Category: Blog
Federal Court or UDRP Arbitration? How the Forum that Decides a Domain Name Dispute Can Make a Big Difference in the Results
Opponents in domain name “turf wars” usually aren’t away of a key issue. They don’t understand that the judicial body hearing their case goes a long way to determining the outcome. One way to understand how the chosen legal forum impacts results are seen in the varying deference paid by...
Read MoreBlackstone and the publicly traded law firm
In light of the Blackstone public offering, I wonder if there are any other partnerships that earn big fees that might go public. Like law firms, for example? Law firms, of course, just aren’t like publicly traded corporations. They have to be partnerships, or else they will lose their discipline...
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Sanmaocase: Civil Case Judgment
The first Intermediate People' s Court of Shanghai Plaintiffs: Feng Chuyin, female, of Han nationality, born on April 3, 1923, with home address at 288-3 Wuyuan Road, Shanghai Zhang Weiwei, female, of Han nationality, born on December 27, 1941, with home address at 234 Yunnanzhong Road, Shanghai Zhang Xiao, female,...
Read MoreCould It Be Time To Trash the Pyramid Payment Schemes for Law Firms?
Amway, HerbalLife and your local corporate law firm. Not three businesses you’d usually find discussed in the same sentence. But it could be. Some observers are calling corporate law firms “giant pyramid schemes.” Between fresh-out-of-law-school attorneys and the idea the common law firm structure is outdated, it’s surprising more people...
Read MoreKatrina as the fed’s Enron
Katrina as the fed's Enron While I've been down on Sarbanes-Oxley (see my Sarbox archive, and this summary) maybe I’ve got the whole thing wrong. Maybe we should keep SOX and apply it to the federal government. This W$J roundup of Katrina screwups left me wondering what the SEC would...
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UAE Passes Law Against Human Trafficking
Every year tens of thousands of people arrive in the United Arab Emirates seeking to benefit from the country’s booming economy. However, the wealth of the gulf nation has also attracted human traffickers. Although prostitution and even adultery are illegal in the UAE, there are still bars and nightclubs where...
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