My friend Robert Krausankas of copyright-trolls.com sent me a link to an article about a new UK Copyright law that could have a devastating impact on photographers’ rights. The new Act(called the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act, which received Royal Assent) states that all “orphaned works” can be used for free by anyone. An orphaned […]
The argument is raging on all the news channels. Do we have to read Dzhokar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights? Sen. John McCain and others are insisting that he can be treated as “an enemy combatant” or that the “public safety” exemption can be applied. While I disagree that both premises are valid, that’s not the […]
OK - so Exxon did not say that, but its true! The jurors reached their verdicts in under two hours, even though the trial took nearly three months. According to the Associated Press, lawyers on both sides were stunned by the speed with which they reached the verdict on liability and even more stunned when […]
Every month since March 2009, Nassau County Bar Association attorneys have volunteered to assist Nassau homeowners concerned about mortgage foreclosure, helping over 2,000 families with advice and strategies to keep their homes during one of the worst recessions in modern history. Organized by NCBA members Caryle Katz and Gale Berg, the clinics are held the […]
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