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Since it went into effect in mid-February 2005, the federal Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) has been regarded as a barrier by some plaintiffs and a beacon for many defendants in class action litigation. The measure, 28 U.S.C. sec. 1332(d), ...

As you know if you have been reading these articles, every business needs five things to survive and thrive. “Clients” or “customers,” “administrative procedures,” procedures for “getting the work done,” a “method to bill,” and a way to “collect the ...

Last week, Apple announced that it would be keeping its cost to download music tracks at 99 cents. During the process of renewing contracts with the four largest record companies, EMI, Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal, Apple had been ...

As the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office endeavors to find solutions for managing its vast workload, it is considering changes that, if accepted, will significantly alter the course of the patent process. These proposed rules are still under serious debate ...

Although I did not know it at the time, my verbal SAT score taught me one of the best lessons I have learned about the relationship between numbers – be it the number of points on a test, or the ...

I’ve lived my whole life in the Oil Patch. The latest talking points from folks living and reporting from the East Coast about the evil people who work for and own our nation’s oil companies nauseates me. It’s time to ...

Consider the following scenario – a regular client comes into your office asking you to draft a real estate contract. Since it’s not something you regularly handle, you have an attorney who is a friend email a contract template to ...

Every business needs five things to survive and thrive. “Clients” or “customers,” “administrative procedures,” procedures for “getting the work done,” a “method to bill,” and a way to “collect the bill.” In the past weeks, we have been discussing the ...

Wal-Mart has its share of legal problems these days. The litany includes ongoing disputes with labor unions, repeated clashes with zoning authorities, legislation in Maryland requiring it to provide improved health-care benefits to its employees, challenges to its recently announced ...

Maybe it began with the widely covered trial of Bruno Hauptmann following his arrest in the Lindbergh “crime of the century” kidnapping. It certainly continued when Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were arrested on espionage charges. They were eventually executed in ...

For those confused as to why I am writing about my colonoscopy in a personal finance column, let me simply say that it has turned out to be a microcosm of why health care costs are out of control. Medically ...