Gaming Legal News: March 29, 2012 • Volume 5, Number 6 by Dickinson Wright on 3/30/2012 In this Issue: - DICKINSON WRIGHT JOINS FORCES WITH LEADING MACAU LAW FIRM MdME Dickinson Wright and MdME are pleased to announce that they have entered into a cooperation agreement to provide comprehensive legal...more
The Legal Definition of the Crime of Apartheid: A Tool to Assist Those in Determining the Existence of Contemporary Apartheid by Daniel Mandelbaum on 3/19/2012 Discussions about the existence of contemporary apartheid are quite often emotionally charged in popular discourse. Labeling a State or State actor as a perpetrator of apartheid can send an informed debate adrift. As a...more
Gaming Legal News - December 15, 2011 • Volume 4, Number 37 by Dickinson Wright on 12/19/2011 IN THIS ISSUE: - Request for Proposal for an Internet Gaming Operator Issued in Ontario by Michael D. Lipton, Q.C. and Kevin J. Weber - MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL BOARD SET FOR MAJOR CHANGES IN 2012 by Robert W....more
The Assassination of Mummar Gaddafi illegal under International Law by Lloyd Msipa on 10/21/2011 The Assassination of Mummar Gaddafi illegal under International Law On the 18th of October, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Tripoli, Libya. She stated in unusually blunt terms that she would like...more
PALESTINE APPLICATION full membership to UN PALESTINE UN APPLICATION independent state by RAYMOND OLIVER on 9/23/2011 APPLICATION OF PALESTINE to United Nations requesting UN General Assembly Security Council recognition of Palestine as a full UN member and independent state. The UN documents caption is A/66/371 -S/2011/592...more
Chevron Ecuador Litigation 2nd Circuit Order Vacating Preliminary Injunction by Santiago Cueto on 9/19/2011 On September 19, 2011, a federal appeals court reversed Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan's preliminary injunction blocking worldwide enforcement of an $18 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador. In its ruling, a...more
The Human Right to Cultural Property by Kimberly Alderman on 8/1/2011 Ancient and historical objects and sites are designated “cultural property” because the property model has traditionally controlled their disposition and trade. In recent decades, however, the cultural property protection...more
Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corporation Order on Republic of Ecuador's Motion to Stay of Arbitration by Santiago Cueto on 3/17/2011 Although the Second Circuit affirmed the decision below, the Court found against Chevron on several key factual issues that undermine the company's defenses both in Ecuador and potentially in various enforcement courts where...more
RE-EVALUATING TRIBAL CUSTOMS OF LAND USE RIGHTS by John Hoelle on 3/1/2011 Indigenous peoples developed sustainable land tenure systems over countless generations, but these customary systems of rights are barely used by American Indian tribes today. Would increasing formal recognition of these...more
The Basics of Music Licensing in Digital Media: 2011 Update by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/23/2011 Businesses that are involved in digital media use music in many ways—and most require some sort of license to make the use legal. Whether the music is used in an advertisement or a music video, on a Web site or delivered via...more
Afghanistan’s Best and Brightest Seek Asylum Abroad by Jason Dzubow on 12/15/2010 The number of Afghan asylum seekers has surpassed the number of people fleeing Iraq and Somalia, making Afghanistan the leading producer of asylum seekers in the world. In 2009, 27,057 Afghans sought official protection in...more
Lloyd Msipa's pubic profile by Lloyd Msipa on 8/17/2010 Lloyd Msipa is a Zimbabwean Lawyer and aspiring Zimbabwean Politician. He was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. His father was a ZAPU politician in Zimbabwe who died weeks before the merge between ZAPU PF and ZANU PF in December...more
Public Consultation Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia and Peru by Gastón Bilder on 8/1/2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is describe the regime for the public consultations of indigenous peoples specifically established for the hydrocarbons industry in Bolivia and the regulations existing and proposed in...more
The Bullet 'ILN' By the International Lawyers Network - Volume 9 Issue 1 by International Lawyers Network on 6/2/2010 In this Issue: *2009 European Regional Meeting in Athens Hosted by Dimitriou Law Office *ILN Launches Re-Design of Blog with LexBlog *An Important Decision: Employee's Right to Royalties in a "Service Invention" Glusman...more
Implementing a Corporate Free, Prior, and Informed Consent Policy: Benefits and Challenges by Foley Hoag LLP on 5/5/2010 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary...4 II. The Evolution of Free, Prior, And Informed Consent in International Law and Voluntary Initiatives...9 A. International Legal Standards...9 B. Standards Directly Applicable to...more