Legal Commentary

Free Trade Petition
Atlas Economic Research Foundation is circulating a petition in favor of free trade (HT Sasha Volokh)...

The Heart of the Free Trade Debate
From Dani Rodrik: Greg Mankiw bemoans the huge gap between the economics profession and the common people on free trade...

Xavier Becerra and Obama's challenge on trade
Obama's most important cabinet pick so far has been Xavier Becerra as United States Trade Representative...

Free Trade Agreements and US Immigration Law
Since the implementation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947, the United States has signed several free trade agreements (FTAs) that have reduced barriers to international trade...

Ron Kirk, Hilda Solis, and the Hope for a Grand Bargain on Trade
To the relief of free trade fans like myself (who feared the nomination of Xavier Becarra), but to the ire of anti-globalization constituencies, Obama nominated Ron Kirk, mayor of Dallas, as U...

Free Trade = Peace (Or Does It?)
Marjorie Florestal at the IntLawGrrls blog describes that her desire, as a young Haitian immigrant, was to become "the international Thurgood Marshall"...

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

What role does financial means determine which parent gains custody?
was(am) a single male that gained custody of my daughter when she was three. Thi...

Divorce in the Philippines between a national and a foreigner?
first of all,eventhough divorce is not legal in the Phil,the fact that you are m...

What can be done when a seller signs a contract with a buyer for a house, that states the seller has the title free and clear and will hand it over when the contract is fullfilled, but the buyer found out that wasn't tru
Most contracts are voidable when they are based in fraud, however home purchases...

Can the half owner of a property collect rent from the owner living on the property?
There are a number of issues at play here. The right to occupy a property can be...

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.