(Photo by Tracy Bennett/MGM Pictures) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I had this crazy idea that the world might want to know the origin story of Elle Woods. So here I am to officially tell you the most amazing news ever, which is that we’re going back to high…
* Duane Morris is battle with partner over allegations that it misclassifies non-equity partners as “partners” for tax purposes while treating them as employees for every other purpose. Because non-equity partners are, you know, employees. [Bloomberg Law News] * Meanwhile, a former Kirkland attorney’s bias suit moves to discovery. [American Lawyer] * Faced with Sam…
Can someone employ a voice actor, or even use artificial intelligence, to copy your voice and then use that audio likeness to sell a service without your permission? And does the First Amendment protect the copycats? That’s what actress Scarlett Johansson alleged happened in May 2024 when she accused OpenAI of appropriating her voice for ChatGPT’s…
News about Sonoda & Kobayashi – 1. Sonoda & Kobayashi holds webinar on Chinese patent law implementation rule amendments On the 29th of February, Sonoda & Kobayashi held a webinar on the theme “News about China’s Patent Term Extension, Open Permissions System, and more! Points to note on the revised Implementing Regulations of the Patent…
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10 May 2024 Cowles & Thompson, PC To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. One Day/One Trial jury duty service systems are becoming increasingly common across the United States. Dallas County, for instance, was one of the first jurisdictions to implement the system…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Now that the Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is formally adopted, we consider the consolidated text. The Directive is concerned with reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and improving their energy performance, to achieve a zero-emission building stock by…
The legislation will also safeguard quality in VET, the national regulator added. Among the amendments to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 is the automatic lapse of registration for registered training organisations that have not delivered training and assessment for 12 months, as well as preventing new RTOs from expanding their course offerings within their first 24 months….
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s high time that a prominent nonlawyer take a turn at this critique of the Roberts court, and it’s clear that [Tim] Walz may succeed where all of us polite eggheads have failed. The Supreme Court supermajority represents a…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Antwerp Labour Court recently settled the question of whether compensation for maternity protection and separate compensation for discrimination can both be awarded for the same dismissal under Belgian law. Belgium treats pregnancy/maternity as a protected status. When an…