Business Law

The Legal Way to Building Sound and Sustainable Business – au.finance.yahoo.com

Joost Wiebenga, Deputy GC & Chief Compliance Counsel EMEA, Tyco International and Member of the Board of Transparency International in the Netherlands, a speaker at the marcus evans European Corporate Counsel Summit 2012, on the anti-corruption legislation …

Business in Africa is booming. But are the commercial laws strong enough to sustain long-term growth ? – YAHOO!

The World Bank has just approved an International Development Association (IDA)* US$15 million technical assistance grant to strengthen OHADA’s institutional capacity to support, in its member countries, selected aspects of investment climate …

Russia flood brings volunteer spirit, and new law – MSN Money

Recently passed laws put non-governmental organizations under intimidating scrutiny and impose ruinous fines on participants in unauthorized demonstrations. While the eagerness of Russians to rise to the flood cause was seen by many as a …

Law aims at spa medical treatments – The Business Journal

Under existing California law, a medical doctor must own at least 51% of the business and the medi-spa personnel who treat patients must be supervised by a medical doctor. Violation of the law is a misdemeanor that carries a fine … Continue reading

Health-care law driving doctors away from small practices, toward hospital employment – Washington Post

The health-care reform law is accelerating a shift away from private practices as doctors, fearful of new costs and regulations, “run for cover” under the protection of large hospitals. During a hearing before the House Small Business Committee on …

To Save on Legal Fees, Companies Turn to MyCorporateServices.com – NBCNews.com

legal documents, Registered Agent Services, SEDAR, SEDI, EDGAR and XBRL filings. “My Corporate Services will help prepare and file your documents for you as well as incorporation your business and file your trademark,” says White. “Instead of billing you …

Internet Defense League Looks to Guard Against Bad Laws – PC World

A group of activists have banded together to protect the Internet from what they see as bad legislation, with a focus initially on copyright enforcement proposals. Members of the new Internet Defense League hope they can harness the online activism … Continue reading

Strauss-Kahn lawyers: Law in NYC maid’s suit vague – NBCNews.com

NEW YORK — The hotel maid suing Dominique Strauss-Kahn is invoking a gender-based violence law that’s too ambiguous, his lawyers said in asking a judge to throw out part of her sexual assault claim. The 12-year-old city law is “impermissibly …

Law Review: Language is loser in ‘Obamacare’ ruling – Philadelphia Daily News

His fluent, on demand rendering of the factual and legal complexities of cases before the Supreme Court was on full display Monday evening at the Union League, the fancy Center City club for Philadelphia’s business elite. There, at a …

Strauss-Kahn lawyers: Law in NYC maid’s suit vague – Boston Globe

NEW YORK (AP) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers are taking aim at a gender-motivated-violence law that a New York City hotel maid is invoking in her lawsuit against him. His lawyers filed court papers Wednesday. They say the 12-year-old …