Broward County, Fla., may join the growing rank of areas which prohibit smoking in public parks, CBS Miami reports. According to Forbes, more than 843 U.S. parks currently ban smoking.
The Baltimore Museum of Art is asking a federal judge to dismiss a Virginia woman's claim to a tiny Renoir painting she says she bought in a "box of junk" at a flea market in 2009 for $7.
When it comes to year-end planning, what's the one thing most small business owners don't do but should? That's the question we put to attorneys writing on JD Supra, knowing that the diversity of insights would make for interesting reading (and...
Although it is a familiar term in the zoning lexicon, the variance is one of the least understood devices in the zoning toolbox. Known to dirt lawyers as the “escape hatch,” the variance gives relief to property owners from zoning requirements where...
From 2 December 2013, consumers who no longer wish to receive telemarketing messages including marketing phone calls, mobile text messages, and faxes from organisations can register their Singapore telephone numbers with the Do Not Call (DNC)...
On November 18, 2013, the Department of Defense (DOD) published a Final Rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The new rule, which is effective immediately, is likely to have broad implications for defense...
The Board continued its record of taking a fresh look at old records in placing 10 challenged claims of an Escort patent into a trial for inter partes review in a case styled as K-40 Electronics v. Escort, Inc. (IPR2013-00203), involving U.S. Pat....
Employers often associate a lack of integrity with counterproductive workplace behaviors, including theft and workplace violence. As a result, employers may be tempted to subject employees and applicants to so-called integrity tests. According to the...
In a long awaited decision, D.R. Horton v. National Labor Relations Board, (Case. No. 12-60031, Dec. 3, 2013), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the January 2012 ruling of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") that invalidated an...
