2012

Benefit Corporations (B-Corps) Have Landed in New York

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

A new type of corporation now exists in New York: the Benefit Corporation (“B-Corp”). Unlike regular corporations, the B-Corp is not required to maximize profits or take actions solely to benefit its shareholders. Instead, the new law requires that when deliberating corporate actions, executives must consider the environment and the interests of workers and communities.


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Research Works Act

Friday, January 13th, 2012

We oppose HR 3699 – the Research Works Act – because we believe that taxpayer-funded research should NOT belong to private publishers. The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA49] and Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY14]. Michael Eisen wrote an article about the link between Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s support for the bill and the large [...]


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Occupy Trademarks

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Hoo boy, look at all these OCCUPY trademarks…


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