A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California ruled Thursday that the federal government cannot seize the trademark rights of the logo used by the Mongols motorcycle club. The ruling overturned a federal jury’s decision to strip the club of its logo after finding “a direct connection between the gang’s […]
Knowing that the students who hope to one day join the Virginia Bar will not have to experience fear of ramifications for disclosing any treatment they sought during law school on their bar applications is a wonderful thing. The more we normalize and encourage sound mental health and wellness, the better we will be as […]
It is not a good thing when a marriage begins to fall apart. In most cases, couples try to seek help from a therapist to patch up the issues facing the marriage. Even after putting in the efforts to save the marriage, they still end up going separate ways. Divorce is not always the last […]
The High Court struck down the UK’s “right to rent” policy on Friday as incompatible with human rights law. The “right to rent” policy required private landlords to verify the immigration status of prospective renters. Under this policy, landlords who rented to undocumented tenants could face unlimited fines or prison time. This policy was a […]
Sources: Not Verified! The Trump administration is preparing to allow lawsuits in U.S. courts for the first time against some foreign companies doing business in Communist-ruled Cuba using properties confiscated from Cuban-Americans and other U.S. citizens, according to people familiar with the matter. The move, which could be announced as early as Monday, could threaten […]
New York divorce lawyer extraordinaire Raoul Felder, who handled the celebrity splits of everybody from Rudy Giuliani to Christie Brinkley’s third husband, kept a pistol in the desk drawer of his Manhattan office for many years. His reasoning was simple: “Everybody hates divorce lawyers, sometimes even their own clients,” he said.
MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales.M Ps have backed a bill by 172 votes in favour, versus 142 against. The bill, which was introduced as a Ten-Minute rule bill, will now go to a second reading on 24th March, before it can be passed into law.
It is now commonplace that a corporate or business structure will fall to be dealt with by the divorce courts in financial remedy matters as a resource of one or both of the parties under section 25(2)(a) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973). When considering a fair outcome, the court must first establish the value of the […]
Have you heard of “GAFA”? It is a commonly used acronym in Europe, representing the four most powerful American technology companies, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. Recent legislative movement in Europe to impose a Digital Services Tax (DST) on gross revenue on a limited set of digital businesses targets those tech giants in effect, although […]
Why are businesses so concerned about immigration law and policy? Perhaps it is because, in a global economy, it is more important than ever that key personnel be able to cross borders expeditiously, with certainty and frequency. Perhaps it is because U.S. companies are competing more than ever with foreign companies for the best and […]