws – Detroit Free Press

President Barack Obama and candidate Newt Gingrich think candidate Mitt Romney’s effective tax rate of 15% is too low (so do I) — that somehow the man is doing something wrong by following the very tax code they enacted when … Continue reading

Letters: Right-to-work laws seek to silence workers’ voice – Detroit Free Press

I find it ironic that Walsh brought up the subject of civil rights in the same column yet can … The fact that corporate-backed politicians are continuing to push so-called right-to-work laws nationwide is a telling indication of just how … Continue reading

Pass expanded bath salts ban soon – Greenville News

Thayer’s legislation includes a list of more than 100 new substances that have no medicinal value and are not under patent. The legislation also … and Environmental Control and the State Law Enforcement Division. It is modeled after a …

New In The Job – Insurance Law – National Business Review

What’s the appointment? Katherine Simmonds has joined Ironshore Australia as executive director to the Board. What’s the job she is leaving? Katherine will be leaving a position as practice leader of mergers and acquisitions at Chartis, an insurance firm.