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CHICAGO -- Belongia, Shapiro & Franklin, LLP, a Chicago-based full-service law firm, today announced the additions of Richard Hellerman, Shelley Smith, John Kraft, Raj Sanghvi, Joanna Michalec, and Desiree Lauricella to its growing...

By Ha'aretz Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's envoy Isaac Molho will meet with top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Amman Tuesday for preliminary talks aimed at setting an agenda for peace negotiations, even as...

THE CONCEPT of privileged attorney-client communications has been a long standing tenet in legal communities for decades. However, the scope and justification for privilege vary by jurisdiction. This article compares current trends concerning...

At this October's International Corporate Counsel College, we discussed the relative merits of the civil law and common law systems, starting with the drafting of contracts and concluding with their relative merits in...

The year 2011 may not go down as the most memorable on record but it certainly had its share of Good News--The Social Security Administration announced it is adding 12 Compassionate Allowances conditions...

European Union efforts to spur innovation have not been supported by a comprehensive system for registering intellectual property rights. Winning the "European patent" issued today by the European Patent Office (EPO) is an...

What makes a prediction a good one? Like any announcement that must compete for attention in the public sphere, the predictions that gather the most notice are the strangest or the boldest, or...

The economic literature is filled with different theories of oligopoly and duopoly ranging from perfect collusion to cutthroat price competition. However, many policymakers speak as if concentrated industries are automatically bad and therefore...

Since "network neutrality" first appeared in policy debates, its meaning has been less than crystal clear. Some advocates have argued that net neutrality demands that broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) treat all bits...

CHICAGO -- Fitch expects today's ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the legality of the European Union carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) to pave the way for a broadening international...

Q Are there a minimum number of employees that must be affected before a transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations 2006 can take place? A No, case law...

There is no escaping the fact that, for Conservative politicians in the UK, the Working Time Directive has an almost totemic significance. It is no surprise then that reports suggest that a key...

PROBLEM If an employee is off work due to long-term sickness but has pre-booked a period of annual leave that coincides with this, does their absence count as sick leave or holiday? LAW...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS US airline industry trade organisation Airlines for America (A4A), formerly known as the Air Transport Association, declared on Wednesday that it has commended Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) for...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS US airline industry trade organisation Airlines for America (A4A), formerly known as the Air Transport Association, declared on Wednesday that it has commended Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) for...

Racing is not a contact sport. There. I said it. Why not? Do I even have to explain this? In our violent culture, the unfortunate answer is, yes. Number one: it's very dangerous...

QUINCY, Ill. -- Titan International, Inc. (NYSE: TWI) announces that the put option Goodyear had for the Amiens France facility has expired on November 30, 2011. Goodyear and Titan had entered into an...

The new prime minister has to act fast—and urgently needs outside support IT IS an historic opportunity. Not since Felipe González's Socialists swept to victory in 1982 has a Spanish leader been handed...