Business Law

Legal Business Development: Are Bar Associations Providing Value? – jdsupra.com

Last week I spoke at the Florida’s Voluntary Bar Leaders Conference. Before I spoke, there was a session where everyone was talking about the lack of participation by members in programs that could clearly benefit their practice. In addition, how … Continue reading

Law change will end clamp firm – Lancashire Evening Post

The founder of one of Britain’s biggest wheel-clamping firms has told how a change in the law has destroyed his business. Trevor Whitehouse, who set up National Clamps in Preston in 1989, said laws set to come in banning the … Continue reading

Hoots in parliament: France mulls harassment law – Businessweek

The same French Assembly on Tuesday is expected to take up a new law on sexual harassment, more than two months after a court struck down the previous statute, saying it was too vague and failed to protect women. In … Continue reading

Puerto Rico moves to save legal cockfights – NBCNews.com

The business once generated $100 million a year in revenue for government-owned clubs across the U.S. territory, among the few places in the world where such fights remain legal. Recent figures are unavailable, but many say revenue at such clubs … Continue reading

Legal ivory trade resumption up for UN debate – Businessweek

GENEVA (AP) — A call to resume the legal ivory trade as one means of fighting elephant poaching in Africa is expected to dominate debate at a U.N. conservation meeting that starts Monday. A report commissioned by the 175-nation Convention … Continue reading

Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. (KMKSC) Attorney’s Decade as Chronicler of Significant Developments in Business Law – PRWeb

For the last decade, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. shareholder Alexander “Sandie” Pendleton has been selected by the Wisconsin State Bar to write its annual review of significant developments in Business and Securities Law as part of the Bar’s Annual … Continue reading

Romney says new gun laws would not "make a difference" – NBCNews.com

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has backed gun control measures in the past, said on Monday that additional laws would not have stopped last week’s massacre in a Colorado movie theater. “I still …

Branham Law, LLP Investigating Lime Energy Co. on Behalf of Stockholders – Business Wire

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Branham Law, LLP announces that it is investigating Lime Energy Company (“Lime Energy” or the “Company”)(NASDAQ:LIME) as well as certain of its officers for alleged violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities …

Kendall Law Group Investigates Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. – Marketwatch

DALLAS, Jul 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Kendall Law Group, led by former federal judge Joe Kendall, is investigating Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEET) for shareholders in connection with the proposed acquisition by Joh. A. Benckiser …

Labour, business enter next stage of negotiations on labour reforms – Business Day South Africa

While labour still rightly complains that this is meaningless without enforcement — the Department of Labour’s enforcement capacity is weak — the fact is that, in terms of law, labour has gained, while business has lost. At the conclusion of … Continue reading