Uber reported it had seen encouraging signs in markets hit by the pandemic and posted a 14% rise in revenue for the first quarter, supported by a jump in food-delivery orders at its Uber Eats business

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When you think about a brooch, you might think of your grandmother’s beautiful and intricate butterfly pin. Or maybe you’ve read about the various adornments that Queen Elizabeth II wears on special occasions. But for people living in the Victorian era, something as simple as a brooch was weighted with meaning and heavily scrutinized by...

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India is recording a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases every day. Over the past two days, it reported over 3,000 new cases each day. Prior to that, cases

The American Revolution came from an old British tradition. Hear how the English were in the habit of rebelling in “A Very British Revolution,” a tour at The Colonial Williamsburg Art Museums led by Emma Ross.

A painful history is suppressed, until a humble schoolhouse provides a means of sharing a story of mercy. William and Mary’s Professor Terry Meyers details his search for the structure that housed the first Bray School, and his hopes for finding proof at the College of “a bright spot in an otherwise dark narrative.”

Civil war is bloody, regressive, and destructive. Revolution is forward-looking, positive, and regenerative. Yet, says historian David Armitage, even the noblest revolution bears traces of the primitive violence of civil war.

What do you use to wash the baby, clean the house, color your hair or serve for breakfast? If it’s the 18th century, the answer is alcohol. Professor Sarah Meacham describes her research for the book “Every Home a Distillery.”

HOUSTON AND NEW YORK – LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, and CloudNine, a leader in simplifying and automating legal discovery, today announced the sale of the LexisNexis eDiscovery product suite to CloudNine. Simultaneously, CloudNine announced a significant investment from an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital. The sale includes the LAW PreDiscovery, Early Discovery Analyzer (EDA) and Concordance products.

Deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan has allowed restaurants and eateries to open only for home delivery and takeaways. The DC said all eateries will have to take permission before opening. He said they will have to make social distancing markings outside their premises for those coming for takeaway.

Rogue trichlorofluoromethane likely originates from production facilities in East Asia

Stretchable strain and pressure sensor might one day guide rehabilitation

Adding enzyme to engineered yeast boosts production of thebaine, a key morphine intermediate

The start-up is taking the technology deeper into manufacturing

New partnership is part of GSK’s R&D face-lift, which includes an increased focus on immune system targets

Companies are hoping to use the vesicles to package small-molecule, protein, and RNA drugs or even use them as therapies themselves

CCH's Highlights of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a convenient vehicle for alerting clients to the new tax provisions provided under this economic stimulus bill. For individuals, this legislation includes a Making Work Pay Credit based on earned income, with a $250 economic stimulus payment to Social Security recipients and disabled veterans; an AMT patch for 2009; extension of the first-time homebuyer credit to September 1, 2009, with the repayment obligation eliminated for 2009 purchases; a $3,000 floor on the refundable Child Tax Credit; a $2,500 American Opportunity Tax Credit that is 40 percent refundable; suspension of income tax on up to $2,400 of unemployment benefits for 2009; expansion of eligible expenses for 529 plans to include computers and related technology; an above-the-line deduction for taxes related to the purchase of a new automobile; an increase in the credit for nonbusiness energy property from $500 to $1,500 and a modification of standards;  removal of the dollar limits on the credit for residential energy efficient property for fuel cell property; an increase in the credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property; and a general re-write of the plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit, including elimination of dollar caps, a new credit for two or three wheel and low-speed plug-in vehicles, and allowing a credit for conversion kits.

On the business side, provisions include extending bonus depreciation and increased 179 expensing through 2009; up to five-year carryback of net operating losses; expansion of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to cover unemployed veterans and disconnected youth; deferral of cancellation of indebtedness income; an increased exclusion amount for commuter transit benefits and transit passes; an increase in the capital gain exclusion percentage for qualified small business stock; and reduction to seven years for the S Corporation built-in gain holding period. The legislation also includes a number of new or enhanced bond provisions aimed at economic recovery and alternative energy.

CCH's Highlights booklet is ideal for informing clients, prospects and staff about the key new tax changes and prompting them to turn to their tax and financial advisers for help.  It's authoritative, yet practical and easy-to-understand.  Affordable quantity discounts and the option of printing firm name and logo on the cover make the CCH Highlights booklet a great tool for firms to grow their businesses.

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CCH's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Law, Explanation and Analysis provides thorough and complete text of added, amended, or repealed Code sections with controlling committee reports and CCH's explanation and analysis of tax provisions contained in the legislation. CCH editorial staff, along with leading practitioners, provide clear and practical guidance of the impact of the law's changes, including how various taxpayer groups and situations are affected.

The law is arranged in Code section sequence with italicized type used for all new language that amends previous Code sections. CCH also provides several special tables and lists to facilitate quick and thorough understanding of the new law and how it affects taxpayers. Features include an effective dates table organized by Code section, a listing by Code section of the Act sections affecting it, and a listing by Act section of the Code sections affected.

CCH's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Law, Explanation and Analysis is THE resource that tax professionals, businesses, government staff and students alike need to get all the details of and help on new tax legislation changes. CCH provides the critical, late-breaking explanation and analysis to help readers make sense of complex legislative change so they can plan, respond and advise with confidence.

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In Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CPE Course, noted tax experts Sidney Kess, J.D., CPA, and Barbara Weltman, J.D., take a straightforward and practical look at 2009 tax legislation and related developments. This text-based Course offers tax professionals helpful guidance on the new law, including planning opportunities, pitfalls to beware of, and ways practitioners can capitalize on the law with their clients. Helpful Practice Development Tips, Planning Pointers and Observations designed to assist users in understanding and applying the new law are peppered throughout. The Course comes complete with learning objectives, study problems and a final exam for use in earning valuable continuing education credits. The course will be divided into six chapters:

1. Changes for Individuals
2. Housing
3. Education and Health
4. Retirement Savings
5. Changes for Business
6. Miscellaneous
7. Changes

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In Kess on Tax Legislation 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CPE Course, noted tax experts Sidney Kess, J.D., CPA, and Barbara Weltman, J.D., take a straightforward and practical look at 2009 tax legislation. This text-based Course offers tax professionals helpful guidance on the new law, including planning opportunities, pitfalls to beware of, and ways practitioners can capitalize on the law with their clients. Helpful Practice Development Tips, Planning Pointers and Observations designed to assist users in understanding and applying the new law are peppered throughout. The Course comes complete with learning objectives, study problems and a final exam for use in earning valuable continuing education credits. The course will be divided into six chapters:

1. Changes for Individuals
2. Housing
3. Education and Health
4. Retirement Savings
5. Changes for Business
6. Miscellaneous Changes

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In this single integrated source, you will find the "why" and the "how-to" of this dynamic topic. Whether you are advising a client on electronic data retention policies, initiating or responding to discovery requests, or making evidentiary rulings, you need to stay on top of the changing legal landscape. The authors take a pragmatic approach, drawing from real world scenarios to prepare you for what may happen, including everything from dealing with the "damning e-mail" to the ease of manipulation of electronic information.

Options and solutions are provided on a broad range of issues as diverse as how electronic discovery is treated differently by courts; parties and lawyers duties for the retention of electronic records; and the impact of electronic document retention policies on litigation.

If you or your clients use computers or other electronic devises to send, receive or store information, you cannot afford to miss this important tool.

Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Overview
Chapter 2 Mechanisms for Electronic Discovery
Chapter 3 Spoliation
Chapter 4 Document Retention: Policies and Electronic Information
Chapter 5 Shifting the Costs of Electronic Discovery
Chapter 6 Evidentiary Issues
Chapter 7 Attorney-Client Privilege & Email
Chapter 8 Computerized Litigation Support Systems & The Work Product Doctrine
Chapter 9 Electronic Discovery Technology
Chapter 10 Inspection of Hard Disks in Civil Litigation
Chapter 11 Privacy Concerns
Chapter 12 Government Documents

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Published: February 2009

Wouldn't it be great to have a how-to guide in your pocket when navigating the complex discovery process?

Discovery: Principles and Practice in Canadian Common Law, 2nd Edition is the practical manual and legal text in one that describes the current state of the law, guides you through each stage of the process and covers the skills required to execute an effective and smooth discovery.

Topics covered:

• Privilege
• Examination practice tips
• Written interrogatories
• Preparing a witness
• Use of discovery at trial
• Email documentary production case law
• Privilege issues arising from email production cases
• The use of e-discovery

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Published: November 2014

A Practical Guide to eDiscovery in Canada is your one-stop resource for successful and efficient production of electronically stored information.

An essential tool for the digital age litigant, this comprehensive guide offers an understanding of key terms and processes, from initial planning and preparation through to the data gathering, production, and post-collection stages. With contributions by industry experts, it gives insider insight and practical tips on adoption of strategies, effective communication and collaboration, legislative requirements, and engagement of third-party experts to ensure efficiency, best practices, and successful risk-management.

What's included:

• A FREE eBook
• Convenient tables listing factors and tips for consideration at various stages of the eDiscovery process
• A comprehensive check-list for your eDiscovery plan, start to finish
• Appendices containing ready-to-use templates and sample documents, including an Information Technology Questionnaire, Custodian Interview Questionnaire, Litigation Hold Notice, Chain of Custody Log, Litigation Hold Notice Reminder, and Litigation Hold Release Notice
• Summaries of important case law and its practical implications for the eDiscovery process

About the Authors
Shelby Austin, LL.B, is a Partner with Deloitte Forensic and had published and presented extensively on the topic of eDiscovery and legal outsourcing. Formerly the Founder of ATD Legal Services PC, which managed large documentary discovery and due diligence projects, and a Partner at a leading Bay Street law firm. She is the recipient of the Risings Stars (Lexpert Magazine) and Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 awards and a Member of the Sedona Canada Working Group, the E-Discovery Implementation Committee, and the Ontari

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Rotch Library - NA2500.M377 2019

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