January 2016

NAIROBI, Jan 28 (Reuters) – The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. – – – – – EVENTS: ZAMBIA- Monthly inflation data due to be released GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares pushed back into the black on Thursday as investors dipped their […]

* Quarter ended Dec 31, 2015 profit before tax of 114.1 million naira versus 35.4 million naira last year Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/xjVG9dqlY-s/idAFFWN15B02Q

Technology columnist Ed Sohn launches a new multi-part series on artificial intelligence and machine learning in the law. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/b8-MLYTpJ9E/story01.htm

We appreciate our advertisers here at Above the Law. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/nRmx2Q0rIa8/story01.htm

* Color me surprised: Amal Clooney is redefining the power suit. [Huffington Post] * If you haven’t watched Mike Huckabee’s take on the instant Adele classic, “Hello,” you really should. If for no other reason than to see the former governor weigh in on whether he thinks Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen. [Mother […]

Battles between tech companies are some of the most complex and high-stakes litigation in patent law. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/k2NlSSarTBI/story01.htm

Clients may believe that consultation fees are lining lawyers’ pockets, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/1sdIFbD0MP8/story01.htm

SCOTUSblog is – as we explain in more detail elsewhere on the site – an impartial, journalistic entity that seeks to provide readers with objective information about the Supreme Court and its cases. At the same time, we are in a somewhat unusual position as a news outlet: our publisher, Tom Goldstein, and his law […]

May the force be with the winner of our latest caption contest. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/WrTIyxMOo9Y/story01.htm

MOSCOW, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Russian officials have decided they should talk to Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries about output cuts to bolster oil prices, the head of Russia’s pipeline monopoly said on Wednesday, remarks that spurred a sharp rise in prices. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/750F2m2_2xs/idAFL8N15B4DT