More Than 30 Lawyers Leave Law Firm In A Friendly Split Lawyers have left the Mississippi firm which used to be called Forman Perry Watkins Krutz […]
Google Book Scanning Is Fair Use According to US Federal Appeals Court
Google Book Scanning Is Fair Use According to US Federal Appeals Court The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided that Google’s attempts to upload […]
Lawmakers in Greece Approve Austerity Bill
Lawmakers in Greece Approve Austerity Bill Lawmakers in Greece approved a bill which contains new austerity measures and economic overhauls under its new bailout program. 155 […]
Brazil’s Government Considers Legalizing Gambling
Brazil’s Government Considers Legalizing Gambling The Brazilian government is in talks with lawmakers to increase revenues by legalizing gambling, after they indicated that the government will […]
Ex Chairman Of China’s Oil Firm Jailed For Corruption
Ex Chairman Of China’s Oil Firm Jailed For Corruption Former head of China’s biggest oil firm, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), has been sentenced to 16 years […]
Parliament In Iran Votes To Accept Nuclear Agreement
Parliament In Iran Votes To Accept Nuclear Agreement Iran’s Parliament voted 161-59, with 13 abstentions, to accept the nuclear agreement that was introduced and agreed upon by […]
Data Retention Laws Take Effect in Australia
Data Retention Laws Take Effect in Australia The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 in Australia, requires companies to keep records and information. […]
Launch of the “Women, Business and the Law” Report 2016: Getting to Equal”
Launch of the “Women, Business and the Law” Report 2016: Getting to Equal” Join us for the launch of the Women, Business and the Law report […]
Magna Carta Starts Worldwide Tour That Will Take It To US and China
Magna Carta Starts Worldwide Tour That Will Take It To US and China An original copy of the document has been taken to Luxembourg to be […]
Three Law Firms Seek Fees From American Apparel
Three Law Firms Seek Fees From American Apparel Clothing manufacturer American Apparel owes almost US$6m to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom ($3.8m), White & Case […]
Australian Customers Join Class Action Against Volkswagen (VW)
Australian Customers Join Class Action Against Volkswagen (VW) Maurice Blackburn, a law firm, is getting ready to launch a class action lawsuit against VW after it […]
California Governor Signs Digital Privacy Bill Into Law
California Governor Signs Digital Privacy Bill Into Law California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Electronic Communications Act (CECA), a law that many see as an […]
California Approves Animal Anti-Biotic Use Law: Strictest Law in US
California Approves Animal Anti-Biotic Use Law: Strictest Law in US The Governor of California enacted a new chapter of the California Food and Agricultural Code to intensify the regulation […]
Top Court in Australia Rules Cancer Gene Is Not a ‘Patentable Invention’
Top Court in Australia Rules Cancer Gene Is Not a ‘Patentable Invention’ The High Court of Australia ruled that the genetic material, BRCA1, is not a patentable invention […]
Governor in California Signs Bill To Increase Energy Efficiency
Governor in California Signs Bill To Increase Energy Efficiency California Jerry Brown signed the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, which lays out plans […]
Illegal minicab driver jailed in UK for raping drunken passenger
Illegal minicab driver jailed in UK for raping drunken passenger Iranian Ali Moaberfard was jailed for 6 years in London on charges of rape of a […]
UN urges Pakistan to end death penalty
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts urged Pakistan to reinstate a moratorium on the death penalty and called for investigation in cases where […]