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Make Sure Your Power of Attorney Complies with Federal Privacy Law – ElderLawAnswers.com

Contact an elder law attorney to make sure your POA and health care proxy do not conflict with HIPAA. To locate a qualified elder law attorney near you, click here.

Conference discusses constitutional law, labor and employment law – UW Madison

The intersection of constitutional law and labor and employment law will be examined in a conference at the University of Wisconsin Law School on Oct. 28-29. Called “The Constitutionalization of Labor and Employment Law?” the event will explore whether …

Law firm Poyner Spruill opens new Wilmington office – The Business Journal

with a focus on entertainment law, according to a written statement issued by the firm. Poyner Spruill partner Jim O’Brien, who heads the firm’s entertainment practice group, is leading the Wilmington office. The firm’s largest office is …

The Unreasonable Freak-Out Over Facebook’s Claim That Some Of Your Personal Data Is Its Intellectual Property – Forbes

Its biggest weapon in this campaign is an EU law that requires companies to provide people … explaining that the data it withheld was a “trade secret or intellectual property” [pdf]. That has led to a series of angry reports, … Continue reading

New trading law forces farm shop to reduce sales area – Jersey Evening Post

ONE of Jersey’s busiest farm shops will have to close its biggest section on a Sunday to comply with the new trading law. Grouville farm shop Holme Grown will be closing its gardening section, Holme Living, on a Sunday from … Continue reading

50 New NC Laws Went Into Effect This Month – WITN

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Changes to medical malpractice rules and awards, rulemaking by state agencies and looser helmet rules for ATV riders are among more than 50 new laws now being enforced in North Carolina. Victims of alleged medical negligence … Continue reading

Department of Justice official urges people to report problems from Alabama’s new immigration law – Everything Alabama Blog

“If we don’t receive information, it’s impossible for us to figure out if civil rights laws are implicated” and determine if the department should take action, Perez said. Alternating between Spanish and English, Perez urged the audience to …

Visa, MasterCard Accused Fixing Prices, Breaking Antitrust Laws By ATM Group – Huffingtonpost.com

A group representing operators of automated teller machines filed a lawsuit against Visa (V.N) and MasterCard (MA.N) alleging that the credit and debit card issuers violated antitrust laws by fixing the price of ATM access fees. The suit, which …

Energy, resources deals fall 35 percent in Q3: law firm – Reuters

The number of deals including mergers, joint ventures, hostile acquisitions and others totaled 86 in the third quarter in energy and natural resources, a fall from 132 in the same period of 2010, the firm said in its research note. … Continue reading

Energy, resources deals fall 35 percent in Q3: law firm – Reuters India

The number of deals including mergers, joint ventures, hostile acquisitions and others totaled 86 in the third quarter in energy and natural resources, a fall from 132 in the same period of 2010, the firm said in its research note. … Continue reading