Broadband Internet A Legal Right In Finland – When Will India Have On
2009-10-20 09:33:00 (With inputs by Abhishek Kapoor) In the era of stringent Tweeting bans compared to performance drug tests, this news will not come as a shock to many. An unshakable belief in something without need for a proof or evidence could be the importance of internet in each one’s life today. With India working up their internet penetration in the rural areas, it would achieve 20 million broadband users by 2010. Now we are at the end of 2009 and the TRAI latest numbers suggest that broadband penetration in India has just about managed to reach 6.8 million subscribers. Even countries of the European Union seem to be deeming high-speed internet as a vital human right. Recently in news, Finland legally mandated fast internet access to all it’s citizens and is the first to do so. Even the United Nations have okayed this particular move, where a universal service should be every citizen’s right. The minimum mandatory speed in Finland currently needs to be 1 megabit per second, b...
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2009-10-15 18:44:00 What's happening in, about and around the legal world in Chicago? Here are a few highlights.Getting NoticedCheck out a four-page feature story on personal injury attorney Jeffrey Kroll in this month's Chicago Lawyer. He says something I like very much. "If you're going to compete, you're going to lose sometimes. If you're afraid of losing, it's very hard to be competitive."Getting SettlementsPullano & Karnezis, a new personal injury law firm in Chicago, recently settled a case for a medical malpractice victim for $6.5million with Evanston Northwestern Health Care. Read about it here.Getting SuedThe town of Crestwood spiked water with carcinogen, suit saysLawyer says e-filing rule is anticompetitiveSEC accuses 'fund manager' of $3.7million scamFor Tweets of recent legal filings and legal...
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2009-09-23 01:42:00 There's been another setback for the Ultimate Warrior in his legal battle against WWE. Last week, it became clear that Warrior's lawsuit against WWE for defamation related to the "Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior" DVD would be thrown out because WWE lawyers were able to demonstrate that Warrior publicly defamed WWE first. On Monday, Judge Roslyn O. Silver ruled that Warrior will now will have to pay $18,967.46 for the legal costs and expenses WWE had to pay to defending themselves against Warrior's lawsuit.source: pwinsider.com
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2009-09-14 23:30:00 The Catholic Church speaking up forcefully about its teachings on same-sex marriage is clearly protected under the First Amendment, a right I strongly support even though I just as strongly disagree with their view. However, how is their collecting money during Mass for a political campaign even legal? The tax exempt status churches ...
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2009-09-11 01:52:00 Hello! It's almost Friday and here is your legal roundup, served straight up.Remember the case Dead Priest's Alleged "Wife" Sues Estate? If the comments on this blog are any indication, you remember. And, you may be very interested in this follow up.In other interesting legal news, check out this story where an employer is being required to pay for a 340-pound employee's weight-loss surgery. Apparently, the employee needs the surgery first to "ensure the success of another operation for a back injury he suffered at work," but it begs the question as to how many more employers will have to foot the bill for similar procedures after this decision.And, has anyone been following this story? Blackhawks owner Ricky Wirtz sues...
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2009-09-09 12:58:00 I have to admit one of my favorite things is forming a China WFOE for foreign companies. I love them because co-blogger Steve Dickinson and our Chinese affiliated lawyers do all the work. I also love them because it is the rare WFOE that does not also need real estate, labor law, and IP assistance to go with the new company. They often require additional work as well, such as contracts, environmental compliance, government approvals, etc. In other words, the forming of one WFOE is almost always the forming of a long term and fruitful legal relationship. Which is why I have to admit to loving China's 60th Birthday celebrations and Shanghai's upcoming Expo. Please allow me to explain. Every time China has a big event, (see the Olympic games for past proof), it starts tightening up on visas. Over the last few weeks, we are hearing more and more about foreigners getting stopped on the street or in their apartment lobby! So why is this a good thing for my law firm? Becaus...
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Legal Roundup
2009-08-29 00:55:00 TGIF! As a special Happy Hour treat brought to you by your Bar-tender, why not revisit some of the more memorable cases served up right here? Where are they now? Take a look at these links covering suits first reported here on Bar-tender. Dog Uses Balcony As His Bathroom was followed up by Micah Maidenberg on the Chicago Journal. Read the post here entitled Fido's Poop Must Go Now. Brookfield Zoo Sued for Dolphin Splash Leading to Slip and Fall was reported on by many outlets. Check out this commentary at Lowering the Bar and this link at The Landmark. Palatine Man Alleges Sexual Harassment by Female Boss was discussed on NBC Chicago at this link. In other legal news Today, police Supt. Jody Weis had...
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2009-08-22 16:21:00 I have been contracted to design a 2-axis solar tracking frame for a small solar power-plant. The plant will be installed in Europe. Where can I find the European Union technical standards and regulations which must be met by such a project?
China Food Safety. Don't Blame Legal.
2009-08-22 10:37:00 Thought provoking post over at TwoFish's Blog, entitled, "Best and the worst – The Sanlu Settlement." The thesis is that China's handling of payments to those injured by the Sanlu dairy food poisonings was handled better than would have been the case had Sanlu been in the United States and been subject to a class action suit. TwoFish makes some valid points, which points are certainly more sophisticated than some commentators who fly over to China for a week and come back proclaiming that if only China allowed tort claims (it does) just like in the United States, all (or at least nearly all) food safety problems would be solved there. TwoFish says China handled Sanlu "quite well" and he challenges those who are "critical" to "explain what the Chinese government could have done better:" As I said above, as far as the actual settlements and consequences, I do think that the Chinese government handled things quite well, and I’d like for people that are critical of the leg...
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2009-08-10 23:15:00 On Friday, August 21, 2009, from 7:30AM-9:30AM, I’ll be presenting an assessing business liabilities workshop along with 3 other attorneys & a CPA. This is at the Silver Stallion Restaurant, 1274 Lee Street, Des Plaines, IL (breakfast will be served). The seminar is free. The focus of this seminar is assessing a business’ liabilities from ...
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What's Happening With China Legal? Read Asia Legal Blog To Find Out.
2009-07-21 15:21:00 When I worked in BigLaw, I, along with most of the other associates at my mega-firm, could hardly wait for the next issue of American Lawyer Magazine to hit our law firm's library. That magazine did a pretty decent job keeping us informed of what was going on in the legal world, and even within our own firm. It would give ratings to working as an associate at the big firms, with a commentary. My friends and I would always try to get quoted, though always anonymously. One year we bet on who would get quoted. I won by saying that we associates were pretty well informed of firm goings-on because we would get so much coverage in the American Lawyer. Now, if you want to read law firm rumors, the best place is Above the Law, (which had my firm down for a merger with Baker & McKenzie!) but it does not carry much on Asia. Asia Legal Blog is written by a legal headhunting firm so it is not going to go off on a rumor, but it is a good and free source of goings on in the Asian legal...
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2009-07-06 09:27:00 Various organizations defend the human rights of the Palestinians. Curiously, political philosophers don?t know whether natural rights exist at all, let alone their range. The Declaration of Human Rights reflects an ultra-left understanding of them. European states employ many workarounds to circumvent the Declaration. Electoral barriers and districted elections violating proportional representation are just some ...
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American Constitution Society to honor five legal legends
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Pro Gay Marriage - Why gay marriage should be legal
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Sean Penn Files for Legal Separation
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2009-04-23 01:22:00 I had planned a post last night on the President’s comments yesterday where he left the door open “to prosecuting Bush administration officials who devised the legal authority” for intensive investigations of terrorism suspects. Yet, given that other conservative bloggers had posted on the topic–and far better than I ever could–I decided to, in the limited time available to me, focus on other topics. Yet, in considering the first post I wrote this morning, I realize how the two topics are linked, the president’s refusal to close the door on prosecuting officials of his predecessor’s administration and his failure so far to show acknowledge the legitimacy of the Tea Party protests. To shut the door on such prosecutions and to address citizens’ concerns about a rapidly growing federal government would allow him to rise above the fray and speak out in the national interest. He could unite the nation by refusing to consider the demands...
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On The Importance Of "Face" In China Legal.
2009-04-01 22:29:00 China Daily did an article the other day on how China's courts are now going to post its unpaid judgments online. It is entitled, "Court launches website showing who hasn't paid." A bit of background is in order. China's court system (and I am talking about commercial disputes ONLY) is not as bad as is so widely believed in the West. Foreign companies can sue and win against Chinese companies and they can and do. All the time. But winning a lawsuit and getting paid on a lawsuit are two very different things, both in China and everywhere else in the world. Many years ago, my firm brought a cross-border lawsuit against a foreign company on behalf of about 35 mostly foreign companies. The clients would often ask me if I thought we were going to win the lawsuit and my response to that was always, "yes, we are almost certainly going to win. Defendant took money that should have gone to you without your approval or authorization. This is about as blatant a breach of contra...
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