Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd (Rev 1) [2011] UKSC 32What happens to a lease for an uncertain term? [read post]

The economy has lost 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007While layoffs have been slowing down, law firms have been implementing several new strategies to navigate through the summer season: salary cuts and deferred and canceled summer programs.These are the overall combined numbers of reported U.S. law firm attorney and staff layoffs:460 (July 2009)481 (June 2009)1,125 (May 2009)1,500 (April 2009)3,500 (March 2009)2,000 (February 2009)1,500 (January 2009)LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST -… [read post]

Today, for reasons both technological and political, there is an increasing divergence and growing conflict between U.S. and foreign laws that compel, and prohibit, production of data in response to governmental surveillance directives.[1][2]  Major U.S. telecommunications and Internet providers[3] face escalating pressure from foreign governments, asserting foreign law, to require production of data stored by the providers in the United States, in ways that violate U.S. law.[4]  At the… [read post]

The following is a summary review of articles from all over the nation concerning environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. [read post]