DMA in Court in Suit against Colorado
02/26/2011 The contention of Direct Marketing Association was favoured by the court in its case against the state of Colorado and its new tax law. The US District Court for the District of Colorado granted last January 26 the motion for preliminary injunction against the Colorado Department of Revenue. The ruling means that the state […]
Legal Answers Website Receives $600K Funding
02/26/2011 A website dedicated to providing “crowd sourced” answers to various legal questions posed by different companies in California, most especially startups, is receiving $600,000 funding from individual investors and from Google Ventures. LawPivot, the website receiving the funding, could actually disrupt various basic business practices in the legal industry, according to a story run […]
Strange Alliance Formed Over the Montana Medical Marijuana Industry Bill
2/26/2011 Those who advocate for the use and propagation of marijuana has made a strange alliance with those belonging to law enforcement, as well as with government officials, in order to give support to a major proposal that would have the booming industry in Montana licensed and regulated. Those in opposition to the bill formed […]
Luzerne County Controller Griffith Wants Legal Action against Chamber
02/26/2011 Walter L. Griffith Jr., the Luzerne County Controller, has requested the county commissioners Thursday to consider taking legal action against Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry. This is allegedly due to the failure of the Chamber to put $950,000 in a county account formed by an agreement in 1993. The county has agreed […]