Splendor Passengers Settles for Free Cruise
11/30/2010 The fire that broke out aboard the Carnival Splendor caused it to lose electricity since Monday, and subjected the passengers to various forms of difficulty. However, far from being furious because of the incident, most of the passengers seemed happy that the 13-story cruise line is willing to reimburse their expenses, as well as […]
Foreclosure Redos Brought About by Legal Twist
11/30/2010 Hundreds of Massachusetts homeowners are faced with back-to-back foreclosures as lenders begin to realize that there were problems with the property titles they had foreclosed. These lending companies, who are often unable to secure title insurance, are instead starting from scratch with what is now being termed as a “re-foreclosure.” Although the thought of […]
Troubling Legacy Created by GM and Chrysler Bankruptcies
11/28/2010 According to an article that was published by two University of Illinois experts in bankruptcy law, the bankruptcy reorganizations of General Motors and Chrysler embodied a sea change in corporate restructuring. It was an event that could herald that end of the current system of bankruptcy reorganization. Ralph Brubaker and Charles Tabb, two law […]
Market Position of UnitedLex is strengthened after Strategic Acquisition of LawScribe
11/28/2010 The technology powered legal and business solutions full service provider, UnitedLex, announced today that the acquisition of LawScribe, a Los Angeles-based Legal Process Outsourcing company, has been successfully completed. UnitedLex deliver support services in fields of litigation, electronic data discovery, document review, contract review and management, intellectual property, immigration and law firm support. They […]
All Eyes on PA Homeland Security Surveillance
11/28/2010 The legal director for the ACLU of Pennsylvania described the collaboration between Pennsylvania Homeland Security, the police forces, and the private industry, as a nasty arrangement where citizen activists are being suspiciously eyed. His statement came about when reports of moves to recruit “a network of citizen spies to combat the security threats they […]
The RIAA Has Scratched Only the Surface of Internet Piracy
11/28/2010 One of the things that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has successfully achieved over the past weeks is what can be described as “scratching the surface” of Internet piracy. It has brought LimeWire, a file-sharing network, to shut down operations, but in reality, consumers continue downloading music from other sites. The only […]
U.S. Marshals Service 2010 Nominee Opposed by Coalition
11/27/2010 The nomination of Stacia A. Hylton by President Obama to head the U.S. Marshals Service is being opposed by a coalition of criminal justice and human rights organizations. Hylton is a former U.S. Marshals Service Acting Deputy Director who was employed as Federal Detention Trustee from June 2004 to February 2010, where she supervised […]
Parents Must Be Aware of Kids’ Illegal Downloads
11/27/2010 A recent survey of several parents showed that approximately one in ten children have been exposed to sexually explicit material or offensive content when they download stuff from the Internet. Despite the rising number of offensive content downloads that children make today, nearly 40% of moms and dad have admitted that they do not […]
Offshore Matters Likely to Continue Facing Legal Challenges
11/27/2010 Since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which took the lives of eleven oil personnel and caused the biggest oil spill in history, the Obama administration has been taking steps to implement safety and environmental measures when it comes to offshore drilling. However, it seemed that every action that the government takes when it comes to […]
Law Firms Gradually Starting to Hire Staff to Handle Family and Energy Cases
11/27/2010 Signs that law firms are gradually emerging from nearly two years of economic downturn marked by a hiring freeze and downsizing are gradually being felt. In Pittsburgh, for instance, a couple of law firms have started to hire additional lawyers to fortify their Marcellus Shale and energy cases. Other law firms are being buoyed […]