Inside Counsel interviews Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley regarding a growing initiative to curb patent trolling. Read More |
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From the New York Times: The company that conducted a background investigation on the contractor Edward J. Snowden fraudulently signed off on hundreds of thousands of incomplete security checks in recent years. Read More |
| From USA Today: Four more cases of deadly bird flu were reported in China on Wednesday, bringing the season's total in that country to 221. Fifty-seven people have died. The surge in cases has health officials worldwide watching closely as hundreds of millions of Chinese begin to travel for Chinese New Year. Read More |
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Legal & Risk Management Solutions for the Global Travel & Hospitality Industries
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From Colin Andrews of Garvey Schubert Barer: FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai urges hotels to program their telephones to be able to dial 911 without first dialing 9. The motivation behind this initiative is the death of Kari Hunt Dunn, who was stabbed to death at the Baymont Inn in Marshall, Texas this past December, while her daughter unsuccessfully attempted to dial 911 for help. Read More
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From the American Bar Association: The Task Force on the Future of Legal Education has been charged to examine the current problems and conditions in American legal education and present recommendations that are workable and have a reasonable chance of broad acceptance. Read More |
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From Andrew Merrills et al. of Ogletree Deakins: In light of widespread criticism that E-Verify is flawed, the federal government has attempted to make some modifications to the E-Verify system to improve the system’s accuracy and efficiency, enhance customer service, and reduce fraud and misuse. Read More
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From Judge Karen Morris of Brighton, New York: Some issues in hotel law come and go, but falls in slippery bathtubs have a sticking quality. Liability in this type of lawsuit can be avoided, but it takes some attention to those porcelain bastions of cleanliness. Read More
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