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The First Circuit just handed down a decision that will send app developers panic mode. The federal court has ruled that persons who surrender information without opting out can form the basis of a Video Privacy Protection Act suit against the companies who share that information with third parties. And, unless you’ve been living on […]

Even though there has been a palpable change in the mood as to the continued viability of the large law firm model, BigLaw still is a crowd-drawer. Consumers and practitioners alike are always interested the latest on BigLaw scandals, career prospects, and money reports. Well, this time it’s money. This year, the biggest winner in the […]

The Tenth Circuit recently handed down a decision that could present a wonderful business opportunity to some enterprising online “journalism” sites. The circuit court’s opinion will likely stand for the rule that outfits like Examiner.com can drape themselves within a safe-harbor cloak when their independent contractors run afoul of copyright laws. Examiner and “Examiners” The […]Read More

When it comes to law and technology, the future is wide open. Will artificial intelligence transform the practice of law? Will electronic surveillance mean that nothing can be truly confidential? Will you ever be able to find a password that you can remember? Yes. No. Maybe. The future of the law and technology is an […]

Health care providers collectively are holding their breath following last month’s $1.55 million settlement agreement between Minnesota’s North Memorial Health Care and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Soon all the oxygen was sucked out of the room following an even bigger settlement with New York’s Feinstein Institute. […]Read More

Oral arguments ended last week, but there are still nearly two months left in the Supreme Court’s current term. Now’s the time when the Court moves from considering the cases before it to finally deciding them — a process that certainly more complicated this year, given the lack of a ninth justice. We’re expecting a […]Read More

If you’re a solo attorney, the thought of malpractice insurance has no doubt crossed your mind. It’s definitely not a bad idea. But before you purchase insurance from the first carrier that you find, you may want to keep your money in your pocket for just a moment and take into consideration a few things. […]

What brought down the biggest and greatest rock band of all time? It wasn’t Yoko Ono, despite what you might have heard. It may have been litigation however, as the Beatles were dogged by a series of lawsuits and legal missteps virtually from the band’s founding. That’s Stan Soocher’s take on it, at least. Soocher, […]Read More

The maker of the beloved gamer classic Pac-Man is still alive and kicking (legally) — and kicking independent developers in the teeth. Nineteen-eighties icon Atari is taking a stand in the USPTO this week in order to vanguard the rights to its video games that bear the Haunted House moniker. It’s the sort of intellectual […]

Litigation against schools is nothing new. A dispute over school funding in Kansas, for example, has been going on for 27 years — and it’s currently threatening to upend the state’s school system. The classic civil rights triumph, Brown v. Board of Ed., was, of course, about public education. But for private schools, numbering over […]

The government pretends that it’s giving the surviving 9/11 masterminds a fair trial, and that justice will prevail. The truth may be a wee bit different … Kangaroo Court Show Trials Buzzfeed reported yesterday: The Defense Department has farmed out to a private company much of the criminal investigation and trials of the men accused […]

Submitted by Giulio Meotti via The Gatestone Institute, Of all French soldiers currently engaged in military operations, half of them are deployed inside France. And half of those are assigned to protect 717 Jewish schools. This massive deployment of armed forces in our own cities is a departure from history. It is a moral disarmament, […]