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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 Blue’s tech will be used as part of Bloomberg Vault, the company’s enterprise compliance platform. Bloomberg Vault’s customers are primarily financial services firms and the […]Read More

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 IP lawyer. Not far behind the twin cases is a hoard of patent cases all pending cert. 2016 promises to be a very fruitful year for […]

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 you missed it. And it’s apparently replacing cheesy catchphrases and family dogs — or worse, campy explosions — as the new legal marketing trend. Adorkawhatnow? […]Read More

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 girls in really short shorts and skimpy tops, obviously turned around showing their butts. And they’d say ‘I know you love us: because we got […]

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 of today’s trading; ASI: 25,103.05 DEALS: 2,887 VOLUME: 369,233,091.00 VALUE: 1,689,219,209.70 CAP: 8,633,406,943,196.17 A total of 3 stocks appreciated in value, while 34 stocks depreciated. Here are the […]Read More

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 ravage revenue, The Guardian reports. US crude oil prices tumbled to a 12-year low Tuesday, prompting OPEC member Nigeria to call for an emergency meeting to address collapsing […]Read More

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 Strategy of the commission, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Bukar-Abba’s appointment followed the demise of Alhaji […]

Following the sack of the last board members of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Federal Government is planning to restructure the commission into a holistic development agency to be manned by core professionals rather than politicians in order to transform the Niger Delta region, Vanguard reports. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir […]

1.BP says to axe 4,000 jobs globally on oil price slide:British energy major BP said Tuesday that it will axe more than 4,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years in response to collapsing oil prices. 2.Christine Lagarde warned the US on more rate hikes:The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms.Christine Lagarde has […]Read More

A Federal High Court in Lagos presided by Justice Ibrahim Buba has granted an order sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to summon ex-Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo, to appear before the court to face a 40-count charge of fraudulent conversion of several millions of naira, dollars and property belonging […]

The Federal Government, has announced that gas projects saddled with the responsibility of improving power supply in the country are scheduled for completion in the second quarter of this year, Punch reports. Ia communiqué issued at the end of the first monthly meeting of operators in the power sector which was chaired by the Minister of […]

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu  will be leading senior Nigerian officials to China, where they are expected to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart and the organized private sector, Vanguard reports. This will be the minister’s first visit to China in which he expects wider cooperation in science and technology to be mutually beneficial for […]Read More