Health-Care Law to Hurt Ohio Consumers According to Taylor
7/24/2011 The Lt. Governor of Ohio, Mary Taylor, said that the health-care law, which was passed by Congress last year will adversely affect consumers in Ohio. Taylor made the revelation at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Columbus yesterday. Taylor said that the health-care industry of Ohio is healthy and she does […]
Report on Planned Parenthood Calls for Congressional Investigation
7/24/2011 The pro-abortion group, Planned Parenthood is once again under attack, this time from Americans United for Life (AUL), one of the country’s leading pro-life legal groups. After researching over 20 years of Planned Parenthood records and law enforcement reports, as well as other evidences, the AUL has released a comprehensive, 181-page report that […]
Dodd-Frank Act Beneficial to Law Firms
7/24/2011 The Dodd-Frank Act, which was passed by Congress in July, is highly acclaimed to be the most sweeping financial reform in a couple of decades. It was dubbed by the then chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission as the “Lawyers’ and Consultants’ Full Employment Act of 2010,” and predicted a torrent of […]
Riverboat Casinos Loses in their Court Appeal Battle against Racetracks
7/23/2011 An appeal filed by riverboat casinos against the racetrack industry was thrown out Friday when the law signed by convicted former Governor Rod Blagojevich, which funneled money from casinos to support the racetracks, was upheld by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The law, which was dubbed as the Racetrack Bill and repeatedly […]
Immigration Law Faces Legal Challenge from Groups Seeking to Stop It
7/23/2011 The Southern Poverty Law Center, along with a coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court in Huntsville asking the judge to block the new illegal immigration law in Alabama. Mary Bauer, an attorney for the law center, said, “Alabama’s law goes much further than other state’s, […]
Medical Pot Offices in Arizona Stand Empty after Brewer Filed a Lawsuit against Feds
7/23/2011 When Ian Christensen, a self-described serial entrepreneur, looked around the white walls of the medical office he intends to lease in Paradise Valley in Arizona, he saw opportunity. Now, the only thing that he needs is some pot. Just like hundreds of many other would-be pot moguls, Christensen wooed investors, hired lawyers, negotiated […]
Gaming Industry in Nevada May Be Boosted By New State Law
7/22/2011 With the objective of getting more investment for Nevada’s gaming industry, the state is making the determination process of the gaming license suitability a little bit shorter. Under a new Nevada law, individuals and companies will no longer be required to operate a gaming company, or secure an agreement to acquire a casino […]
SWFL Hotels Split Over Citizenship Check
7/22/2011 The issue of illegal workers is one of the hottest topics in the hospitality industry in Southwest Florida. There is a growing clamor at the federal level to institute mandatory legal status checks of all new hires. The program called E-Verify, which is the same program used in verifying the status of immigrants […]
Internet Providers to Assist in Putting A Stop to Online Piracy
7/22/2011 Leading Internet service providers, in a deal with major entertainment media companies, agreed to a standardized procedure for notifying its customers about repeated occurrences of digital copyright infringement. The Internet service providers, which include AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast Verizon and Cablevision, announced Thursday in Washington the deal with major trade associations for […]
Alvarez & Marsal Names Ernest Brod to Head Firm’s Business Intelligence Services
7/21/2011 The global professional services firm of Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) in an announcement welcomed Ernest Brod as one of the newest members of the firm to head its Business Intelligence Services. This division aims to expand the world-class forensics and dispute services of A&M and will augment considerably its capabilities in handling difficult […]