Month: April 2024
Blogging – Are You Exposing Yourself To Legal Liabilities?
In November 2006, Blogging Asia: A Windows Live Report released by Microsoft’s MSN and Windows Live Online Services Business revealed that 46% or nearly half of the online population have a blog [Blogging Phenomenon Sweeps Asia available at PRNewswire.com]. Blogging Asia: A Windows Live Report was conducted online on the MSN portal across 7 countries
A Superbrand of Sport – Animals, Politicians and the Survival of a Century-old Symbol
This is the story of a brand which has matured over the past 100 years into a global superbrand and an example of the power of branding regardless of time, politics, race or culture. It helped heal the wounds after a bitter war over a century ago and caused national sportsmen to rebel against their
Sources of Islamic Law
Opening remarks Islam is the complete code of life. It gives guidance in all walk of life. Under Islamic law the term law includes the moral law and legal enactments. According to Islam ultimate source of any authority is God alone. Sources of Islamic law 1. Quran Quran is the first and primary source of
Outsourced Marketing for Lawyers – Efficiencies Worth Exploring
As economic uncertainty continues to cast a cloud and the threat of new competition from alternative business structures looms large, how might you achieve marketing efficiencies? Note the reference to achieving efficiencies, rather than cost-savings. It is easy to achieve cost savings in marketing and many firms have done that by drastically reducing or stopping
Employment For Veterans In the Federal Government
Great News ! Qualified Veterans get “Special Preference” over non-veterans when applying for Federal Government jobs. Many veterans looking for Federal employment qualify for 5 or 10 point advantages over non veteran applicants. “Veterans Preference” means that veterans get special consideration and points on their applications. 10 Points may not sound like much but it
What Are Post Nuptial Agreements and Are They Valid?
A post nuptial agreement is basically a prenuptial agreement that a husband and wife prepare and sign after they are married. In my practice, located in Rochester (Auburn Hills), Oakland County, Michigan, I refer to these documents as “midnuptial agreements” because the couple is really signing these agreements during the middle of their marriage when
A Savannah Site for Emily
She isn’t in the Bonaventure or anywhere nearby the grave of Jim Williams. She wouldn’t have tolerated such positioning. Emily took a stand against the man years ago and wrote it down word for word with a working title of Cannabis and Snowdrops, mainly because her son Danny loved both. Her story is not a
Why We Are San Diego’s Most Trusted Law Firm
When seeking trusted counsel, experience is everything. Since 1991, Banker’s Hill Law Firm has successfully maintained the highest level of legal representation throughout San Diego and all of Southern California. Our seasoned attorneys win cases for clients in the areas of personal injury, immigration law, bankruptcy, and family law. Personal Injury At Banker’s Hill Law
Contested Divorce
A contested divorce is one in which the parties are not in agreement as to the terms of the divorce. A contested divorce can take months or years to settle. Some contested cases will eventually lead to a trial. Often, the parties are in agreement as to the necessity of a divorce; however, they are
Grounds For Divorce in South Carolina
In Order to receive a divorce in South Carolina you must have one of the five available legal grounds. Physical Cruelty – This is the ground based upon one spouse’s physical mistreatment of the other. It can be established by either a series of abuse, or by a single incident of exceptional violence. There is
2 Important Intellectual Property Tools Every Small Business Owner Should Know About
Small business owners have lots of intangible assets: photographs, website copy, sales brochures, and so on. These are all considered “intellectual property” — you own the copyright to anything your business creates for itself. But what about when you hire someone from outside the company to create something for you, like sales copy or web
Protect Your Songs – Music Does Get Stolen
Many songwriters wonder if it’s really that big a deal to worry about getting songs stolen. Why bother with copyright or song registration paperwork? My music is safe as soon as I write it down, right? Well, yes and no. True, actual copyright protection attaches as soon as original material is put into physical form.
Government Resume – What it is and Why You Need One
When you are trying to get a job at the government level you must of course have a government resume that displays all the information that a potential government employer would be looking for. Because the job is a government one, the requirements on the resume are going to differ to some degree from a
Identity Crisis: Protecting Yourself From Image Theft
For a photographer who makes his or her living from licensing copies of our work, it’s frustrating to see just how easily images can be downloaded from websites, shared on social media, or otherwise used without consent or compensation. Even worse, to have one’s personal likeness and photos fraudulently used to create a fake identity.
Five Reasons Hinder Women’s Participation in Politics
Women constitute a larger chunk in our society. However the history of struggle of women to stand on equal footings among their male counterparts is not very scintillating. From the suffrage movement of 1980s till today the struggle is continued in one or the other way. The developed countries have alleviated their status in a