From the monthly archives:

September 2007

stupid v. tricky?

by jolyonpatten on September 30, 2007

The ever-excellent OutLaw reports on this case where some 16-year-old girl in Texas had her picture uploaded to flickr by her youth counsellor, a Mr Wong. Virgin used it in an ad, allegedly without permission from either Wong or the girl. Wong apparently changed the Creative Commons licence–which defaults on flickr to ‘no use by [...]

kroes: justify or reform

by jolyonpatten on September 25, 2007

Details are a little sketchy at present, and I have not read the report itself yet, but it seems that EU Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, has it in for the EU insurance industry on two main grounds: First, the report refers to long-standing and widespread industry practices in the reinsurance and coinsurance markets involving the alignment [...]

10 most polluted

by jolyonpatten on September 21, 2007

National Geographic have published a list of the ten most polluted sites in the world. China, India and the former Soviet Union seem to be over-represented. Places you wouldn’t want to live. Or insure.

Directories

by jolyonpatten on September 20, 2007

First off, I shouldn’t complain too much, as I do get a listing as one of the Leading Individuals in Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation, which is nice even if it does make me sound like a luxury hotel. However, one should treat industry directories with caution. Legal 500 have some oddities this year. [...]