PAULDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT - GAY MARRIAGE TEST CASE
"This is a contract case under Georgia law," Farless said. Israel, Quinn's attorney, said the case might be simpler if the two were legally married, but this specific dispute is mostly about contracts. "If this were a marriage,
The letter of the Law
By law you have a right to expect overtime pay, so why aren’t you getting any? A lot of companies get away with this with some semantics. Salaries, as stated on the contract, usually say something like “including overtime” or a portion
Contract Law
Your email: subscribe unsubscribe By Jimmy Sturo Contract laws are very important in modern times, with more and more people and firms entering into agreements with each other for various purposes. Contract law, to put in simple words,
Contract and promise
To be sure, this perspective still requires us to say something about the basis of contract law that is not rooted in promise. But this shouldn't be too hard: even if we put efficient breach theory to one side, we can't deny that our
Purchasing Real Estate in Sweden - Notes on Purchase of Commercial
The purchaser is not able to claim that he should be entitled to rescind the purchase contract nor to compensation for “hidden defects”, if such defects would have been possible to find at a competent investigation of the real property
Southern Poverty Law Center finds guest worker program close to
should require that all employers report to the Department of Labor, at the conclusion of a guestworker's term of employment and under penalty of perjury, on their compliance with the terms of the law and the guestworker's contract.
Should antidiscrimination laws have religious exemptions?
In order to decide whether religious objectors ought to be excused from compliance with a law protecting people from discrimination, we need to consider why there are such laws in the first place. The general rule, in employment
Contract and Promise
Some aspects of contract not only fail to support the morally decent person, but also contribute to a legal and social culture that is difficult for the morally decent person to accept. Indeed, US contract law may sometimes make it
AMSC Signs Multi-Million-Dollar Contract to Develop Higher Power
Li Junfeng of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association (CREIA) stated: "Thanks to the Renewable Energy law, the Chinese market has grown substantially in 2006, and this growth is expected to continue and speed up.
More hard ball in the Windy City
of the racist innuendo has been aimed at the Hispanic council members who voted against the Jones contract renewal. They are also echoing Daley's threats to overturn the Illinois School Reform Law (can a mayor overturn state law?

Bipolar buyer not entitled to grace period unless contract specifies it, AG office says Detroit News
TROY -- Contrary to popular belief, Michigan consumers are not entitled to any specific grace period to cancel a action without penalty unless specified in a contract, an official with the state attorney general's office said Tuesday.
SABMiller Shares Drop; Heineken Ends Amstel Contract Update3 Bloomberg.com
March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of SABMiller Plc, the world's sixth-largest brewer, declined after Heineken NV ended the company's 40-year-old contract to make Amstel lager in South Africa, where SABMiller controls almost all of the beer market.
SABMiller Shares Drop; Heineken Ends Amstel Contract Update2 Bloomberg.com
March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of SABMiller Plc, the world's sixth-largest brewer, fell the most in nine months after Heineken NV ended the company's contract to make Amstel lager in South Africa, where SABMiller controls almost all of the beer market.
Belleair dissolves police department Bay News 9 Tampa Bay
In Belleair, voters decided by a 54 to 46 percentage to dissolve the city police department. The city will have to contract with another policy agency, such as the sheriff's office, to provide law enforcement services.
Law Firms Keeping Close Eye on Sidley Case Law.com
The EEOC's age discrimination case against Sidley Austin asks: Are mandatory retirement guidelines in a law firm's partnership illegal? Firms are saying age isn't a factor, despite a recent study that shows more than half of large law firms have a mandatory retirement age. "Law firms, by and large, have been mostly unaccountable," says employment lawyer Lynne Bernabei. "[The Sidley case is] the
Britain Proposes Law to Curb Greenhouse Gases New York Times
If approved, the draft Climate Change Bill would require a 60 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
Contract loosens city residency rules Boston Globe
City officials announced an agreement yesterday with the 700-member Service Employees International Union that further loosens city residency requirements that were established in the 1970s to ensure that city employees live where they work.
KLEA rallies for better contracts, pay KGET 17 Bakersfield
Members of the Kern Law Enforcement Agency rallied at the Board of Supervisors Tuesday to ask for better pay. Members of the Kern Law Enforcement Agency have been without a contract since June and say negotiations with the county have gone nowhere. They plan to rally at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday in hopes of gaining attention.
Report: Police break law on public records The Lewiston Sun Journal
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - Police departments in the Seacoast region often failed to turn over police logs when requested, a violation of the state's Right-to-Know Law, the Portsmouth Herald reported.
Norwich Public Schools Signs Contract for Xiotech's Archive Management Services PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Xiotech Corporation today announced that Connecticut's Norwich Public Schools signed a contract in January for Xiotech® Archive Management Services. Through the hosted service, the school district's student records will be scanned and managed electronically through a central point of contact, providing a more sustainable, secure and cost-effective records management program.contract+law: government contract law | | government contract law | | contract+law