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A Brief Insight into Expanding Your Cannabis Business

28th August 2020
Regulations:   The regulatory landscape of the Cannabis industry remains to be in flux; how should businesses deal with this, to ensure they remain on top of changing regulations? Like with any new emerging market, oversight and regulatory compliance are essential. The majority of the states now have some form of legalised cannabis. Although the […]
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Problems with Software Patenting

28th August 2020
“I subsequently retrained as a British and European Patent Attorney for five years, which was not easy!”, he tells us. “I then worked for well-known corporate companies involving IPR Due Diligence in M&A deals, whilst also drafting, responding and advising existing clients.” Darren now runs his own firm (EvokeIP.com) and specialises in advising on and […]
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Environmental Planning: Issues that Lead to Court

28th August 2020
What are common environmental issues that people run into when development planning? These are usually available in the local planning authorities checklist.  These vary from district to district, but there are common themes: 1) an initial ecological site appraisal; 2) a landscape appraisal; 3) protected species potential, which is usually addressed in point 1, as […]
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A Legal Justification for a Treaty between Australia and Its Indigenous Peoples

28th August 2020
Previously, Blackstonian notions of dominion and control had dominated legal thinking about how to make claims to property. The Crown in right of the State of Queensland had difficulty establishing to the satisfaction of their Honours a legal relationship or right to the property it claimed it had vested in a crocodile under the Fauna […]
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Being an Immigration Lawyer under Trump’s Administration

28th August 2020
What has it been like being an immigration lawyer during Trump’s era? I could not describe what being an immigration lawyer during this administration is.  I have practised immigration law for the past 18 years and I have never seen this. First, the administration has changed the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) mission. Previously, […]
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Advanced Estate Planning: Techniques and Know-How

28th August 2020
What are common advanced estate planning techniques? The creation of a wealth planning Limited Liability Company coupled with a Life Insurance policy placed into an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust is common. Charitable Remainder Trusts, QPRTs & GRATs are standard advanced planning techniques as well. Many times, clients will have Estate Planning goals that can be […]
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Conducting the Right Trademark Search

28th August 2020
  What is the best way to conduct a trademark search? Trademark databases available on official websites of patent offices are the primary sources that users turn to when they need to conduct a search. The algorithm of such a search is quite primitive, and the results display either identical designations or contain the associated […]
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Canada V. US: Their Different Stances on Refugees

28th August 2020
What is the current refuge policy in Canada? Canada’s refugee policy is set out in the Immigration Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the associated Regulations. The Federal Court decisions, as well as the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, also adjudicate and interpret the law. At this moment, the land border […]
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Instagram Faces Lawsuit Over Illegally Gathering Biometric Data

13th August 2020
Facebook Inc. is facing a lawsuit (Whalen v. Facebook) after new allegations that its Instagram app illegally collected users' biometric data, after offering to pay $650 million to settle a lawsuit last month. The new lawsuit filed earlier this week was made in state court in Redwood City, California,  by Kelly Whalen, who alleged in […]
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Has the Fight Against Modern Slavery Been Sidelined by COVID?

7th August 2020
Victims of modern slavery and human trafficking are amongst the most vulnerable in society today.
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