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Horrigan: Apple’s tax-dodge: elegant, legal and sleazy – STLtoday.com

dunkele — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:16:02 +0000

Horrigan: Apple's tax-dodge: elegant, legal and sleazy STLtoday.com In the beginning was an Apple IIe, 64 red-hot kilobytes of memory, green monochrome monitor, a 5.25-inch floppy disk slot but no modem because this was 1985. It cost the equivalent of 5,000 of today's dollars, money from an advance on a book that was …

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Legal defense charity defends costly, low-reward tactics – Lansing State Journal

dunkele — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:01:03 +0000

Legal defense charity defends costly, low-reward tactics Lansing State Journal And, while both the court case and the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF) are real, it appears Jones had good reason to follow her instincts ahead of her heart. Tax records indicate any donation she sent likely would have resulted in cents on …

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What Does Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory Mean, Anyway? – Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

legalplanet — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:59 +0000

Economic Times What Does Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory Mean, Anyway? Mondaq News Alerts (registration) This advisory was prepared by Nutter's Intellectual Property practice. For more information, please contact your Nutter attorney at 617.439.2000. This update is for information purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice on any specific … US Trade Panel Rejects Motorola Mobility Bid to Block Xbox Imports IndustryWeek US ITC refuses to ban Microsoft's Xbox at Google's request Australian Techworld all 49 news articles

Business and Intellectual Property Authority Unveils Logo – AllAfrica.com

legalplanet — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:54 +0000

Business and Intellectual Property Authority Unveils Logo AllAfrica.com THE Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) on Wednesday announced the winners of its logo design competition. Speaking during the occasion, Minister of Trade and Industry, Calle Schlettwein said one of the main functions of government is …

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Messy Fight Over Mandela Trust Goes Public – New York Times

dunkele — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:19:48 +0000

New York Times Messy Fight Over Mandela Trust Goes Public New York Times JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela was livid. He believed that two of his daughters, working with a lawyer he had recently fired, were trying to meddle in his financial affairs. So he summoned the daughters, Makaziwe Mandela and Zenani Dlamini, to his …

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Law graduates urged to protect the future of the legal system – News@Northeastern

legalplanet — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:46:18 +0000

News@Northeastern Law graduates urged to protect the future of the legal system News@Northeastern In a Commencement ceremony on Friday afternoon at Matthews Arena, peers, professors, and public figures challenged more than 200 graduating students from the School of Law to shape the future of the legal system and take professional risks for the sake … and more

Kermit Gosnell Shows Legal Doesn’t Mean Safe When It Comes to Abortion – LifeNews.com

legalplanet — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:46:12 +0000

Kermit Gosnell Shows Legal Doesn't Mean Safe When It Comes to Abortion LifeNews.com Clearly, “ legal ” does not mean “safe” when it comes to abortion. In addition to the loss of unborn lives, women's lives were endangered in his ill-equipped, unsanitary facility. His patients were treated worse than animals in many veterinary clinics. and more

Program offers free legal advice – WIVB

dunkele — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:46:11 +0000

Program offers free legal advice WIVB BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Consumers have more legal protections than ever before, but they are still being bullied by banks, debt collectors and loan companies. Having rights is one thing, knowing what they are is another, and that's where a free legal …

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Diabetes in California schools: State’s high court to hear legal battle over … – San Jose Mercury News

legalplanet — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:46:04 +0000

Diabetes in California schools: State's high court to hear legal battle over … San Jose Mercury News In a legal showdown set to be heard Wednesday, the California Supreme Court will consider arguments from the nurses' union and other allies, including the state's teachers' union, who contend that under state law only licensed school employees can give … and more

Canada’s Highest Court OKs Judicial Cut and Paste

dunkele — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:46:02 +0000

One of the apparent perks of being a judge, apart from the satisfaction of wielding a gavel, is the ability to copy the work of others without getting in trouble.

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