Target has settled for $6M with the National Federation of the Blind in defense of its class-action lawsuit over accessibility of the Target website and web site design to blind users. The court settlement requires that blind guests using screen-reader software on Target.com must be able to “acquire the same information and engage in the [...]

How did he know I was working on one of these today?? Tip o’ the hat to the (new) legal writer which appears to be a completely fabulous water cooler for contract nerds to gather at.

The accounting world is getting flatter, and fast. According to today’s Wall Street Journal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to move US accounting practices away from GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). Used widely in the US, GAAP is not an international standard. Firms outside of the US in over 100 countries use standards [...]

There’s a fascinating discussion over at the AdamsDrafting blog about we lawyers and the language we use to draft software license agreements. The article dissects the contract language which has evolved and which we routinely use in licensing software. Here are some of the questions being discussed: Is a license the entire contract, or is [...]

After hundreds of comments were received asking him to restore the blog archives, William Patry restored the public archives of the Patry Copyright Blog.  Patry’s blog contains over 800 articles on copyright case law, copyright legislative developments, and strategic approaches to contemporary copyright-related legal situations.  I highly recommend Patry’s blog — it’s required reading if [...]

William Patry, one of the most well-known and nationally respected copyright practitioners, has explained his reasons for terminating his long-standing Patry Copyright Blog in a final post: http://williampatry.blogspot.com/ Patry cites the “depressing state of copyright law” and the direction of recent copyright law developments as among his personal and professional reasons for not continuing the [...]

Sprint termination fees were found illegal last week by a California court. I’ll be watching this case very carefully as it has implications not only for cellphone contracts but also contracts in the general telecommunications industry, and in several other service provider industries. listen Powered by Jott