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Deporting a Monk Over Emplyment Violations: What is Work?
in Global Mobility Report, on June 30, 2009
...haring" anyway. Now the INS wants to deport him for 'working" without a visa. But his lawyers say he took a vow of poverty and receives no salary for what he does.
It will be interesti...
Climate change: the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on June 27, 2009
... making bogus claims about their products being environmentally friendly. Climate change will be a lawyers' picnic....
Madoff's jail survival guide
in Sox First, on June 26, 2009
...y and the tips are coming in on how he could best survive jail. Whether it's 12 years, as his lawyers have asked, or longer. Lawyers have told CNN he is unlikely to leave prison alive. Madoff...
Mercy for Madoff plea
in Sox First, on June 24, 2009
...yers. Madoff ripped off widows and war veterans too. He didn't discriminate. Now, Madoff's lawyers are telling the court that 12 years would be enough. In their letter to Judge Denny Chin, ...
Jammie Thomas-Rasset Hit With $1.92 Million Fine
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
...ieve will be played out in the appellate courts," he writes. "Jammie Thomas-Rasset's lawyers are, we think, playing a long game, and we'll see how that all works out, over several mo...
13-inch MacBook Pro 2009 拆解
in Wangtam, on June 11, 2009
... Including webOS Root Image(!)
• Smartphone Rises Fast From Gadget to Necessity
• Lawyers plan class-action to reclaim "$100M+" RIAA "stole"
• Apple stuns WWDC crowd with pul...
Camara vs. the RIAA
in P2P File Sharing, on June 10, 2009
© van Ort
An unusually aggressive lawyer and his Harvard Law School professor have filed a class action lawsuit against the RIAA for over $100 million...
"Lawyer Kiwi Camara is joining forces with Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson to file a class-action lawsuit against the re...
The Man Who Might Have Saved General Motors
in carzz.org, on June 10, 2009
...utz returned to his roots. GM product planning had, until then, been dominated by accountants and lawyers who understood little of the emotions behind automobile ownership. Lutz's assignment was...
New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
...ts pick up again. My skepticism is shared by the Seeking Alpha blog which pointedly observes that lawyers taking oaths has done little to clean up that profession. As it says: "Forgive the ske...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
...remorse or sign of self-reflection. It's a case of onwards and upwards. But then, if doctors or lawyers caused so much destruction to their profession, surely we would be asking questions about wh...
Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009
...nd by providing them with management support to complete the process efficiently.
Third, get the lawyers talking early. A lot of the issues in the boilerplate can be addressed without the entire tea...
How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook
in Wangtam, on May 18, 2009
...ounces Six Apart WordPress Plugins at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic
• First, stop the lawyers
• Jumbra.com - Combining RSS & Atom Feeds Together
• GroupieGuide - Create a free group website to organ...
GAO slams SEC
in Sox First, on May 9, 2009
...ppened and how badly it was run under Christopher Cox. According to the report, the law enforcement lawyers were convinced SEC bureaucrats were reluctant to crack down on companies breaking the law. ...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
...comes of this proposal. My personal take is that tax havens often give the companies with the best lawyers and accountants an unfair advantage of companies with the best products. Closing the loophole...
Lawyers cash in on Chrysler bankruptcy
in Sox First, on May 2, 2009
...ely to delay any recovery plan. And who will be the winners out of this? As always, it will be the lawyers, bankers and accountants with Bloomberg reporting they are likely to make at least $200 mi...
Woody Allen: no reputation left to ruin, say lawyers
in Sox First, on April 16, 2009
...m his movie " Annie Hall," without his authorization. Now, as the Guardian reports, lawyers for American Apparel say he can't sue them for ruining his reputation as he has no reput...
Goldman Sachs attacks blogger
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
... has managed to get under their skin. Which is why Goldman Sachs called in the attack dogs, hiring lawyers Chadbourne & Parke to send Morgan a "cease and desist letter" , informing h...
IBM Buying Sun?
in Java Entrepreneur, on March 21, 2009
... considering purchasing Sun Microsystems .
"Teams of International Business Machines Corp. lawyers are examining Sun Microsystems Inc.'s contracts and documents in a due-diligence process ...
Founder Sez Fewer Illegal Files on Pirate Bay Than on YouTube
in P2P File Sharing, on February 28, 2009
... were found to be legal," writes CD Freaks' Michael Hatamoto . "Both prosecutors and lawyers for copyright holders believe founders of the Pirate Bay knew copyrighted material was being...
Thanks to Google Android Store, Apple App Store Doesn't Seem So Bad
in The Gadgets Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...to think that the user will win, but the users aren't the ones with deep pockets and an army of lawyers.
via CrunchGear ...
Madoff madness
in Sox First, on February 4, 2009
...EC officials proved to be a systemic disappointment and lead me to conclude that the SEC securities lawyers, if only through their investigative ineptitude and financial illiteracy, colluded to mainta...
Lessons from Siemens
in Sox First, on January 19, 2009
...orry because it leaves you wondering whether the company has learned any lessons from the debacle. Lawyers say there are several lessons to be drawn from the Siemens saga. The most obvious is that ...
Due Diligence in the post-Satyam World
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 19, 2009
... on outsourcing.
None of these are new - in fact, they represent perennial advice that is given by lawyers and consultants to those companies seeking to outsource. What has changed is the baseline of...
Beware of Twitter: lawyers
in Sox First, on January 16, 2009
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The micro-blogging Twitter might be gaining 5,000 to 10,000 new accounts a day but lawyers are warning that it could be dangerous. Tresa Baldas in the National Law Journal says lawyers are wa...
Hedging the bets
in Sox First, on January 13, 2009
...on restoring so-called "aiding and abetting liability," which would make it easier to sue lawyers, accountants and bankers working on behalf of a fund accused of illegal activity. But, Free...
The Madoff lawsuits roll in
in Sox First, on December 24, 2008
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It had to happen. Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme is turning into a lawyers' picnic with the lawsuits rolling in. First, we have reports that a New York woman, Phyllis Mol...
UK Law Firm May Be Uploading Content to Trap Downloaders
in P2P File Sharing, on November 27, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 5627451
Techdirt's Mike Masnick makes a compelling case for the idea that a UK law firm (named in his post) is focused more on extorting money from people than on protecting copyrights - and is actually uploading content intentionally in order to t...
Obama slams "tone-deaf" business leaders
in Sox First, on November 26, 2008
...could inflate - and obscure - the value of the mess, they could inflate the value of their bonuses. Lawyers tell me the problem with my revenge fantasy is that there is no law against what's happe...
Halloween Charity Bash
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 24, 2008
...y aspects of life and charity in the Tampa Bay area. The members of 13 Ugly Men consist of doctors, lawyers, financial planners, college professors, and entrepreneurs who are good natured and like to ...
Amazon EC2 does Windows
in The CIO Weblog, on October 2, 2008
...reted, I have yet to see a Microsoft EULA that can't ultimately be twisted by the company's lawyers into meaning just about whatever they want it to mean. The new terms were intended to ease i...
The Pirate Bay Free in Italy once more
in P2P File Sharing, on September 29, 2008
...e redirected to an anti piracy agency.
After an appeal by TPB, the block has been lifted, with the lawyers arguing that there was no jurisdiction for what had happened before, and that TPB had done n...
Bonuses to Lehman executives in the gun
in Sox First, on September 22, 2008
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Bonuses paid to Lehman executives are at risk, lawyers say . So $5.7 billion worth of bonuses were paid a year before Lehman Brothers filed for the biggest bankruptcy in history. And that raises...
Lawyers take to boardrooms
in Sox First, on August 28, 2008
...-Oxley has turned into a goldmine for accountants. The other lot that's made big gains are the lawyers. Sarbanes-Oxley means we're now seeing more lawyers in the boardroom, reports Law.com ....
FASB has drug makers squealing
in Sox First, on August 15, 2008
...e they would be able to use the information to force settlements and influence juries. Knowing what lawyers are like, it's a good point. And bad guesswork by companies would leave them vulnerable....
A Bump in Disputes For Outsourcing Contracts?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 28, 2008
...cing contracts. Cynically, I could say that this article was a way for Pinsent to drum up business (lawyers suggesting lawsuits and re-negotiations always seems to me to be a bit suspect), but in-hous...
The Lock Cup
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 22, 2008
...or sale anywhere. I can only imagine the product liability lawsuits stemming from this product. The lawyers would have a field day with this. ...
Conrad Black appeals again
in Sox First, on July 21, 2008
...e, he is appealing again to get out of his prison cell in Florida. According to this report , his lawyers have filed a 14-page rehearing petition, claiming the ruling was based on a "demonstrab...
Corrupt raiders
in Sox First, on July 17, 2008
...official approval. "The raiders often include former intelligence and Police Officers , lawyers and people with ties to well-placed state officials. On their payrolls are judges, prosecuto...
Audit liabilty - the PwC case
in Sox First, on July 12, 2008
... clearly resolved. Just further confirmation that accountant liability has turned into a picnic for lawyers.
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No more corporate crime hardball
in Sox First, on July 10, 2008
...attorneys and company executives under scrutiny by prosecutors. It's a big win for business and lawyers who have argued such sanctions were coercive and unconstitutional. More details in the Was...
Good (Travel) News for Wesley Snipes
in Hidden Travel Gems, on July 5, 2008
...news for actor Wesley Snipes . He has been allowed to travel abroad for work (do movies) while his lawyers are left behind to fight his tax convictions .
Federal judge William Terrell Hodges o...
Productivity or Lack of Productivity
in Bizinformer, on June 13, 2008
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Procrastination is a much maligned trait . Abraham Lincoln, ultra-lawyer, told young lawyers never to leave until tomorrow what could be accomplished today while his wife, Mary, was accu...
Conrad Black's last-ditch appeal
in Sox First, on June 9, 2008
...gun his appeal against the six and half year sentence for fraud and obstruction of justice with his lawyers telling the appeal judges that their client didn't get a fair trial. Still, the chanc...
Zeroing in on BAE
in Sox First, on May 22, 2008
...string of top fraud convictions against big business people is almost a required part of the CV for lawyers-turned-politicians, a nod to the public that they are on their side." Earlier this mon...
Backdating litigation fails to deliver
in Sox First, on May 16, 2008
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Two years ago, there was plenty of talk about how the backdating scandals would turn into a lawyers' picnic. Lawyers, who are always quick to find new ways of making a buck, were filing lawsui...
Law Professors as Presidents
in Bizinformer, on May 7, 2008
... Lawyers play a special part in any society. - President Dmitry Medvedev v
© World Economic Forum
Russia inaugurated 42-year old Dimitry Medvedev as President of the Russian Federation to...
AppleTV 已支持直接购买电影
in Wangtam, on May 3, 2008
- AppleTV 已支持直接购买电影
- Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Your Windows XP Installation CD
- Urbmob: Get Famous and Make Money
- NextBio: Semantic Search for Life Sciences
- 3G iPhone 新外观泄露
- ProjectVino: A Wine Site Down Under
- Dorble.com Your music your way. Listen to and download music fo...
Alltop Adds a Law Category
in Bizinformer, on May 1, 2008
...n be entertaining and insightful. Yes, the law can be as stiff as say... business insurance , but lawyers who have invested their time in developing blawgs often include anecdotes and personal storie...
The business of corruption
in Sox First, on April 29, 2008
...ver the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - that's three FCPA actions in the first months of 2008 - lawyers are predicting another record year is in store for FCPA enforcement. And just as Sarbanes...
Open Book Exams in Online Classes
in The Online Universities Weblog, on April 25, 2008
...-life work. Teachers are allowed to use dictionaries, doctors are allowed to use medial books, and lawyers are allowed to look up past case files. Rarely are employees asked to complete a task and not...
It's jail time for tax evader Wesley Snipes
in Sox First, on April 25, 2008
...lars in offshore accounts and threatening US government employees, reports Bloomberg . Snipes' lawyers say they will appeal but it's not looking good. So who is going to get the vampires now...
IBM suspension fallout
in Sox First, on April 22, 2008
...ld have massive ramifications for other contractors, says Jeff Horwitz at the Legal Times . . The lawyers are complaining about the way the EPA suspended the company without any prior notification, ...
Selling a Business - Get a Lawyer
in Bizinformer, on April 15, 2008
...or example, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association is the one I belong to) where experienced lawyers are listed in categories specific to the issue you need. When selling your business, you are ...
Subprime crisis drives litigation
in Sox First, on April 10, 2008
...the litigation will drag on for years which means companies will be spending millions of dollars on lawyers, experts, accountants, and various consultants....
The Art of Billing
in Bizinformer, on April 8, 2008
...orney's time is his stock and trade," as abraham lincoln noted. One thing that good lawyers can teach other professionals is the art of billing. I am not talking about over billing or ...
Learn Web 2.0 in 33 Easy Lessons
in Bizinformer, on April 7, 2008
As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist. - Charlton Heston From Small Business Labs today comes a link to the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants' website offering an online course in everything you need to know about the Web 2.0...
SocGen rogue trader sues bank
in Sox First, on April 3, 2008
... to hold face-to-face meetings with employees to outline the case for sacking them. His lawyers say that was impossible because his bail conditions prevented him from being in contact with his employe...
Conrad Black says slammer is "safe and civilized"
in Sox First, on March 26, 2008
...e to get plenty of media attention for the next six years or so. But then, it might be shorter. His lawyers claim he might be out in 29 months time, citing his "deep reservoir of kindness"...
Celebrity Wedding And Engagement Database
in The Celebrities Weblog, on March 26, 2008
... than the average individual.
This exceptional relationship activity keeps the Hollywood divorce lawyers fully employed and provides plenty of material for the gossip columns and fan websites....
Conrad Black's $200 million legal bill
in Sox First, on March 16, 2008
...led an appeal claiming his trial judge misdirected jurors and was biased towards the prosecution. Lawyers think he has a snowball 's chance in hell. "The appellate court in all likeli...
Eliot Spitzer's Only Shot: Pushing for Legalized Prostitution
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 11, 2008
... high that would make me run a red light or drive too fast. And did you hear how much I had to pay? Lawyers have nothing on the call girl profession when it comes to hourly rate, and they both screw.....
Hedge Funds Not Immune To Sex Discrimination
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 11, 2008
...t Gill Switalski, a city lawyer and head of legal affairs at F&C Asset Management is talking to lawyers about a record compensation payout of £13.4 million ($27 million).
The mother of 2 special ...
HopeActChange: Will.i.am Supports Obama
in Wangtam, on February 24, 2008
- HopeActChange.com - Will.i.am Supports Obama
- Planning for Ubuntu 8.10ish - The Intrepid Ibex
- 我提供的 Firefox Portable 3 Beta 3 zh-CN，下载的人还真不少。
- Blogging changes: Why Twitter instead?
- MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0
- GIMP 2.4.4 for Mac OS X
- Automitavor - Make a...
Blackboard Wins Patent Case
in The Online Universities Weblog, on February 23, 2008
...ued that Blackboard's patent was invalid and should never have been granted in the first place. Lawyers for the company said that Blackboard officials were aware of similar technology, or what'...
Lawyers Stretch the Truth About ATV Statistics
in Under My Helmet, on February 22, 2008
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We don't always expect complete honesty from lawyers.
2 days ago I told you about an article that flat out lied about ATV death statistics. Here's another that's ignoring the fact ...
Wikileaks and court stupidity
in Sox First, on February 21, 2008
... the people that host Wikileaks are that intimidated. "We have the usual small army of stupid lawyers that think we will piss our pants because they send us a scary letter. We do employ our own ...
Subprime mess: where was the SEC?
in Sox First, on February 7, 2008
...#39;t they act before? They had been reluctant to hesitant to clamp down on this market. Made up of lawyers and accountants, the SEC also lacked the ability for rigorous analysis. Which would mean the...
BP plea deal in court
in Sox First, on February 4, 2008
...t the parties cannot (and do not attempt to) justify in their pleadings." To hear the view of lawyers and victims, check out Russell Mokhiber's Corporate Crime Reporter ....
Open-sourced iPhone
in HackITLinux, on January 12, 2008
...below reveals a touchscreen interface.
Several questions come to mind - when will Apple's lawyers call them? What Linux distribution are they using? How much will this cost?...
