CBN Ban On Sales Of Forex Just Crashed The Naira TO $1/N300
The consequences of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ban on the sales of forex to Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators, seemed to have no effect on the Naira, as…
Laid Off Vanderbilt Workers Can’t Pursue Class Action, 6th Rules
A group of 194 employees fired by Vanderbilt University in the summer of 2013 can’t pursue a class action — and planned settlement — against the university over Vanderbilt’s violation…
Bloomberg Expands Social Media Compliance, Surveillance
Bloomberg announced on Tuesday that it had bought up the intellectual property and patents of Netbox Blue, an Australian company that provides social media risk management and compliance services. Netbox…
2016 Is Looking Great for Patent Law
The new year just started, but already there are a number of high profile patent cases brewing. The cases of Halo and Stryker will especially carry the attention of all…
Study: Law Students Are Hiding Their Mental Problems
According to a report that appeared in The Bar Examiner, law students are hiding their crippling depression and binge drinking because they think it will hurt their chances at becoming…
Does Your Legal Marketing Need to Be … Adorkable?
Well, this is a trend we weren’t anticipating. According to Above the Law, the new biggest thing in attorney advertising is “adorkableness.” That’s a portmanteau of “adorable” and “dork,” if…
Baby Got Text: Seattle Law Student Gets Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Messages
Soon after Jonathan Nichols enrolled in law school at Seattle University, he started getting offers for backstage passes, calls from luxury-car dealerships, and raunchy texts from strangers. “There were some…
Nigerian Stocks Lose N300 billion Today, ASI Index Down 3.6%
Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (ASI) dipped by 3.6% on today’s trading to close at 25,103.05, which translates to a loss of about N300 billion. Here is a snapshot…
Federal Government Will Not Cut Down Oil Production – Kachikwu
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, said on Wednesday that Nigeria will not cut oil production even as nosediving crude prices caused by a global supply glut…
President Buhari Appoints Shettima Bukar-Abba As Acting Chairman of Federal Character Commission
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Shettima Bukar-Abba as the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). Mr Chucks Okoli, the Deputy Director, Planning and…