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FLORENCE, S.C. – A property owner’s contract and unfair claims complaint over property listing errors allegedly made by several vacation rental listing websites failed because the sites’ respective “terms and conditions” disclaimed responsibility for the accuracy of the listings, a South Carolina federal judge ruled Jan. 24, granting summary judgment in favor of the sites’ [...]

The Associated Press California law turns up heat on labor conditionsChicago TribuneSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A new California law will force retailers and manufacturers to disclose from 2012 how they guard against slavery and human trafficking throughout their supply chains, ratcheting up scrutiny over some of the largest US …Slave labor targeted in Calif. law, [...]

Politico Poor Economic Conditions in Alabama Will Get Worse with New Immigration LawCenter For American ProgressProtestors march outside the Alabama Capitol during a demonstration against Alabama's immigration law in Montgomery, Ala. By Sarah Jane Glynn | December 13, 2011 Alabama's state motto, “We dare defend our rights,” seems particularly ironic given the …Judge: Immigration law [...]

PhysOrg.com China lays out conditions for legally binding climate dealPhysOrg.comChina's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding climate deal that would go into force after 2020. China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid out conditions under …China lays out conditions for legally binding [...]

Firstpost China lays out conditions for legally binding climate dealDAWN.comPhoto by AFP DURBAN: China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding climate deal that would go into force after 2020, when current voluntary pledges run out. …China lays out conditions for legally binding climate dealFirstpostTo [...]

AFP China lays out conditions for legally binding climate dealFirstpostDurban: China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua today laid out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding climate deal that would take effect after 2020, when current voluntary pledges run out. The conditions included a renewal of …China lays out conditions for legally binding climate [...]

AFP China lays out conditions for legally binding climate dealAFPDURBAN, South Africa — China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding climate deal that would go into force after 2020, when current voluntary pledges run out. …US sees little new in China greenhouse gas cut [...]

Legal Matters: Know conditions of your cemetery plot contractCarroll County TimesSelling a burial plot or giving it to a new owner is more complicated than selling an ordinary parcel of land, because when you bought the plot, you didn't really buy a piece of property. What you bought is the right to make interments in [...]

NEW YORK – Borders Group LLC, the bookstore chain that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, filed a brief in bankruptcy court on Oct. 11, seeking conditions on a motion by its insurance company to lift the automatic stay so the insurer can cancel surety bonds (In Re: Borders Group LLC, No. 11-10614, Chapter 11, S.D. [...]

The Progressive Pulse Legal Aid files complaint over farmworker conditionsWinston-Salem JournalLegal Aid of North Carolina said Wednesday that it has filed a federal complaint against the NC Department of Labor alleging that state labor inspectors have failed to ensure safe working and housing conditions for migrant farmworkers. …NC Legal Aid files complaint over farm inspectionsmsnbc.com [...]