Nov 1, USA -- New requirements for written identity theft prevention programs, the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rules, cannot be enforced against attorneys, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled....  

Mar 18, North America -- Mexico has imposed tariffs ranging from 10-20% on approximately 90 categories of U.S.-origin agricultural and industrial products in retaliation for the U.S. disallowing Mexican trucks from making deliveries in the U.S., as required by NAFTA....  (MexLawBlog)

Mar 4, South America -- The Superior Court of Justice in Brasilia, Brazil allowed the recognition of a US judgment issued by the New York Southern District Court in General Electric Company v. Varig S Aviação Aérea Rio-Grandense, a rare decision in Latin America....  (ConflictLaw)

Feb 5, All -- India is the most important emerging market referral country for UK law firms, and Brazil the biggest for US Firms, according to research by LegalWeek. US firms appear far more willing than their UK firms to refer out greater volumes of work....  (LegalWeek)

Feb 4, USA -- LexisNexis will waive its annual 2.5% fee increase to the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET). SOLINET, in a note to its members, said that it had requested the waiver due to the economic crisis. No indication has been made on any waiver for law firms...  PracSource

Jan 19, Europe -- Epoq Group has launched MyLawyer.co.uk, an on-line legal document service for individuals and businesses, providing not only the legal forms but also document reviews by attorneys from several leading UK law firms....  

Jan 14, North America -- A Texas appeals court has upheld a decision to require supervision of visitation between a father and his son since due to the risk that the father might abduct the child to Mexico -- and that Mexico was incapable of complying with the Hague Convention....  (IFL)

Jan 7, Europe -- The Scottish government may soon allow supermarkets, banks and other organisations to provide legal services. The government's proposal is similar to England's recent changes which have allowed the Tesco supermarket chain to begin offering legal services....  

Dec 28, Europe -- While abolition of the Spanish wealth tax was approved by the Council of Ministers in April 2008, the legislation officially abolishing the tax was published December 25, 2008. The abolition of the tax will apply to tax years starting from January 1, 2008...  

Dec 17, Asia & Pacific -- An Australian Supreme Court judge has granted lawyers the right to serve legally binding documents by posting them on defendant's Facebook sites. The Canberra attorneys claim it as a world first....