By: Fiona Parker,
on 8/30/2016
The Leave vote in the EU referendum presents several potential challenges for employers which are of far more immediate and practical importance than speculation about the future direction of employment law in a post-EU environment.
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By: Fiona Parker,
on 7/26/2016
One of the reasons why parties choose arbitration is its time-efficiency. This is mainly due to the fact that the arbitral award decides the dispute in a final and binding manner and is subject to no appeal. Although time-efficiency belongs to the traditional advantages of arbitration, the users of arbitration have over the last years significantly increased the pressure to control time (and cost) in arbitration.
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By: Fiona Parker,
on 4/26/2016
In June 2015, EU Regulation 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings entered into force. This Regulation reformed – or, to be more precise, recast – EC Regulation 1346/2000, in order to tackle in a much more modern way cross-border insolvency cases involving at least one Member State of the EU (except Denmark).
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By: Fiona Parker,
on 4/19/2016
On 5 February 2015, the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report entitled "The UK Competition Regime". The report assesses the performance of the UK competition regulators, focussing on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). It concludes that the CMA has inherited certain strengths, including a positive legacy of merger and market investigation work.
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By: Fiona Parker,
on 4/12/2016
If you’ve been following the Brexit debate in the media, you no doubt will have noticed how European employment laws are frequently bandied around as the sort of laws that Britain could do without, thank you very much. As welcome as a giant cheesecake at the Weight Watchers Annual Convention, the European Working Time Directive is never far away from the lips of Brexiters.
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By: Fiona Parker,
on 2/9/2016
The CISG may be called a true story of worldwide success which is not only proven by the ever increasing number of member states around the world but also by the fact that during the last 20 years the CISG has served as a decisive blueprint for law-making in the area of contract law on the international as well as on the domestic level.
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By: Jenny Turner,
on 12/16/2015
In many jurisdictions, the police report is not permissible at trial a truth that amazes numerous jurors who cannot determine why they were not given the credit report. However trust me a vehicle accident investigation begins with an authority’s credit record. Consistently obtain the cops credit report if one is made, also if it is a brief form or simply an exchange of info type. See exactly how your customer prices in the marvelous system of things, nail down your witnesses and get your images of the vehicles as well as the scene instantly. Numerous lawyers believe the insurance firm will do the investigation for them, so they do not take notice of things like photos of the vehicles or of the scene when they initially get the instance. Initially, insurance policy companies do not usually want to place in the moment as well as expense of a detailed investigation on case. You do not have that deluxe, because you as well as your client just make money if the case does well.
Second, if you plan to depend on the insurance coverage company to do your examination, remember that beneficiary examination has a much different function than your own. Your examination is created to get the case paid. There is developed to find a means to turn down for the claim entirely or to find a need to resolve it at minimized value. So the provider’s photos of the vehicle damages tend to be materialized angles that decrease just how significant the damage looks. Their motorist says they made left on a green arrowhead, and that your client ran the red light. So the carrier never ever gets around to getting images that will certainly reveal if there really is a green arrow signal at that intersection to begin with.
The very best, quickest way to do an efficient first examination is to make use of Maryland car accident lawyer assets right away readily available to you. If the client has an electronic video camera, have them take photos and email them to you. Otherwise, maintain a supply of cheap, non reusable electronic cameras in your office to supply to the client to obtain these photos. If most of your intake is performed in person, your office needs to have an electronic camera and also a color printer efficient in publishing photos. Take the automobile damage images on your own. If the functions of the scene itself are at issue, you could get an immediate, cost-free consider topography by using Google Earth.
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By: LAURIE WALLMARK,
on 12/13/2015
Do you need to copyright your manuscript and will that prevent book piracy?
http://annerallen.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-you-need-to-copyright-your.html
By: Catherine,
on 11/21/2015
A signed copy of J.K. Rowling’s new crime novel, Career of Evil, was put up for auction. J.K. Rowling would probably approve of this donation from one of the lucky owners of a signed book, as the book was auctioned for a good cause, for local charity, Brighouse and Surrounding Homeless.
There are only 200 signed copies of the Robert Galbraith book, making the demand for this item at the silent auction very high. The book had a reserve of £1,000. Big House Echo recorded a statement about the charity being supported:
Add a CommentAlison Mitchell, chief Executive of BASH, said: “We provide an outreach service that connects those in need with the charities and services they may not have otherwise known about whilst offering food, clothing and friendly faces.
Thanks to donations we can provide food, drink and clothing. More importantly we can provide a listening ear.
By: Fiona Parker,
on 9/29/2015
After venturing to the far East of Japan last year, 2015 sees the return of the International Bar Association’s annual meeting to Europe. Vienna will host the conference this year, a city which holds an interesting pedigree as a legal centre. The Annual Meeting itself promises to be a must-attend event for all international lawyers, with sessions ranging from climate change justice to human trafficking.
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By: Lizzie Furey,
on 9/14/2015
The legal wishes of the dead have long been fertile ground for domestic drama. Shakespeare’s As You Like It opens on the theme: “As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will”.
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By: Daniel Hall,
on 3/15/2015
Over the past year the number of questionable police use-of-force incidents has been ever present. The deaths of Eric Garner in New York, Michael Brown in Missouri, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Ohio, are but just a few tragic cases.
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By: KatherineS,
on 2/23/2015
Four people with radically different outlooks on the world meet on a train and start talking about what they believe. Their conversation varies from cool logical reasoning to heated personal confrontation. Each starts off convinced that he or she is right, but then doubts creep in. During February, we will be posting a series of extracts that cover the viewpoints of all four characters in Tetralogue. What follows is an extract exploring Sarah's perspective.
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By: LAURIE WALLMARK,
on 1/27/2015
Don't violate another artist's copyright when you create your book trailer.
http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 12/22/2014
On Friday New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio met with protestors to discuss their demands for police reform after the shocking death of Eric Garner and the controversial grand jury decision that followed. The name of the activists’ organization will sound familiar to any comics fan: Justice League NYC.
That this prominent group of social justice warriors would share a name with DC Entertainment’s leading super-team is no coincidence. Just check out the group’s logo, which features two African-American superheroes flying out of New York City through a graffiti-style logo. Dig even deeper into contemporary activism’s history and we see even more connections: Ferguson protestors formed their own Justice League over the summer, a leading progressive journalist writes at JusticeLeagueTaskForce.wordpress.com, and as pretty much everyone here knows, the Occupy movement made the V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes’ mask a global icon.
The role of comics in recent protests will no doubt be the subject of any number of academic papers, most of which will bear a punny coloned title like “DC Nation: From Social Relevance Comics to Social Change.” Yet before folks explore what all this means at greater length, I want to offer a quick note on how this phenomenon ties into comics’ uneasy relationship with the law.
Before Photoshop and Final Cut made it possible for anyone to transcend their innate limitations, comics offered a cheap and easy way for people to give a visible form to their wildest thoughts. They became pop culture’s analogue to law as the magic mirror of society — photos may have showed us how the other half lives, but in comics we could create the world of tomorrow, free from the strictures of budget, politics, injury, death, and the real world’s ineffective legal system. What’s more, comics also did away with the shadows and fog that even today make inquiries such as the Serial podcast so frustrating — in the comics world we know who is good, who is evil, and who will win; the big question is how good will triumph.
That sensibility is in comics’ DNA, to both good and ill effect. An unreflective transfer of the comics’ approach to seemingly intractable problems would at its most extreme result in moral nihilism, as violence becomes the standard means of removing any obstacle to achieving what is right. At the same time, the comics’ metaphorical blend of constructive critique and unbounded possibility helps explain why the social relevance comics of the 1970s weren’t as much of a break from the past as some might think. We can draw a straight line back from the O’Neil & Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow through to the Justice League, Shock SuspenStories, Captain America and Wonder Woman — and the same is true moving forward in time to today. Comics have always had the power to show us who we are and what we can be, and they are at their best when they resemble the magic mirror as ideally envisioned by Oliver Wendell Holmes – reflecting not just our own lives, but the lives of all people who have been.
By: LAURIE WALLMARK,
on 12/21/2014
There are several sources of LEGAL music to use on your video.
http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
By: LAURIE WALLMARK,
on 11/15/2014
What's involved in getting the rights to your book back from your publisher?
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-request-rights-reversion-from.html
By: LAURIE WALLMARK,
on 11/1/2014
Do you need to have the rights in order to song lyrics in your manuscript?
http://annerallen.blogspot.com/2013/03/so-you-want-to-use-song-lyrics-in-your.html
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By: Diana Hurwitz,
on 7/31/2014
By: LAURIE WALLMARK,
on 3/22/2014
When do you need to seek permission for quoting material, and how to go about getting it.
http://wolflit.com/how-and-when-to-seek-permissions-for-your-book/
By: Darcy Pattison,
on 3/15/2014
Giveaway ends March 21, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
This month-long series of blog posts will explain author websites and offer tips and writing strategies for an effective author website. It alternates between a day of technical information and a day of writing content. By the end of the month, you should have a basic author website up and functioning. The Table of Contents lists the topics, but individual posts will not go live until the date listed. The Author Website Resource Page offers links to tools, services, software and more.
A Privacy Policy is important because you must disclose on your site what types of information you collect and how you use it. This especially applies if you write for children because you must comply with the COPPA regulations, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (See the government site here.)
COPPA applies only to those Web sites and online services that collect, use, or disclose personal information from children. However, the FTC recommends that all Web sites and online services – particularly those directed to children – post privacy policies online so visitors can easily learn about the operator’s information practices. From COPPA FAQ
More COPPA Compliance information.
It’s a good policy to provide a privacy policy and it’s simple to do. Once done, you can forget about it.
NOTE: I am not a lawyer and this does not constitute legal advice!
There are a couple ways that website owners often use to generate a Privacy Policy.
Form Generator Services: Some services ask you questions about how you operate your site and then generate a policy. Here are two examples: FreePrivacyPolicy.com
SERP Rank Privacy Policy Generator
WordPress Plugins:
Please Search Plugins/AddNew for up-to-date plugins that generate privacy policies and choose the one that fits your situation best. Here is one example: Auto Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
If you offer a service or sell something from your site, you may also need a Terms of Service policy page, which explains the rules of offering and using the service. Again, look for WordPress Plugins, or contact a lawyer for appropriate legal advice.
After you create your Privacy Policy and/or Terms of Service, save them to upload as a Page later. But think about how you will link to these pages. Usually, links must be in a prominent place on site, but most people don’t want this in the Main Menu. A common area for linking to the Privacy Policy or the TOS is the footer. Footer Putter plugin allows you to place the links to your privacy policy in the footer of your page. Search Plugins/AddNew to find other options and make a decision about works best for your website.
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 9/12/2013
It appears that Marvel have offered Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich a settlement, thus ending the lengthy case which had previously bankrupted the veteran writer. The details of the settlement have not been offered to the public, but Friedrich’s attorney has informed a federal New York judge that the case can now be dismissed.
Hopefully this is good news for Friedrich, whose battle for rights over the Ghost Rider came to a head in 2007, when the first movie was released. There was sniping on both sides, with Friedrich suing Marvel and then Marvel counter-suing Freidrich and, well, let Jeff Trexler explain it all in more detail.
Interestingly enough, however, writer Bob Layton – best known for his work on Iron Man, aspects of which were reflected in the subsequent film releases – has also taken to Twitter to announce that Marvel have also made a settlement with HIM over a character issue. Referencing David Michelinie in his tweet, this almost certainly refers to the ‘Demon in a Bottle’ storyline he wrote.
I wonder if we’ll see other creators revealing settlements over the next few weeks. It looks like some new policy might have come in, and hopefully it’s one which will give all creators the best possible deal.
By: LAURIE WALLMARK,
on 9/6/2013
What are the legalities about using brand names in your writing?
http://www.rightsofwriters.com/2010/12/can-i-mention-brand-name-products-in-my.html
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By: Angela Hall,
on 2/10/2013
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By: ChloeF,
on 1/30/2013
The uncharitable might say that I write the same book every four years or so. Some critics certainly accuse me of having said the same thing for many years. I don’t disagree. Since the early 80s, my enduring interest has been in the ways in which technology can modernize and improve the work of the legal profession and the courts. My main underpinning conviction has indeed not changed: that legal work is document and information intensive, and that a whole host of information technologies can and should streamline and sometimes even overhaul traditional methods of practicing law and administering justice.
What have changed, of course, are the enabling technologies. When I started out on what has become a career devoted largely to legal technology, the web had not been invented, nor had tablets, handheld devices, mobile phones, and much else. As new technologies emerge, therefore, I always have a new story to tell and more evidence that suggests the legal world is shifting from being a cottage industry to an IT-enabled information sector.
The evolution of my thinking reflects my own technical interests and career activities over the years. My first work in the field, in the 1980s, focused on artificial intelligence and its potential and limitations in the law. This began in earnest with my doctoral research at Oxford University. I was interested in the possibility of developing computer systems that could solve legal problems and offer legal advice. Many specialists at the time wanted to define expert systems in law in architectural terms (by reference to what underlying technologies were being used, from rule-based systems to neural networks). I took a more pragmatic view and described these systems functionally as computer applications that sought to make scarce legal knowledge and expertise more widely available and easily accessible.
This remains my fundamental aspiration today. I believe there is enormous scope for using technology, especially Internet technology, as a way of providing affordable, practical legal guidance to non-lawyers, especially those who are not able to pay for conventional legal service. These systems may not be expert systems, architecturally-defined. Instead, they are web-based resources (such as online advisory and document drafting systems) and are delivering legal help, on-screen, as envisaged back in the 1980s.
During the first half of the 90s, while I was working in a law firm (Masons, now Pinsent Masons), my work became less academic. I was bowled over by the web and began to form a view of the way it would revolutionize the communication habits of practicing lawyers and transform the information seeking practices of the legal fraternity. I also had some rudimentary ideas about online communities of lawyers and clients; we now call these social networks. My thinking came together in the mid-1990s. I became clear, in my own mind at least, that information technology would definitely challenge and change the world of law. Most people thought I was nuts.
A few years later, to help put my ideas into practice, I developed what I called ‘the grid’ – a simple model that explained the inter-relationships of legal data, legal information, legal knowledge, as found within law firms and shared with clients. I had used this model quite a bit with my clients (by this time, I was working independently) and it seemed to help lawyers think through what they should be doing about IT.
In the years that followed, however, I became even more confident that the Internet was destined to change the legal sector not incrementally and peripherally but radically, pervasively, and irreversibly. But I felt that, in the early 2000s, most lawyers were complacent. Times were good, business was brisk, and the majority of practitioners could not really imagine that legal practice and the court system would be thrown into upheaval by disruptive technologies.
Then came the global recession and, in turn, lawyers became more receptive than they had been in boom times when there had been no obvious reason why they might change course. Dreadful economic conditions convinced lawyers that tomorrow would look little like yesterday.
With many senior lawyers now recognizing that we are on the brink of major change, my current preoccupation is that most law schools around the world are ignoring this future. They continue to teach law much as I was taught in the late 1970s. They are equipping tomorrow’s lawyers to be twentieth century not twenty-first century lawyers. My mission now is to help law teachers to prepare the next generation of lawyers for the new legal world.
Richard Susskind OBE is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. He is president of the Society for Computers and law IT adviser to the lord chief justice. Tomorrow’s Lawyers is his eighth book.
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That sounds all well and good but there is still the elephant in the room of the huge black crime rate which no social justice warriors are willing to address.
Justice League NYC is about as relevant as Justice League Detroit. My hunch is that DC may not be too thrilled that the name of one of their top books is being used by some wannabe activist group leading a protest movement becoming increasingly controversial (see recent headlines).
Wow, here I come into the comment thread to thank Jeff for the link to that great Jacob Riis article, and what do I see but some anonymous commenters in need of some of Riis’ perspective on modern events. Funny how that works.
To the first commenter – Activists and protesters are almost always controversial, that’s why they need to be activists in the first place. And if you think that Martin Luther King’s movement, or Malcolm X’s, or Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress were NOT controversial in their time, then you have a poor understanding of history.
Policing use of company trademarks by charities and other nonprofit ventures is a tough part of the corporate lawyer gig. Strategic savvy is a must.
@Kiel – you’re welcome! Riis is an amazing example of how tech can shape social reform – his photos had ripple effects that still continue to be felt in NY law and housing. I think of his stuff often when I walk down Mulberry Street, which is a far different place than it was back in his day. You can also draw a line from Riis through Arab Spring and contemporary US social justice initiatives.