Business Law

Thomson Reuters says amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota is bad for business – Washington Post

MINNEAPOLIS — The legal and business information company Thomson Reuters has come out against an amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota. The company said Friday it doesn’t believe the amendment “would be good for Thomson Reuters or the business … Continue reading

New Law Firm Helps Clients Navigate Complex Property, Business Climate – YAHOO!

Established area attorneys David Nykanen and Michael Dorfman announce the formation of Nykanen Dorfman, PLLC, a full-service law firm prepared to guide clients through all aspects of real estate, litigation, property tax, and business issues.

NRA finds some GOP lawmakers resistant to gun laws – msnbc.com

“They’re a fundraising organization, and their business plan is not to make politicians look … the ability to opt out along similar lines as an existing Georgia law. The NRA refused to budge, and a lobbyist confidently predicted to Tennessee … Continue reading

Strategies: How health care law affects small businesses – USA Today

Let’s look at a few theoretical small businesses and see how the health care law will affect them: • A small manufacturing company in Denver with 15 employees that doesn’t offer insurance now. There’s no direct impact on this business … Continue reading

Linklaters, Kaufman Dolowich, McKenna: Business of Law – Bloomberg

Linklaters LLP corporate partners David Holdsworth and Shane Griffin advised Dentsu Inc. (4324), the 111- year-old Japanese advertising company, on its purchase of Britain’s Aegis Group Plc (AGS) in a 3.16 billion-pound ($4.9 billion) deal to …

Health law would cost Texas less than forecast – MSN Money

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Fully implementing the federal health care law and adding 2 million people to Medicaid would cost Texas $11 billion less than previously estimated, the state’s health and human services commissioner said Thursday.

Nixon: New law protects victims of financial exploitation – The Business Journal

A new law makes it a crime for those with power of attorney or other financial powers to take financial advantage of the elderly or disabled in Missouri, The Kansas City Star reports. Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation Wednesday that … Continue reading

Judge continues to block Mississippi abortion law – MSN Money

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatens to shut down Mississippi’s only abortion clinic and make it nearly impossible for women to get the procedure in the state. U.S. District … Continue reading

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation of M*Modal Inc. – Marketwatch

BENSALEM, Pa., Jul 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of M*Modal Inc. (“M*Modal” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:MODL) related to the proposed …

Law firm DWF adopts cloud services from Proact to aid rapid business growth – PR Inside

2012-07-12 13:09:53 – DWF ploughs an estimated £0.5m into business developments thanks to innovative IT from Proact London, UK: Proact, Europe’s leading storage integrator and cloud services provider, is today announcing that it is providing the business …