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GOP gutting environmental laws – Cincinnati.com
Our environmental laws were enacted to protect public health , the air we breathe, the water we drink, etc. The Republicans want to use our air, water and country as a dump — regardless of the facts that thousands of … Continue reading
Motorola, Disney, Microsoft: Intellectual Property – BusinessWeek
(This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property topics. Corrects law firm representations in Bally patent item first published Oct. 7.) Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Intellectual Ventures LLC …
California’s new B Corp law eyes social, environmental interplay – Los Angeles Times
California businesses soon will be able to set up shop as so-called Benefit Corporations, or B Corps, under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown. AB 361 enables businesses to pursue a “material positive impact on the environment and …
U.K.’s CO2 Floor Uses ‘Trick’ to Circumvent EU Law, RWE Says – Bloomberg
The U.K. is using a regulatory “trick” to introduce its carbon tax on fossil-fueled power generation, which would not have been allowed under European Union emissions trading law, said the U.K. unit of RWE AG. Britain is using an exemption … Continue reading
Law firm mergers booming in U.S. – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Law firm mergers and acquisitions from January through September of this year were up 79 percent nationally compared to the same nine-month period last year, according to a new report by consulting firm Altman Weil, but the number of those … Continue reading
The Elder Law Office of Brian Andrew Tully, PLLC Becomes Tully & Winkelman, P.C. – PR-USA.net
Melville, NY — The Elder Law Offices of Brian Andrew Tully, PLLC announces that it has now become Tully & Winkelman, P.C. and has relocated to 150 Broadhollow Road, Suite 120 in Melville. The law office of Tully & Winkelman, … Continue reading
New law alters local-government bankruptcy process – Los Angeles Times
Local governments will face more hurdles to declaring bankruptcy under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday. Under the new law, written by Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), cities would have undergo an evaluation from a neutral …
Environmental rule set to shift – People’s Daily Online
according to a draft proposal to amend China’s decades-old Environmental Protection Law. The environmental and resources protection committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) is currently soliciting advice on the draft proposal, which is expected to …
Madness! Secret diary of a Labour Immigration Minister who rails against Human Rights Act – Daily Mail
A Labour former Immigration Minister last night said Theresa May was right to say human rights laws make a mockery of the way Britain deals with asylum seekers. Phil Woolas also released extracts from an explosive diary revealing the ‘absurd’ … Continue reading
New Patent Reform Law Already A Good Thing… For Patent Attorneys – Tech Dirt
While it seems pretty clear that the patent reform bill that became law a few weeks ago won’t actually do much to improve our broken patent system, one area of business it’s helping tremendously is in increasing demand for patent … Continue reading
