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- Gay marriage as a business issue.(Viewpoint)
- Byline: Alair Townsend Gov. eliot spitzer has proposed legislation to allow gay couples to enter into civil marriages--the first governor in the United States to do so. Why should businesspeople in New York care? They should care because it woul Byline:...
- Research articles 2007-05-14
- Outsourcing Background Checks
- The article underlines the fact that avoiding workplace disasters involving theft, violence and fraud—and the legal repercussions they can bring—many HR professionals hire outside screening companies to help them discover any skeletons in the closets of potential employees. While using a third party for such checks can provide practical and...
- White papers 2001-03-01
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- -DTI: EC directive on the legal protection of designs agreed
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 June 1998-DTI: EC directive on the legal protection of designs agreed C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:260698 In the final days of the UK Presidency, Lord Simon, Chair of the Internal Market Council, has secured consensus between the Council and the European Parliament on a...
- Research articles 1998-06-29
- Advertising and the public interest: legal protection of trade symbols.(reprint of article in Yale Law Journal, v. 57, p. 1165, 1948)(Ralph Sharp Brown, Intellectual Property, and the Public Interest)(Reprint)
- This article is a reprint of an article originally appearing in the Yale Law Journal in 1948. It presents an early insightful analysis of advertising and the practical and symbolic functions of trademarks. The economic value and overall social utility of persuasive advertising and trademark monopolies are questionable or negligible....
- Research articles 1999-05-01
- BIOTECHNOLOGY: MEPS TO RESUME DEBATE ON LEGAL PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS
- Summary: At its next plenary session from July 14 to 18, the European Parliament will be examining in first reading the European Commission's amended proposal for a Directive on the legal protection of biotechnology inventions. In all but a few details, the new proposal is...
- Research articles 1997-06-24
- Law and Taxes/Protection of Investments: Arbitration Tribunal Instead of a Court: The Legal Protection of Foreign Investments Is Enshrined in Both International and European Law
- Seems like hardly a week goes by without an article or at least a short notice appearing in print about how a foreign investor active in the Czech Republic believes that certain actions on the part of the Czech state constituted improper interference with the investor's investments and how such...
- White papers 2005-04-14
- Demand from Employees for Identity Theft Protection and Legal Benefits on the Rise; Benefit Solutions by GE helps employers serve needs of their employees
- SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- As employers strive to broaden their benefit portfolios, demand is growing for benefits that go beyond traditional health and dental discount programs. Most notably, employees are increasingly calling for help in the areas of identity theft protection and legal protection.
- Research articles 2006-06-25
- Sensenbrenner Praises Senate's Passage of Born-Alive Infants Protection Act
- WASHINGTON, July 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.) today praised the Senate's passage of legislation providing full legal protection for all children born-alive -- whether marked for abortion priWASHINGTON, July 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.)...
- Research articles 2002-07-19
- Clean Water Act Whistleblowers Murky Legal Legal Protection
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The Bush administration has declared itself immune from whistleblower protections for federal workers under the Clean Water Act, according to legal documents released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility PEER As a result of an opinion issued by a unit within the Office of the...
- Research articles 2006-09-05
- Pats' whistle-blower wants legal protection
- NEW YORK -- The lawyer for former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh said his client is willing to turn over videotapes he made for the team if the NFL guarantees Walsh protection from lawsuits or other legal action. Attorney Michael Levy said that to date, the NFL's...
- Research articles 2008-02-16
- Trade Disputes and the Implementation of Protection Under the GATT: An Empirical Assessment
- This paper is a first attempt to empirically determine why countries choose to violate or adhere to GATT rules when making trade policy adjustments between negotiating rounds. One uses a previously unexploited set of data in which countries implemented two 'Types' of protection under the GATT system between 1973-1994: 'Legal'...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- U.S. Copyright office: Report on legal protection for databases
- Excerpts of the Executive Summary, August 1997 I. Copyright Protection for Databases in the United States A. BEFORE FEIST Databases, or "compilations," have been protected by copyright since 1790, when the first U.S. Copyright Act was enacted. As courts applied copyright law to compilations, two distinct rationales for protection emerged....
- Research articles 1997-12-01
- Investor Protection and Equity Markets
- This report presents a simple model of an entrepreneur going public in an environment with poor legal protection of outside shareholders. The model incorporates elements of Becker's (1968) crime and punishment' framework into a corporate finance environment of Jensen and Meckling (1976). It examines the entrepreneur's decision and the market...
- White papers 2000-10-01
- ECJ Limits Scope of Database Protection: Betting Organisations can use Sport Listings
- On 9 November the European Court of Justice ('ECJ') delivered its long awaited judgments in The British Horseracing Board and Others v William Hill Organization Ltd (Case C-203/02), Fixtures Marketing Ltd v Oy Veikkaus AB (Case C-46/02), Fixtures Marketing Ltd v Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (Case C-444/02) and Fixtures...
- Research articles 2004-11-16
- Alabama Lawmakers Consider Bill to Protect Farmers in Legal Disputes.
- By Mike Cason, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--A State House battle is brewing over a bill that supporters say would protect family farmers from costly lawsuits. The Association of Alabama County Commissions opposes the bill because, according...
- Research articles 2001-02-16
- Protecting Your Work with Copyrights
- Copyright is a form of legal protection for the creators of original works. It covers literature, plays and other written works; music; choreographed dances; paintings, illustrations, graphics and sculptural works; motion pictures; sound recordings; and architectural works. There are no forms to fill in and no fees to pay: Copyright...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Interviewing Candidates and Making Job Offers
- A job interview has two primary objectives: First, to find out if the candidate is qualified for the job; and second, to provide the candidate with information about the position and the company. To ensure the right person is hired, it's essential that all candidates have the same opportunities to...
- Articles 2007-11-28
- -FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Europe fails on wildlife protection
- M2 PRESSWIRE-30 June 1998-FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Europe fails on wildlife protection C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:290698 Commission Legal Action Overshadows UK Wildlife Summit The important Euro-summit on wildlife protection starting in Bath on 29 June [1] will be over-shadowed by a legal row between the...
- Research articles 1998-06-30
- Corporate Governance, Investor Protection, and Performance in Emerging Markets
- Recent research studying the link between law and finance has concentrated on country-level investor protection measures and focused on differences in legal systems across countries and legal families. The paper uses recent data on firm-level corporate governance rankings across 14 emerging markets and find that there is wide variation in...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- EPA Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Concerning FQPA Implementation.(Food Quality Protection Act)(Brief Article)
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency has asked the US District Court in Washington, D.C., to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the pesticide industry and farmers in June challenging the legal validity of the agency's approach to implementing the Food Quality P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency has asked...
- Research articles 1999-09-20
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