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The New York Times’ story 4/20 about Overdose the racehorse who is carrying Hungary’s heart in every race, caught my attention. My sister sent me the link, and I’m a sucker for stories like this. Tip of the OOTJ hat to Barrett Hansen. Read the rest of this entry »
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Scott A. Hodes highlights the areas of this new DOJ guidance that are of the most interest to the FOIA community.
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As we begin to see signs of recovery, how has the economic downturn affected us financially and emotionally? On this edition of Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen and co-host, Carmella Ginty from Ringler Associates welcome Dr. Ronit Lami , an expert in finance and psychology, to take a look at next steps after the money is gone. They will discuss the present state of the economy and its effect on people and offer tips for coping emotionally with financial losses.
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An invention assignment agreement is a written agreement in which one party (assignor) assigns, grants, or otherwise transfers all right, title, and interest in the assignee’s future inventions to a second party (assignee). Invention assignment agreements are often part of a larger employment and/or confidentiality agreement. A company hires an employee, pays him, [...]
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Follow this link to an editorial in today’s Boston Globe by Donald Kimelman, “A Hybrid Path for Saving Newspapers.” Having been appalled by recent threats to shut down the Globe, I have contemplated a future in a large American city without newspapers. (There is a second newspaper in Boston, the Boston Herald, and it’s a pretty good paper, actually. It’s on the financial ropes, too, though.)
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Dr. Peter Clinch and Steven Whittle describes the background development, various ways in which the service can be used, and technical issues of this fully searchable database. Launched in March 2009, it indexes and lists over 1,500 of the most significant multilateral treaties concluded from 1856 onwards. It was conceived to fill a gap in the range of information finding tools available on the internet for the international lawyer.
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The New York Times article today by Solomon Moore reports on a plan by the FBI to expand their shared DNA database by including DNA samples from people arrested or detained as suspects but not yet convicted. Currently 15 states collect DNA from that class of people as well as from immigrants who have been detained. Up until now, the federal agency has been reluctant to expand collection due to concerns about Fourth Amendment “Search and Seizure” issues, and privacy concerns. Read the rest of this entry »
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Thanks to Slash-dot, I ran across several pieces of information about Nokia cell phones that ought to be more widely known:
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Lease Assignment Agreements are a necessary part of getting your successful brick and mortar business going. Imagine that a business - let’s say a group of optometrists - wants to open up shop. The first thing they need to do is find space for their office. So they shop around and choose a [...]
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Jurors Twittering details of a trial. Jurors Googling information about a case. And last month, a Judge declaring a mistrial in a big federal drug case in Florida when jurors conducted research online. On this edition of Lawyer2Lawyer, we’re talking about the advances in technology, communication and information flow interfering with the justice system and the potential effect on ‘trial by jury.’ Law.com blogger and co-host, J. Craig Williams welcomes jury behavior expert, Dr. Edward P. Schwartz, Attorney Peter Raben, defense attorney from Miami, Florida and Attorney Sean Ellsworth managing partner at Ellsworth Law Firm P.A, to discuss this hot legal topic.
