Writers and other creative artist often find themselves the subject of litigation, particularly if their works are super-successful like “Avatar” creator James Cameron. –> Try Freelance Writing? Read the Fast Track Freelance Review – Click Here Cameron has just won the fourth lawsuit this year with a Judge in New York throwing out a copyright […]
The ex-employee menace: 89% retain access to Salesforce, QuickBooks & other sensitive corporate apps Intermedia’s 2014 SMB Rogue Access Study explores the security threat posed by former employees. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—August 12 — Every month, hundreds of thousands of Americans leave their jobs. And they’re bringing their IT access with them—from passwords to the corporate
By John Bowie. John Bowie publishes LawFuel and has written extensively about how law firms can market their services online effectively. Law firm marketing frequently involves blogging – and rightly so – but if you want to get through the content clutter on the Net and command attention what are the easiest ways of doing
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Detroit’s bankruptcy has lead to a number of interesting and challenging issues, but the public apology from law firm Kirkland & Ellis and its client, a bond insurer, has been somewhat extraordinary. The apology was for “any unfounded aspersions” that were cast on the mediators acting on the city’s bankruptcy and were made by the
The so-called “puppy mills” that allegedly permit large dog breeders who provide poor living conditions for dogs, has seen a federal judge in Cook County delay the new law targeting them. –> How to Potty Train a Cairn Terrier Pup: The law was originally due to take effect on October 1 and the case is
George Leef is director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and wrote this piece for Forbes. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a juris doctor from Duke University School of Law. One of the Bard’s often-quoted lines is Dick the Butcher’s admonition
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Blakes is pleased to announce that our Tax group has been awarded the 2014 “Canada Tax Firm of the Year” for the sixth time in the last seven years. Blakes also received 2014 “Tax Court of Canada Firm of the Year” and an additional award for a private equity transaction. The awards were presented at
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Another Top Five contender in the law firm stakes is set to arrive with the impending merger between Bingham McCutchen and Morgan Lewis & Bockhius. It’s reported that the two firms are set to merge and would create a 2000 lawyer firm with revenues of $2 billion according to Reuters. Bingham McCutchen is Boston-based while
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Al Mirsal – Global cyber-attack threats stand at the highest ever recorded level, jumping 14 percent from 2012 to 2013 (Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report). Furthermore, a recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report found that operating system infection rates in the GCC countries were almost twice the worldwide average, with up to 13 computers out of
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Brain injury law is a highly specialized area of law, for good reason. A couple who have developed one of America’s leading brain injury law practices, Michael Kaplen and Shana De Caro developed their area of specialty when they found few lawyers who had the necessary expertise. De Caro, of the firm De Caro and
