Employees of the U.S.: do they really need more protection?

Employees of the U.S.: do they really need more protection?

Many people especially the ones occupying public streets of many cities think the current law is not stringent enough to protect U.S. employees.  What is not fair is …

 

Legal Issues in User Data for Facebook

Legal Issues in User Data for Facebook

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/technology/for-facebook-risk-and-riches-in-user-data.html?_r=1&ref=business By SOMINI SENGUPTA Published: February 26, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — It is Facebook’s biggest conundrum. As the world’s largest social network, it faces intense scrutiny from consumers, …

 

Mobile Merger Faces Suit

Mobile Merger Faces Suit

Recent Wall Street Journal articles have discussed the difficulty AT&T has been encountering as they try to complete their acquisition of current competitor and fourth …

 

Lessons of MF Global Holdings Collapse

Lessons of MF Global Holdings Collapse

As I try to wrap my head around the collapse of another financial intuition, here are the lessons that I believe we can learn from …

 

Economics in Law: The Opportunity Cost of Saying Yes

Economics in Law: The Opportunity Cost of Saying Yes

Jay Bybee is a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge and former assistant attorney general. He is probably best known for his participation in the …

 

The Free-Trade Agreement’s Legal Baggage

The Free-Trade Agreement’s Legal Baggage

The recently signed trade bargain will not only lead to an increase in trade volume between the nations that entered the agreement but also impact …

 

SEC Consults IASB To Help U.S. Integrate IFRS ASAP

SEC Consults IASB To Help U.S. Integrate IFRS ASAP

And the acronyms don’t stop there, OK? Now, accounting may not be the most inspiring of topics for most to think about (I did it …

 

Patenting a Financial Algorithm

Patenting a Financial Algorithm

The assertion that all mathematical formulas are made of components in existence, workings of nature that have yet to be discovered, is a naive assertion …

 

Privacy v. Selling Personal Information

Privacy v. Selling Personal Information

  From an AP Article (click to view the complete article)…. By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. October 6, 2011 (AP) A Facebook user in Kansas has filed …

 

Five Star Reliance

Five Star Reliance

The five star rating system isn’t new to many people. We see it everywhere; from entertainment and dining, to trusted stocks and other investments. Many …