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20 May 2013, 8:44 am
There has been much attention paid to the practices of Chinese multinationals, especially its State Owned Enterprises, in Africa (e.g., Lucy Corkin, "China's Emerging Multinationals in Africa," The Africa Journal, Spring 2007; Chris Alden, China in Africa: African Arguments (London: Zed Books, 2007); China Into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence (Robert I. Rotberg, ed., Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 2008); Párdraig Carmody, The New Scramble for Africa, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2011); Corporate… [read post]
20 May 2013, 8:07 am
Contrast the traders of structured settlement payment rights with those that work with injured parties, insurers and their counsel to place structured settlements. The latter ARE licensed for...
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20 May 2013, 7:43 am
An Indiana appellate court reversed the judgment of a trial court which had ruled in favor of a conveyor contractor. While it was an electrical subcontractor that initially brought an action against a conveyor contractor, the contractor filed multiple cross-claims against the subcontractor which resulted in trial court granting the contractor more than a $1.4 million judgment for lost profits and attorney’s fees.
In L.H. Controls, Inc. v. Custom Conveyor, Inc., 974 N.E.2d 1031 (Ind. Ct. App.… [read post]
20 May 2013, 6:52 am
Our firm has recently been sued by NCC Business Services, a debt collector. That’s right – debt collection agency NCC Business Services has filed a “class action” lawsuit against us on behalf of all the debt collection agencies that are listed on stopcollector.com. In the realm of “you’ve got to be kidding,” NCC Business Services alleged in its complaint that publishing information about NCC Business Services on our website… [read post]
20 May 2013, 6:44 am
The End Anonymous Patents Act, recently introduced in Congress by Ted Deutch, has already drummed up significant support and press. The Act would require disclosure of the real party in interest of a patent upon issuance or, in cases where patents are transferred, within a short time after acquisition—providing some much needed transparency to the patent–litigation shell game, where it is often difficult to determine the man behind the curtain when it comes to patent ownership and the… [read post]
20 May 2013, 5:53 am
Here are some terms to think about in your bull lease between the bull owner (the lessor) and cattlemen who will be leasing the bull (the lessee):
Term: The term of the breeding season should be listed (e.g., March 1 to June 30, July 1 to September 1).
Number of Bulls: Note the number of bulls leased from the lessor plus any other bulls leased from other cattlemen during the breeding season.
Payment: The lease should note the amount owed, due date, payment instructions, type of payment… [read post]
20 May 2013, 5:34 am
Since 1933, the Practising Law Institute (PLI) has been a leading provider of continuing legal education (CLE) materials. The Goodson Law Library has more than 1,000 PLI titles on its shelves, with particularly strong collections of corporate/securities law, intellectual property, and civil practice materials.Electronic access to the PLI library is now available campus-wide until the end of the year via the PLI Discover PLUS database. PLI Discover PLUS is accessible through the library's Legal… [read post]
20 May 2013, 4:49 am
A shareholder acting on behalf of a corporation may bring a "derivative suit" against corporate directors and management for fraud, mismanagement, self-dealing or dishonesty. Before bringing such a suit, the shareholder must make a written demand that clearly identifies the alleged wrong and demands the corporation take action to redress it. A court will examine a complaint and a written demand to insure that they are sufficiently connected. A Norfolk Circuit Court recently addressed the… [read post]
20 May 2013, 4:06 am
“In his foreword to the consultation on ‘transforming’ legal aid, justice secretary Chris Grayling explains that change is needed to ‘boost public confidence’ and cut costs, which he claims have ‘spiralled out of control’. Speaking to the Gazette, he offers no empirical evidence that the public has lost confidence in the system. But he claims to have received ‘lots of letters and emails’ from people concerned about legal aid entitlement. He… [read post]
20 May 2013, 3:00 am
Thought leadership. It’s a new term for an old concept—writing and speaking to enhance your visibility and build a public perception of your expertise. Lawyers have used thought leadership as a marketing strategy since the very early days of law firm marketing, although the forums have evolved from articles and speeches to blogs, podcasts and webinars.
I find that lawyers often identify wonderful opportunities to position themselves in a particular substantive area, or before a key… [read post]
20 May 2013, 1:41 am
“Anna Morris explains why the legal profession and the public must unite to oppose the government’s attack on legal aid.”
Full story
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 20th May 2013
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19 May 2013, 12:07 pm
I just spent the weekend with a group of incredibly engaged, brilliant and successful women lawyers at the Vail Sebastian Hotel where I keynoted the annual Conference of the Colorado Womens Bar Association.
Four questions stirred the greatest interest.
What are your super powers to get things done?
Do you have (or need) the authority to use them?
What can you use them to accomplish to further your own career?
If you're not using them, why not?
Last night at the cocktail party after my… [read post]
19 May 2013, 2:12 am
Earlier this year, a U.S. District Court approved the payment of $308 million in attorney fees to 116 law firms in a single case (In re TFT-LCD Antitrust Litigation, N.D. Cal.), with one firm receiving $75 million in fees and another receiving $49 million. While that case may be an extreme example, the median hourly rate for partners in U.S. law firms is $625 per hour and the average patent lawsuit requires $2.5 million in attorney fees. Is it any wonder people complain about attorney… [read post]
18 May 2013, 5:27 pm
Wading into Jean Strouse's Morgan: American Financier, may I take a moment to marvel at how much more and better business/economic history of the United States we have today than we had back when I was a tad, the best I can remember finding were Matthew Josephson The Robber Barons, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Great Crash, and John Chamberlain, Enterprising America, A Business History of the United States, none entirely worthless but each unsatisfactory in its own way. I suppose I… [read post]
18 May 2013, 8:23 am
A buddy of mine, who does IT for a large company, recently shared an email he received from Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Amazon EC2 is a web service that provides compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. IN conjunction with Amazon EC2, Amazon also offers:
Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. Amazon EBS volumes are network-attached, and persist… [read post]
18 May 2013, 7:00 am
PART II – 2013 Changes to the Iowa Business Corporation Act.
This post addresses yet another substantive change to Iowa law – as adopted by the 2013 legislature – and which relates to the ability to recover reasonable attorneys fees in derivative litigation. The 2013 bill amends existing Iowa law (Iowa Code Section 490.746) by eliminating a court’s statutory authority to award attorneys’ fees incurred in a derivative proceeding. The amended subsection (below… [read post]
17 May 2013, 6:31 pm
A judge realizes there's a difference between movies and reality in analyzing a trademark claim over Catwoman's favorite piece of software.read more
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17 May 2013, 2:16 pm
Yesterday, I sat in on the ABA Young Lawyers Division council meeting in Minneapolis. The council was considering a resolution to recommend to the ABA House of Delegates that would require law schools to teach business skills to law students.
Better-equipping law students to practice law ought to be the job of law schools, after all. But, I can’t help thinking, what makes anyone think law schools would be any good at teaching business skills?
I mean, few law professors actually have any… [read post]
17 May 2013, 1:02 pm
A couple who bought a retail business in New Jersey filed suit for fraud, alleging that the seller materially misrepresented the business’ revenues. After a bench trial, the lower court ruled for the defendants in Walid v. Yolanda for Irene Couture, Inc., holding that the plaintiffs did not demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that their reliance on the defendants’ misrepresentations was justified. The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division vacated the judgment, finding… [read post]
17 May 2013, 12:49 pm
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Tim Callins, How to Fix Law Schools
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Stephen Seldin, The Problem With Apple Products and Microsoft Surface
Frances Ruiz, Review: Fujitsu ScanSnap 1500
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