Lawyers Allowed to Use .Org As Ruled by Arizona Bar
1/4/2012 A story published in azcentral.com said that in an opinion issued by the Arizona state bar, it has allowed usage of the .org domain name by lawyers. Up until now, lawyers in Arizona were not allowed to use the .org domain names. About a decade ago, the ethics panel ruled that websites of […]
New Parts of the Immigration Law in Georgia to Become Effective
January 5, 2012 A section in Georgia’s immigration law that targets illegal immigration is about to take effect at the coming of the New Year. Beginning January 1, businesses that employ 500 or more workers are required to use E-Verify, a federal database that allows employers to check the employment eligibility of all their […]
Regulations for the Wind Industry Sought for by Bird Conservation Group
January 4, 2012 The American Bird Conservancy (ABC), together with the Meyer, Glitzenstein & Crystal (MGC), a public interest law firm based in Washington, D.C., filed a petition to the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) seeking for regulations that would establish a permitting system that would encompass […]
Eleven Middle Tennessee Hotels Fined by U.S. Labor for Wage Violations
January 3, 2012 According to regulators, there is a widespread noncompliance by hotels and motels in Tennessee in relation to federal labor laws, but a representative of the industry said that those that violate the laws are but a minority. Around 35 franchised hotels and motels violated the labor laws during the fiscal year […]
Texas Chapter Launched by Legal Marketing Association
January 3, 2012 A formal launch of a Texas Chapter was made by Legal Marketing Association, a leading professional organization serving business development and marketing professionals in the legal industry. This will be effective starting January 1, 2012. The organization has approximately 3,000 members located in 48 states in the United States, Canada and […]
Record Label Sued by File-Sharing Company
January 2, 2012 The manner that the legal disputes of the entertainment industry typically work, it is the movie studio or the record company that files a lawsuit against the offshore Internet company, alleging copyright infringements. However, in a case that is currently playing out in the Federal District Court in San Jose, California, […]
Medical Pot Law of Montana Challenged Legally by Jason Christ
January 2, 2012 Jason Christ, the Missoula businessman who recruited thousands of Montana residents for medical marijuana cards through his “cannabis caravans,” filed a lawsuit challenging the 2011 Montana law that makes it a bit difficult to get medical pot. Christ, the owner of the Montana Caregivers Network, filed the suit last week in […]
Law Disallowing Commercial Drivers from Using Hand-Held Cell Phones Passed
January 1, 2011 A final ruling was recently made by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or FMCSA concerning cellular phone use by commercial truckers. Those who operate buses and commercial trucks will no longer be allowed to use any hand-held cellular phones while driving their vehicles on various roadways in the nation. The new […]
Who Ever Said that the Tobacco Industry is Already Dying?
January 1, 2012 According to Robert Proctor, a Stanford historian, the tobacco industry continue to creating toxic products that would lead to not only lung cancer but also ankle fractures, spontaneous abortion, early onset menopause and other ailments. The cigarette industry isn’t actually dying. In fact, it keeps on winning lawsuits and at the […]
USDA Working on Hastening the Approval of Genetically Engineered Crops of Monsanto
December 31, 2011 For many years, opponents of biotech agriculture have kept on accusing regulators of working really close with large biotech firms whenever they are in the process of deregulating genetically engineered (GE) crops. Today however, their worst fears might just come true. There is now a USDA two-year pilot program where regulators […]