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New Website Launched to Help Injured Seamen Nationwide – YAHOO!
These seamen can often be left between a rock and a hard place as maritime law differs from workers’ compensation. It is not a matter of simply filing a workers’ comp claim to help them recover the damages that they … Continue reading
Understanding China’s Social Insurance Law for Foreign Employees – Associated Content
It is mandatory for employers to buy certain types of insurance coverage, in certain countries. For example, in U.K. employers must buy employer’s liability insurance, and this can be obtained either locally or by extending the head office policy. As … Continue reading
Make Sure Your Power of Attorney Complies with Federal Privacy Law – ElderLawAnswers.com
Contact an elder law attorney to make sure your POA and health care proxy do not conflict with HIPAA. To locate a qualified elder law attorney near you, click here.
Conference discusses constitutional law, labor and employment law – UW Madison
The intersection of constitutional law and labor and employment law will be examined in a conference at the University of Wisconsin Law School on Oct. 28-29. Called “The Constitutionalization of Labor and Employment Law?” the event will explore whether …
Law firm Poyner Spruill opens new Wilmington office – The Business Journal
with a focus on entertainment law, according to a written statement issued by the firm. Poyner Spruill partner Jim O’Brien, who heads the firm’s entertainment practice group, is leading the Wilmington office. The firm’s largest office is …
The Unreasonable Freak-Out Over Facebook’s Claim That Some Of Your Personal Data Is Its Intellectual Property – Forbes
Its biggest weapon in this campaign is an EU law that requires companies to provide people … explaining that the data it withheld was a “trade secret or intellectual property” [pdf]. That has led to a series of angry reports, … Continue reading
New trading law forces farm shop to reduce sales area – Jersey Evening Post
ONE of Jersey’s busiest farm shops will have to close its biggest section on a Sunday to comply with the new trading law. Grouville farm shop Holme Grown will be closing its gardening section, Holme Living, on a Sunday from … Continue reading
50 New NC Laws Went Into Effect This Month – WITN
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Changes to medical malpractice rules and awards, rulemaking by state agencies and looser helmet rules for ATV riders are among more than 50 new laws now being enforced in North Carolina. Victims of alleged medical negligence … Continue reading
Department of Justice official urges people to report problems from Alabama’s new immigration law – Everything Alabama Blog
“If we don’t receive information, it’s impossible for us to figure out if civil rights laws are implicated” and determine if the department should take action, Perez said. Alternating between Spanish and English, Perez urged the audience to …
Visa, MasterCard Accused Fixing Prices, Breaking Antitrust Laws By ATM Group – Huffingtonpost.com
A group representing operators of automated teller machines filed a lawsuit against Visa (V.N) and MasterCard (MA.N) alleging that the credit and debit card issuers violated antitrust laws by fixing the price of ATM access fees. The suit, which …
