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The limitations of Facebook’s new patent
The New Kid on the Block Tuesday the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook patent number 7,669,123, covering “Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network.” Behold the Mini-Feed What is “Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network”?...
Spying School District Furiously Backpedals as FBI Investigation Heats Up
“Epic” Does Not Quite Capture the Fail The Lower Merion School District has more problems on its hands than disgruntled parents and a civil lawsuit. Problems started when the Harriton High School administration remotely activated webcams on students laptop computers to spy on the students at home. The case exploded when...
School Uses Laptop Cameras to Spy on Students at Home
Class Action Lawsuit In a case that just gets weirder every day, high school students have now sued the Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia in a class action lawsuit for using webcams to spy on students at home. The District stands accused of remotely activating the iSight cameras on the...
Google Buzz Google just released its new social media platform. Google Buzz allows you to share pictures, thoughts and even your location with your friends. If you already have a Gmail, all you have to do is click the Google Buzz button to get started. But wait! Security Concerns Industry insiders point to...
Not Your Father’s Online Scam By now, everyone is familiar with the Nigerian scam. You receive an e-mail for an offer you cannot refuse. The sender alleges he or she is trustee of a large sum of unclaimed money. If you will agree to take the money into the United States,...
Top Ten African American Inventors
Black history month is just around the corner. Once again I have compiled a list of my top ten African-American inventors of all time. While no blog post could do these ten great inventors justice, I have included a brief synopsis of each inventor’s accomplishments along with a representative patent....
Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog
Final Batch of Your Honor Winners
Today the LMA awarded the final batch of Your Honor Awards: Practice Development -- Sutherland Asbill & Brennan: Sutherland Business Development curriculum Media Relations: Mayer Brown Community Relations: Middleton Reutlinger – kindess public service advertising campaign Recruiting: Cadwalader...
Howrey Plans to Axe Up to 10% of Its Partners
Howrey is planning to oust up to 10 percent of its partners, a move that follows a year of disappointing revenue numbers. Howrey is expected to cut between 25 and 30 partners, most of them in the United States, Legal Week reports. The decision to make the cuts was made before...
Coulter, Durham & McMurdo Inducted into LMA Hall of Fame
The LMA today inducted 3 people into its Hall of Fame: 1. Silvia Coulter of Hildebrandt Baker Robbins in Boston – she is a former CMO of three AmLaw 100 law firms, founder of LSSO. She has a book coming out this fall: Client Relationship Management for Associates, published by the...
800 Attendees at LMA National Conference
I haven’t been to an LMA meeting in 5 years, and this one in Denver is a very pleasant surprise. Many longtime and senior members of the marketing profession were there. There is great networking – I barely made it 30 feet into the Hyatt Regency lobby when I immediately...
Small Firm Rainmaker Christopher Marston - Putting His Firm Where the Market Will Be
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, as 2010 Small Firm Rainmaker of the Year Christopher Marston knows well. He offers soup-to-nuts service to entrepreneurs and startup businesses. Originate! newsletter selected him because the revenues of his Boston law firm – Exemplar – saw its revenues shoot up 48%...
Four AMLaw100, Two Mid-Size Firms Employ Concep for Digital Marketing
Six additional law firms have retained Concep, a leading provider of integrated digital marketing solutions to law firms, representing 10 percent growth for Concep during Q1 2010. Among the new clients are Hunton & Williams Schulte Roth & Zabel Cole Schotz,...
Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog
Our National Appellate Advocacy Competition adventures came to an end today. One team advanced to the semifinal rounds, and I tried to explain to the teams that their performances were really outstanding accomplishments. But I don’t think it helped much. We also learned that the Labor and Employment Law team failed...
Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Team Advances
I also received news today that our moot court team competing in the Wagner Labor and Employment Law Competition has advanced to the octo-final round. The students on that team are Allison Luczak, Michael Miner, and Jesse Dill, coached by Professors Phoebe Williams and Paul Secunda. The Wagner Competition is in...
Two More Terrific Arguments in Boston
A win and a loss, but excellent arguments in any event. The loss was a little heartbreaking, in that it was by half of one point. I remain optimistic for our teams’ chances in the next round, the final preliminary round, which will take place tomorrow morning. These students are incredible...
One of the recent challenges for Civil Procedure profs has been to explain the Twombly/Iqbal event to students already struggling to understand what often seems to be an arcane and highly contrived subject. I begin by lowering expectations, showing a slide of a local federal judge with a caption depicting his...
Both Marquette Teams Win Their First Round of Oral Argument at the Boston Regional
I am currently in Boston serving as coach to two teams of Marquette law students who are competing in the National Appellate Advocacy Competition’s Boston Regional Competition. The teams are Alyssa Dowse, Rachel Helmers, and Nicholas Harken (this month’s student blogger); and Jesica Ballenger, Lindsey Johnson, and Allison Ziegler. This...
The Milwaukee Public Schools system should be replaced with ten to twelve smaller school districts, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker said Thursday in an “On the Issues” session at Marquette Law School. Asked by host Mike Gousha, the Law School’s Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy, what he would do about problems...
SCOTUSblog
Three recently filed cert. petitions defend a tax credit for donations to school tuition programs, ruled unconstitutional by the Ninth Circuit, that has disparately benefited donors to religious programs. One is Garriott v. Winn; the second and third are both captioned Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn. Another recently filed but...
Two noteworthy petitions were recently filed: Microsoft v. Lucent Technologies, which challenges the evidentiary standards in patent infringement trials; and Stolaj v. Holder, which disputes removal proceedings initiated against two noncitizens. Briefs in opposition have not yet been filed, but the petitions and their questions presented follow the jump. Title: Microsoft v....
Petitions to Watch | Conference of 3.19.10
This edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference on Friday, March 19. As always, it lists the petitions on the Court’s paid docket that Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted. Links to all previous editions are available...
Attorneys serve as “debt relief agencies”
Below, Keisha Stanford, a law student at Stanford, discusses Monday’s opinion in Milavetz, Gallop, & Milavetz v. United States (08-1119). For background on the briefs and oral argument in the case, see the Milavetz SCOTUSwiki page. On March 8, 2010, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the Court held that attorneys...
The Chief Justice’s public criticism of the State of the Union address reached television news yesterday. In a panel on FOX News, Rick Klein of ABC suggests that the President “knew exactly what he was doing when he decided to take on the” Citizens United decision, while syndicated columnist Charles...
Court calls for Solicitor General’s views on two ERISA petitions
On Monday the Court called for the views of the Solicitor General on two petitions arising from the same ERISA case, Amara v. CIGNA Corp. Both petitions raise questions regarding the proper remedy for misleading or inadequate disclosures relating to changes in a pension plan. Background In 1998, CIGNA changed its pension...
Womble Carlyle's Blogs
Following recapitalizations, distributions, spin-offs, workouts, public, private debt financing and corporate governance issues....
Following insurance coverage law issues primarily in the Southeastern United States....
Womble Carlyle's "Privacy Bulletin" highlights select developments that might be of interest to entities that collect or use personally identifiable information. Protecting a person's privacy is a challenge to businesses, universities, and all other entities that collect personal information, particularly given the proliferation of personally identifiable information contained within consumer...
North Carolina Unfair Trade Practices
FOLLOWING UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES LAW, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHEAST U.S....
Womble Carlyle has a vibrant energy practice focused on several key industry segments: renewable and alternative energy providers; energy consumers; carbon credit markets and emissions risk management; clean technology innovation, and green construction and sustainable development....
Following patent and intellectual property law in the furniture industry....
Crime and Consequences Blog
Chelsea King Killer Violated Parole but Avoided Prison: At Sentencing Law and Policy, Doug Berman posts a link to a Los Angeles Times article describing how the man accused of killing Chelsea King violated his parole, but avoided being sent......
Recently I discussed the revelation that DOJ has brought on board seven lawyers who previously represented accused members of al Qaeda. I was in error. It wasn't seven. It was eight. The eighth has a really nice office, in that he is......
Revised Supreme Court Rules: Yesterday, SCOTUSblog writer Adam Schlossman reported that on February 16, 2010, the Supreme Court enacted its revised Rules of the Supreme Court. The updated rules reduce the number of words allowed in a merits reply brief......
Body-Armor For Felons?: San Francisco Gate writer Bob Egelko reports on the California Attorney General's appeal to at the California Supreme Court to examine a ruling throwing out a state law that bans anyone who has been convicted of a......
What a difference a year makes. There are three news stories about death penalty legislation in my Google Alerts email this morning, and all three are about state legislatures considering expanding their death penalty laws. They are noted after the......
An Umpire Strikes Back: Yesterday's Above the Law "Quote of the Day," featured Chief Justice Roberts, and his remarks revisiting the exchange between President Obama and Justice Alito during the State of the Union address. According to an Los......
IP LAW 101™
Give Credit Where Credit Is Due! Copying Without Permission
Hello:I wrote this article due to the rampant unauthorized copying of copyright protected work on the Internet. This article is also posted here on Black Web 2.0. Share your thought.When Copying A Work If You Give Credit, Do You Still Need Permission to Copy? Before you have...
Hello!I hope all is wonderful! Below is a copy of an article I wrote for Black Web 2.0 that is getting great feedback. I hope this article is helpful!Picture this…Some friends and I decide to start an internet business and we choose a catchy and SEO friendly name. ...
Threat of Trademark Infringement?
Hello:Recently, I have been receiving inquiries regarding threats of trademark infringement. Threats of trademark infringement include:1. Written or verbal communication by an entity or individual expressing their intent to use a trademark owner's trademark without their permission, 2. Written or verbal communication of an infringer's intent to register or...
6 Key Points Every Website Privacy Policy Should Contain
Every Social Networking Site, Blog, Website, etc. should have a Privacy Policy. A Privacy Policy can minimize liability for a site owner. For example, it can reduce Invasion of Privacy Claims. When a site is very thorough and transparent regarding whether user's personal information is gathered; how...
Hello!I hope your life is absolutely wonderful! I have some AMAZING news to share! I was invited to speak at the 2010 Blogher Conference in New York, August 6-7. Yeah!I will speak on a panel entitled "Mastering Intellectual Property Law." Specifically, I will discuss intellectual property law,...
Security and Privacy Issues with Google Wave
HelloBy now everyone has heard the buzz about Google's newest product, Google Wave. Google Wave is an online tool that lets users instantaneously communicate and share information. Any user of the Wave can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the...
The Trademark Blog
OLD TESTAMENT BACON, NEW TESTAMENT CONDOMS? KHORAN WINE?
Applicant sells KHORAN wine - KHORAN apparently is the Armenian word for ALTAR. Examiner doesn't reject of descriptiveness but on Section 2(a) disparagement - as the Koran prohibits alcohol, Muslims will be disparaged by registration of the mark. TTABlog summarizes......
5 Possible Reasons Why Lindsay Lohan Filed That Talking-Baby Lawsuit
5 Possible Reasons Why Lindsay Lohan Filed That Talking-Baby Lawsuit. I'm going with numbers 1 (she believes she can win); and (4) she gets publicity (note how we're talking about her). Also add number (6): people will be less likely......
You know who I mean, right? Lindasay Lohan sues eTrade under NY Civil Rights Law Section 51, in Nassau County Supreme Court, NY, for $50 million. Lindsay the milkaholic baby, allegedly refers to her. Practice pointer: Avoid use of......
Spot The Lawsuit In This Commercial
(')(') Complaint LV Hyundai......
Black Card v Black Card Trade Dress
American Express provides the Centurion credit card, known as the Black Card. The annual fee is reportedly $2500. Defendant offers a black card (and claims it filed a patent for its 'carbon and carbon-based' card). Complaint Black Card......
One Way Of Getting To $2 Million In Damages
Start with a famous mark such as ROLL ROYCE, have defendant copy it, have defendant not show up, have two plaintiffs awarded $1 million each. Decision Rolls Royce Default......
Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
Kaufman District Attorney Run Off April 13
District Attorney vote totals from last night's GOP primary- Rick Harrison- 3,110 Andrew Jordan- 2,764 Mike Mclelland- 3,479 It was an interesting development as the early vote totals had Mr. Jordan in 2nd and Mr. Harrison in 3rd, respectively. I quit watching before all the Forney precincts had been posted. It appears Rick got...
Public Intoxication, Racial Profiling, Mother Jones, and Me
Mother Jones writes an alarming expose on the abusive police tactics used in PI arrests. As part of their story they quoted an expert on the subject, yours truly. From Mother Jones- State courts have not only upheld the practice but expanded the definition of public intoxication to cover pretty much...
Yes that is an SEO friendly title and I know the blog world looks down up self promotion, but I can't help it. I'm proud of this accomplishment and I'm going to toot my own horn for a bit. If you want something substantive on criminal justice try this excellent...
Kaufman County District Attorney Race
The GOP primary is nigh upon Kaufman county. Voters have three Republican candidates to consider for District Attorney. With no Democrat or Libertarian candidates the primary is the defacto election. Let's look at the two candidates I feel qualified to discuss. Rick Harrison (incumbent) When Rick won the GOP primary...
Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory, as a man may be confident of the...
Good stuff from Reason.TV. Whenever our government masters want more control over our bodies they send out the addiction boogeyman. In reality, addiction hype is just another trojan horse whereby our government offers the convenient liberty for safety trade. Should the government ban effective pain mediations like Vicodin? Watch this before...
Class Action Fairness Act Blog
No Blue Skies For Allstate When It Tried To Remove Case From Seattle State Court
Somal v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company,Case No. C09-1064RSL (W.D. Wash. Sept. 29, 2009). Teen idol Bobby Sherman performed the hit song, Seattle, declaring that “the bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle…and the hills the greenest green in Seattle.” Last year, the defendant, Allstate, must have been gazing at...
CAFA Meets Jamster: Kill the Crazy Frog!!
In re Jamster Marketing Litigation, MDL No. 1751, U.S.D.C. S. D. Cal. Sept. 29, 2008 (Miller, J.). You may want to think twice about accepting an offer for a “free” download of your favorite Lady Gaga song as a cell phone ring tone. The sound that you may hear may be the...
WTH! A CAFA Case on Texting (Not Sexting)
In Re Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1997, Case No. 08-7082 (N.D. Ill. August 13, 2009). In In re Text Messaging Antitrust Litig., the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division found the home state controversy exception applied and told the parties BCNU. Can’t figure...
The Removal Clock...What Starts the Ticking?
Thomas v. Bank of America Corporation, et al, 09-11143 (11th Cir. June 12, 2009). In Thomas v. Bank of America Corp., the Eleventh Circuit found a case does not become removable as a CAFA case until a document is received by the defendant from the plaintiff that unambiguously establishes federal jurisdiction. ...
If You Want to Remove Under CAFA, Then You Must Use the Plaintiff's Own Words Against Him.
Pretka v. Kolter City Plaza II, Inc., No. 09-80706-CIV-MARRA, 2009 WL 4547042 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 30, 2009) A basic lesson in removal procedure for defendants: your evidence that removal is proper must come from the plaintiffs and must be submitted with your notice of removal. If you had any doubt on...
Remember Those Bikes with the Banana Seat?
Vanegas v. Dole Food Co., Inc., No. 09-181 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 29, 2009) Well, this post has absolutely nothing to do with those banana-seated bikes. Sorry. Rather, this very brief, non-reported case highlights the fact that – in a banana peel (like “in a nutshell” – c’mon!) – the CAFA removal statute “is...
Legal Talk Network
Securities Docket Radio and the SEC’s New Market Abuse Unit
This is the debut of Securities Docket Radio on the Legal Talk Network with host Bruce Carton, columnist at Compliance Week. Bruce welcomes Sanjay Wadhwa, Deputy Chief of the new Market Abuse Unit in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to discuss the new unit...
Google Books Settlement: Part Two
In the second part of Lawyer2Lawyer on the Google Books Settlement, attorneys and co-hosts J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi welcome Attorney Jonathan Band and Attorney Cindy Cohn, Legal Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation , to take a closer look at the complex Google Books Settlement. They explore the...
Brian Landry, JD ‘07, a Boston-area lawyer practicing in the area of Intellectual Property law, discusses changes affecting patent term adjustment in this installment of our IP podcast series....
Suffolk Law alumnus Paul Cronin, JD ‘98, a Boston-based patent lawyer, discusses changes impacting patent marking requirements in this week’s Intellectual Property podcast....
In this edition of the Legal ToolKit, host Jared Correia, Law Practice Management Advisor with Mass. LOMAP, welcomes Terrence D. Pricher, an assistant bar counsel in the Office of Bar Counsel and Attorney James S. Bolan, a partner with the firm of Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox & Bolan, LLP, to...
In this edition of the Boston University School of Law podcast, host and media veteran, Dan Rea of WBZ-Radio 1030 welcomes Professor Michael Meurer, the Michaels Faculty Research Scholar of Law at BU School of Law, to discuss his new book, Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators...
THE BIZOP NEWS
From Gary Weiss on Sam Antar"The Going Concern blog today has an amusing item describing how Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne can apologize to Sam Antar--the convicted felon......
Image by 3WME via FlickrInteresting research on how the cover of darkness is more than a metaphor."Imagine a man sits alone, hunched over his desk,......
Image via WikipediaGood discussion about neuroimaging measures and their reliability at Mind Hacks."One thing is abundantly clear: fMRI is an effective research tool that has......
The Overstock saga continues. As reported by Tracy Coenen and Gary Weiss, Mr. Bagley attempted, with some success, to infiltrate Facebook to "befriend" various people......
This is a novel development in my opinion. Google has partnered with the New York Times and Washington Post to provide serious background content......
The Affiliate Summit Facebook Panel Smackdown Continues
Image via WikipediaThe all out war between Jeremy Schoemaker and Dennis Yu continues, with Markus Frind jumping in to defend himself.Most of the drama is......
licensinghandbook.com
After a five-year struggle in US Federal District Court, Robert Jacobson recently prevailed in his copyright infringement claim against Matthew Katzer as a result of Katzer’s alleged misappropriation of open source code from Jacobson’s Java Model Railroad Interface project. You can read all of the story in more detail at ConsortiumInfo.org. The...
Things that shouldn’t count as force majeure
Define the term “force majeure” for me. Looking online, there are several: it’s French for “superior force” act of God: a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events (WordNet) a common clause in contract which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance...
Happy New Year! I saw an interesting article today that high-tech vehicles were posing problems to some mechanics. The mechanics claim that they can’t afford the thousands of dollars that are necessary for them to obtain the specialized diagnostic tools for each auto manufacturer. The manufacturers are claiming that they’re trying...
Hopefully, most of you are done with work for the year. But for those of you about to close end of year, firesale-type deals in the remaining 6 days of the year (the end of the year is even a Thursday, so you don’t have to “work” a weekend if...
Comic: Why you should have a lawyer negotiate your contracts
Change “lawyer” to “contracts professional” and you’ve got it....
A few years ago, I got into a little issue at work. I had found that my negotiation dial could go all the way to 11. Being the Type-A person that I was, I learned how to crank it to 11 on a regular basis. And like the child whose...
mediator blah...blah...
Regular visitors to this blog will have noticed a gradual decline in posting over the last couple of months.Life, dear reader, has got busy and the call of the keyboard is not what it was after 1016 posts. I have decided to pack it in.To some extent I feel this...
What Difference Does a Robe Make? Comparing Mediators with and without Prior Judicial Experience
An intriguing article (abstract only) in July's Negotiation Journal (Jul 2009. Vol. 25) by Stephen Goldberg, Margaret Shaw, Jeanne Brett reporting the results of two studies;"... a glance at the rosters of some of the major mediation providers shows that between 40 percent and 60 percent of their mediators are...
Live Blogging from the AMINZ Conference
Today in Wellington at Te Papa, our national museum, we are enjoying the most stimulating gathering of mediators at the New Zealand Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute Conference '09. Program here.North Carolina mediator, attorney and author Andy Little is here as guest speaker and workshop presenter. For anyone interested in...
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Improvisation, Negotiation and All That Jazz
Some while ago I started a post with;'Yeah well, I'm not sure that I get the whole 'mediators can learn from improv comedy' thing to be honest...'But since then I have read the wonderfully refreshing Improvisational Negotiation by Jeff Krivis and talked to him about the connections between jazz and...
For those brave mediators who delve into this stuff, check out 40 Superb Psychology Blogs - this post from Psyblog lists forty of the best psychology blogs, chosen to give a broad sweep of the most interesting content being produced online.The list is split into three sections: first are more...
The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog
I’m delighted to respond to Nell Minow’s thoughtful and interesting testimony on the Citizens United case. Ms. Minow, an alumna of the Law School, is one of the nation’s leading authorities on matters of corporate governance. We at the Law......
Nell Minow '77 on the Citizens United decision
Yesterday Nell Minow '77 gave the following testimony before Congress. Prof. M. Todd Henderson has posted a response here. Hearing on Corporate Governance after the Citizens United Decision Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises House Committee on......
Student Blogger - Law and Morality in War
It is several hours into the stand-off.Two gun-toting bank robbers have barricaded themselves in a downtown bank, along with a single hostage.Visibly desperate, one robber shouts out to the police that he intends to kill his hostage, holding a gun......
Student Blogger - Law and Economics Workshop: What Accounts for Trial by Ordeal’s Popularity?
Trial by ordeal—it evokes images of a darker time, where social outcasts drowned amidst accusations of “Witch!” or carried hot coals to clear their names. But this week’s Law and Economics brings a novel twist to an old subject with......
Student Blogger - Winter WIP: Eric Posner and Omri Ben-Shahar Discuss the "Right to Withdraw"
Most Americans, after buying a product from a store, expect that they will be able to return it -- at least within a reasonable amount of time and assuming the item is undamaged. This instinct is borne out by the......
Student Blogger - Winter WIP: Dixon Presents on Partial Constitutional Amendments
The American constitution is notoriously difficult to amend. If you want the cold, hard, figures, the sobering statistic for a prospective constitutional amendment is less than a .25% success rate: 27 successes in over 10,000 attempts. This figure is far......
Law Vibe
Top 5 Ways to Prevent Copyright Theft of Your Wordpress Blog
If you are launching a new site, especially a new blog, there are several things that you can do to make sure that your copyright is as protected as possible. Simply put, when you are starting from scratch, you have a rare opportunity to get things right from the start and...
Top 5 Ways to Deal With Police Officers Safely & Effectively
I have had more opportunities to deal with police officers than most people, both as a collaborator on certain justice initiatives, as an adversary defending clients, and as a motorist with a penchant for fast cars. I also have several friends “on the job” (I’ve been watching Law & Order)...
The Many Faces of iPad: Fujitsu & STMicro Take on Apple
Apple is in danger of being made subject of a lawsuit by Japan’s Fujitsu and European chipmaker STMicroelectronics, in the wake of Apple’s adoption of the name “iPad” for its latest tablet PC eye candy. “iPad” has been a registered trademark by STMicro since 2000 for its semiconductor technology. For...
Dave Matthews Band Gives Instructions on Beating Music DRM
The CD version of Stand Up, the release from the Dave Matthews Band, contains copy control technology that is ostensibly designed to limit or prevent copying. The technology doesn’t do a particularly good job at stopping copying, however, though it is very good at annoying consumers. Artists don’t appear to...
The Best Way to Hire a Lawyer: How It Feels to Be a Judge
Should you wait until you’re sued to hire a lawyer? At that point, the answer is obviously yes – but what if you haven’t been sued? Do you still need a lawyer? How do you find one? The best way to hire a lawyer is like everything else – by referral....
Scott Rothstein: Ponzi Schemes, Morocco, & Golden Toilets
It seems like only yesterday that many thousands of people were being scammed by Ponzi schemers with elaborate stories and fake investment schemes. I guess that’s because it was yesterday, and every other day, except now it is mostly done with federal bailout money. Every now and then, though, somebody will get too greedy and must...
JURIST - Paper Chase
Serbia police arrest 9 suspected of Kosovo war crimes
[JURIST] Spokesperson for Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric Saturday announced the arrest of nine individuals suspected of committing war crimes during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war. The nine, members of the Serbian paramilitary group Sakali, are accused of the systematic murders of 41 ethnic Albanians in...
Sweden, Turkey foreign ministers condemn Armenian genocide resolution
[JURIST] Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Saturday jointly denounced the Swedish Parliament's Thursday passage of a resolution recognizing the Ottoman Empire's killing of Armenians between 1915 and 1923 as genocide. At a meeting of European foreign ministers in northern Finland Davutoglu questioned...
Bosnia court indicts Serb police commander for alleged role in Srebrenica massacre
[JURIST] The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court indicted the former Serb commander of a special police brigade Saturday for his alleged role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian civil war. The BiH prosecutor accuses Nedjo Ikonic of participating in the killing of thousands of Muslim...
France court orders far-right anti-Islamic posters removed
[JURIST] A court of first instance in Marseilles Friday ordered that anti-Islamic campaign posters put up by the far-right National Front be taken down. The posters, proclaiming No to Islamism, depict a fully veiled woman standing next to a map of France with the pattern of the Algerian flag on...
California DA files consumer protection suit against Toyota
[JURIST] The California Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) filed a consumer protection suit against car manufacturer Toyota on Friday, alleging that the company knowingly sold vehicles with acceleration defects. The suit seeks up to $2,500 in penalties for each violation of California's Unfair Business Practices Act. The OCDA...
Federal court rejects claims that thimerosal vaccines caused children's autism
[JURIST] Three special masters sitting in the US Federal Court of Claims Friday rejected three compensation actions brought in a coordinated omnibus proceeding by families of autistic children who had argued that their children's autism was induced by vaccines containing mercury-laden thimerosol. The families had sought compensation under the no-fault...
Freedom to Differ
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:a nice twist on man bites dog ... "man bytes dog: uk bid to microchip dogs creates controversy" http://j.mp/cnE7MLi'm looking forward to both "parenthood" and "modern family" finally reaching australian tv screens http://j.mp/cPdhVKbarack obama should learn from franklin d roosevelt’s...
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:go letterman! ... "leno and letterman now in close race for late night domination" http://j.mp/cPAc8Zreading and nodding in agreement with "the 6 delusions of google's arrogant leaders" http://j.mp/cS2JuEpc world lists "the most disturbing youtube videos of all time" http://j.mp/ahUGpRchuckling at...
Man fined for insulting ex-girlfriend on Facebook
Sometimes, we say things we just don't mean. Or, more accurately, that we really do mean, but we wish we hadn't said in public. Still, with fewer people seeming to care about privacy anymore, the untoward consequences of our free expressions can be costly....
I don't know what to make of this ... Breast-Milk Cheese
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These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:RT @audioboo: Blog post: Happy birthday audioboo: http://bit.ly/9tZSWkwhy is my search column for #openinternet only coming up with #lost tweets? http://bit.ly/bJr7EAthe guardian asks"should you use ad blockers or not?" http://j.mp/cfTqY9 ... i must admit to feeling guilty for ad blockingjust in...
Conan O'Brien presents "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour"
Conan O'Brien has announced a 30 city tour:The fans of Conan O’Brien will not have to wait much longer — though they may have to wait in long lines — to see their favorite late-night comedian perform again: Starting April 12 in Eugene, Ore., Mr. O’Brien’s 30-city tour — with...