After British Stay-or-Leave EU vote Thursday, legal chiefs ask: What next?
By E. Leigh Dance, from Corporate Counsel June 24 Addendum: Now that the world’s fifth largest (according to BBC’s newscast last night) economy has voted to leave the EU, my article posted June 23 has new significance. The overall message below…
Recipe of the week
Recipe: Cheeseburger Hand Pies By Casey Barber From The Kitchn My husband, Dan, would eat a cheeseburger pretty much every day of the week if I let him. This is not conjecture; it’s an established fact. It’s his desert-island food,…
Historic 2016 Copa America Centenario delivers record breaking event
New Tournament Record Set for Total and Average Attendance, Television Viewership and Digital/Social Media Engagement NEW YORK (Friday, June 24, 2016) – CONMEBOL, CONCACAF and Copa America Local Organizing Committee (LOC) officials announced today that this year’s tournament will set…
Page and Plant’s win in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ case seen as bolstering songwriters’ creative rights
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Thursday’s verdict for Led Zeppelin in the copyright trial over the 1971 hit song “Stairway to Heaven” reaffirms the creative rights of songwriters while demonstrating the difficulties in pursuing infringement over sheet music,…
Five Caribbean Nations forecast to grow the fastest this year
From News Americas Now News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 24, 2016: While the global economy is still struggling and many countries in the Caribbean are facing a harsher world, there are at least five that are forecast to…
Caribbean Sea ‘Whistle’ may help understand coastal flooding
By Eric Chaney From The Weather Channel The Caribbean Sea may have a built-in warning system for coastal flooding, a new study says, in the form of a resonant whistle that can be “heard” from space. While analyzing more than…
The OAS: Not a moment for pride
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now On June 23, the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) held a meeting called by the Secretary-General, Luis Almagro, under Article 20 of the Inter-Democratic Charter, to present a…
Cayman Islands injunction on Autohome fails to halt $2.1b Telstra sale
By Max Mason From AFR Week The $2.1 billion sale of most of Telstra’s majority stake in Autohome to insurer Ping An has gone ahead, despite a Cayman Islands court injunction attempting to block the deal until a hearing. Documents…