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Still smarting from the recession and global competition, U.S. firms had been hoping for stability in 2011. What they got instead — as shown by The American Lawyer’s latest survey of Am Law 200 firm leaders — were slow-paying clients, struggling transactional practices and, if they’re lucky, the prospect of modest billing increases in the [...]

AFP BAT challenges Australia cigarette packet lawsAFPSYDNEY — British American Tobacco on Thursday launched a High Court challenge against Australia's plain packaging law for cigarettes, claiming it infringes intellectual property rights. The proceedings will act as a "test case" on the validity of the …Tobacco company sues Australia over new law that bans logos from [...]

Codelco Starts Legal Action to Annul Mitsubishi's Anglo DealBusinessWeekMitsubishi declined to comment on Codelco's commencement of legal action, the company said today in an e-mail. Marcelo Esquivel, Anglo's spokesman in Chile, declined to comment specifically on the measure lodged by Codelco yesterday. …DJ Chile Codelco Takes Legal Action Against Japan's MitsubishiMiddle East North Africa Financial [...]

CTV.ca Anti-Aids law outdated and defective, Santiago saysManila Standard TodaySenator Miriam Santiago has filed a measure seeking to replace the law to control and prevent the spread of the disease known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The law, enacted in 1998, was once hailed as a model …Lawmaker: Insurers should comply [...]

CTV.ca Tougher impaired driving laws ready to hit the roadEdmonton JournalTory cabinet ministers said Wednesday they were unconcerned by the decision from BC Supreme Court Justice Jon Sigurdson, who ruled the year-old BC law went too far by infringing on the protections provided to drivers showing a blood-alcohol level above …Judge rules BC drunk driving [...]

Fox News Honda worker caught in new Alabama immigration netReutersBIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) – A second foreign auto worker has been stopped by authorities in Alabama, where the nation's toughest immigration law recently went into effect, officials said on Wednesday. A Honda worker on assignment at the …APNewsBreak: Honda Worker Cited Under Ala. LawABC NewsAPNewsBreak: Honda [...]

ABC Online Academic says Basin plan may not meet its legal obligationsABC OnlineAn Australian National University professor believes there's a high chance the Murray-Darling Basin draft plan may not meet its legal purpose, and could be open to a High Court challenge. The plan proposes returning 2750 gigalitres of …States flag water plan legal challengeThe [...]

Business Today Visa Law Would Give US World's Tired, Poor Technologists: ViewBloombergUnder current law, immigrants from an individual country can claim no more than 7 percent of the 140000 employment green cards issued annually. As Representative Steve Cohen, Democrat of Tennessee, pointed out, that cap applies equally to Iceland …Visa Bill Would Pave Way for [...]

MILWAUKEE – A federal judge in Wisconsin on Nov. 23 ruled that a debtor couple was not required to commit federal income tax refunds to their Chapter 13 payment plan, despite the trustee’s contention that they were required to do so when they modified their plan (Thomas King v. Michael Robenhorst, et al., No. 11-573, [...]

Law Office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Investigation of Magma Design …MarketWatch (press release)The investigation concerns possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by the Board of Directors of Magma for not acting in the Company's shareholders' best interests in connection with the sale process to Synopsys. …and more » View [...]