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Carl Cranor’s Conflicted Jeremiad Against Daubert

23 Sep 2018, 4:03 pm by Schachtman

He is perhaps best known for his precautionary principle advocacy and his work with trade unions.5 Carl Cranor is with the Center for Progressive Reform, and he teaches philosophy at one of the University of California campuses. [read post]

Tortini - http://schachtmanlaw.com/blog/

The Hurdles to Removing a President Under the 25th Amendment

22 Sep 2018, 12:23 pm by Matthew Kahn

Specifically, the Times reported that on May 16 of last year Rosenstein told Andrew McCabe, then the deputy FBI director, that the deputy attorney general “might be able to persuade Attorney General Jeff Sessions and John F. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

How to Respond to Cease and Desist Letters Concerning Non-Compete Agreements

22 Sep 2018, 10:13 am by John A. Gallagher

John will spend 5-10 minutes with you discussing your current work situation, your disability/FMLA leave, your non-compete agreement, your wage claim, your unemployment claim or your potential lawsuit at no charge to you. [read post]

Employment Law 101 - http://employmentlaw101.blogspot.com/

In the news

20 Sep 2018, 11:36 pm by Jeff Richardson

Alex Guyot wrote a comprehensive review of watchOS 5 for MacStories. [read post]

iPhone J.D. - http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/

Property guardians and ‘non-domestic rates’

20 Sep 2018, 11:05 am by Giles Peaker

The Tribunal found that: The fact that LHL intended to avoid liability for NDR by the use of guardians does not in itself have any impact on the legal issues arising. [read post]

nearlylegal - http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog

Not All Documents Are Equal in Their Power

20 Sep 2018, 5:00 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

“In order for evidence to qualify as documentary,’ it must be unambiguous, authentic, and undeniable” (Granada Condominium III Assn. v Palomino, 78 AD3d 996, 996-997; see Fontanetta v John Doe 1, 73 AD3d 78, 86). [read post]

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - http://blog.bluestonelawfirm.com/

The Economics of Stock Buybacks

19 Sep 2018, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman

Suppose this company does not have any investment opportunities and so chooses to repurchase 50 shares at $10 each. [read post]

Tax Policy Blog - http://taxfoundation.org/blog/

Making Sausages?: Preliminary Thoughts on the "Zero-Draft," the first official draft of the legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.

18 Sep 2018, 12:01 pm

Its earlier variant is attributed to lawyer-poet John Godfrey Saxe (“Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Self-defense, Intent to Kill and the Duty to Retreat

18 Sep 2018, 7:44 am by Phil Dixon

” Slip Op. at 5. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

CAFC chastises PTAB in DuPont case: the evidence in this case supports the unremarkable fact that an oxidation reaction is affected by temperature and PO2. No substantial evidence supports the Board’s contrary finding that it made under the wrong legal standard.

17 Sep 2018, 10:27 am by Lawrence B. Ebert

The Board held thatDuPont failed to prove by preponderant evidence thatclaims 1–5 and 7–9 of U.S. [read post]

IPBiz - http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/

Video Game Fortnite is Ruining UK Marriages

17 Sep 2018, 5:00 am

Does he sleep in one room and you sleep in another room? [read post]