Posts Tagged ‘Law’

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

February 1st, 2010 by Jonas | No Comments | Filed in Business Law, Law

Enacted in 2002, as a result of decreased investor trust, specifically due to fraudulent and scandalous actions on the part of major US corporations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act set forth to make public corporations and directors legally compliant in terms of accounting transparency and accuracy of reporting. One of the biggest shocks to the investors or [...]

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What does the law say about online gambling?

December 8th, 2009 by Jonas | No Comments | Filed in Law

Questions regarding the legality of online gambling have been raised several times. The simple truth is that the answer is very complicated and depends mainly on the location of each player. There are many countries that have no specific regulations and laws regarding online gambling, while other countries have gone so far as to ban [...]

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Family lawyers and legal ethics

November 1st, 2009 by Jonas | No Comments | Filed in Family Lawyer

Legal ethics is a term that common even to ordinary men and women and even lawyers will accept the fact that some of them may not observe these things. But in order to become a successful family lawyer, one cannot be parted with legal ethics; in fact ethics is a part of the success of [...]

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Online Poker Regulations in the USA

October 17th, 2009 by Jonas | No Comments | Filed in Law, Legislation

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that was introduced in 2006 made American players select U.S. poker sites. Because of the bill a lot of poker rooms took a decision to ban all players from the United States. Thus, the number of poker sites available has shrunk. When the US Senate implemented a new legislation [...]

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How to become a successful lawyer?

September 1st, 2009 by Jonas | No Comments | Filed in Lawyers

To become a successful lawyer one must have the basic qualifications required to become a lawyer like a degree in law. You need not have high academic excellence to be successful in the profession. Of course, that is required to get admission into a law school. After graduation from a law school some other criteria [...]

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