Significant Growth and Expansion Revealed By Mindcrest in its Report
10/15/2011 Significant growth, expansion, as well as focused offerings in antitrust review and IP litigation has been revealed by Mindcrest in its report. The firm is a leader and pioneer in legal services outsourcing. Mindcrest Inc this summer celebrated its 10th anniversary. The firm, as the first LPO, has played an active and important […]
New Fees Are Being Added By Hotels
10/14/2011 The hotel industry is expected to rake in an additional $1.8 billion this year with its implementation of an assortment of new charges for room-service trays, early cancellations, bellhops and housekeeping. While mini-bar and telephone fees have long been standard, these new charges involve services that are once believed to be part of […]
Jewelers Urge States to Change Limits On Cadmium
10/14/2011 The jewelry industry in the United States is urging states to amend laws that put limits on the toxic metal cadmium in trinkets of children and implement new voluntary guidelines it helped create, saying that stricter rules in a number of states create pandemonium for importers and manufacturers. However, convincing legislators to revive […]
Federal Judges Raise Various Concerns about Obama’s Healthcare Law
10/13/2011 A number of concerns were raised Friday by a conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges regarding President Obama’s healthcare overhaul, but suggested that the challenge to it may be a little bit too early. The arguments at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington concerning a lawsuit against the signature domestic legislative achievement […]
Industry Man Enters Not Guilty Plea to Drug Trafficking Charges
10/13/2011 An industry man entered a plea of not guilty to charges that stemmed from a drug bust that raised several questions about how to enforce the medical marijuana laws in the state of Maine. The man, 37-year-old Christopher Sirois, was arrested by Maine drug enforcement agents in May after they found 226 marijuana […]
Beefing-Up The African-American Tech Participation To Be Discussed By House Democrats
10/12/2011 Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from the 18th district in Texas, will chair a panel discussion on Friday, which is aimed at boosting or beefing-up the number of African-Americans active in the technology industry. This panel discussion is going to be a part of the annual leadership conference of the Congressional Black […]
New Legal Challenge Faced by EPA over E15
10/12/2011 A group of automakers, small engine manufacturers and marine manufacturers carried on with their efforts in filing a number of lawsuits against the United States EPA with regards to its decision of allowing E15 to be used in vehicles starting with models released during the year 2001 up to recent models. The latest lawsuit […]
Young Adults Gaining Health Coverage More Rapidly Than Expected
10/11/2011 Young adults, which has been the group most likely to have no insurance, are gaining health coverage quicker than expected since the new health law passed in 2010 began permitting parents to cover them as dependents on family insurance policies. Three fresh surveys, including two released on Wednesday, reveal that adults under 26 […]
Proposed Tougher Rules Being Opposed by Debt Collectors
10/11/2011 A host of U.S. state laws requiring debt collectors to put on record exactly who owes what has sparked a lobbying battle being conducted state-by-state over the rules of evidence that the debt collection industry claims could slice into its profitability. A 2009 North Carolina law, which require collectors to present original contracts […]
Cities Still Figuring Out a Way on How to Distribute Pot
10/10/2011 Among issues being discussed in Montana right now is the prospect of medical marijuana being transformed into a legitimate business and if it so, figuring out the best way of proceeding with regards to its production and distribution. These are the same issues that were debated upon during Tuesday’s Burton K. Wheeler Center […]