WHAT CAN AN ESTATE PLANNING ATTORNEY DO FOR ME? Educate you about whether you need a simple will or a more complicated estate planning document, and then draft those documents for you. Draft financial and medical powers of attorney documents for you so that you will be taken care of appropriately by your loved ones…
Understanding Canada’s Refugee Policy Changes in 2024 The Canada Refugee changes in 2024 deployed by the government resulted in significant changes to its refugee processing system in 2024, which will affect those seeking asylum in Canada. These changes reflect Canada’s effort to streamline the refugee process while addressing some of the growing concerns about…
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By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw My latest book has been published, covering both media law and ethics for communication students and practitioners. The Communicator’s Guide to Media Law and Ethics – A Handbook for Australian Professionals (Routledge, London and NY, 2023) offers an introduction to the key legal and ethical topics confronting Australian journalists and…
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In Sam Gayed v Nardine Elzahaby [2024] VSCA 85 the Victorian Court of Appeal confirmed that: where a purchaser has repudiated a contract for the sale of land, it is not necessary to serve a default notice before terminating the contract; and general condition 28.4(c) of the standard contract does not restrict a vendor to only claiming…
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Virtual Reality (VR) technology is rapidly transforming industries from entertainment and gaming to education and healthcare. As VR becomes more integrated into daily life, it also raises unique legal questions. In California, a state known for being at the forefront of both technology and regulation, various laws already impact VR technology, even though there are…
On August 16, 2023, a federal trial court in Texas ruled on a copyright matter involving a factual video that went viral on social media. At the motion to dismiss stage, the issue the court faced was whether the affirmative defense of fair use applied to a defendant who used the video to promote his…
UPDATES 2024.03.15 Neuralink is now being used to play chess! This morning I read an article about how brain scanning technology is causing Colorado and Minnesota to propose legislation that is aimed at establishing rights and protections for information collected from our thoughts through the neural signals that can be scanned and collected from our…
Dragoș Călin (Judge at the Bucharest Court of Appeal and Co-President of the Romanian Judges’ Forum Association) ▪ The judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the rule of law and the serious fraud against the financial interests of the European Union appear to have been optional for the Romanian courts,…
Originally posted 2014-12-27 20:12:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Originally posted on June 18, 2014. I’ve been writing about the dispute over the REDSKINS trademark on this blog more or less since the beginning of the blog itself. Today a new chapter has been written — or rewritten. The TTAB has ruled and, not…
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