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On the Way to Auschwitz, I Found ‘Heil Hitler’ Signs For Sale
On a Holocaust education trip in Poland, a writer discovers Nazi memorabilia at a flea market, in apparent violation of the law. But nothing is quite that simple.
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Google asks Supreme Court to overrule disastrous ruling on API copyrights
Google's Supreme Court appeal against Oracle has huge stakes for the industry.
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Why There’s No Liberal Federalist Society
The legal left has a money problem, a history problem and—maybe worst of all—a big-idea problem.
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Georgia man plotted attack on White House, authorities say
Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a man from Forsyth County in metro Atlanta man on allegations he was plotting to attack the White House but instead got entangled with the FBI.
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Historical lawsuit affirms Indigenous laws on par with Canada's
A recent historical win for Ontario First Nations against the government of Canada is as significant for the legal process, which took into account Anishinaabe law, as it is for the win itself.
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Apple demanded $1 billion incentive payment from Qualcomm to supply iPhone modems
In the ongoing legal tussle between Qualcomm and Apple, Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf has testified at a federal courthouse in San Jose, California, that Apple demanded a $1 billion 'incentive payment' for a chance to supply the iPhone modems. The payment would ease the technical costs Apple would face switching from its then current supplier Infineon Technologies.
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Newly Released FOIA Documents Shed Light on Border Patrol’s Seemingly Limitless Authority
After a four-year legal battle, the ACLU obtained more than 1,000 pages of CBP training documents, which were shared exclusively with The Intercept.
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We Should Be Able to Take Facebook to Court
After The New York Times revealed last month that Facebook continued to share personal information of millions of consumers with companies like Netflix, Yahoo, Spotify and Google — despite contrary assertions to Congress — many people decided to delete their Facebook accounts. But if Facebook’s actions, as described by The Times, violated the law, consumers should be able to send an even more powerful message, one that could leave a much larger imprint on the company’s ledger books: suing the company for damages.
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Michigan’s GOP Is Stripping Power From the State’s Voters
Michigan’s constitution lets voters pass progressive ballot initiatives, so the state GOP is trying to undo the constitution.
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A US start-up was told not to launch its mini satellites. It launched them anyway
A US tech start-up is slapped with a historic fine for launching unauthorised satellites, prompting warnings about runaway cowboy-like behaviour from private companies joining the space race.
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Cardinal denies claims he covered up abuse allegation against Tolkien's son
Note recording complaint about Father John Tolkien was given to police, cardinal argues
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Syracuse cops falsely accuse man of rectal dope-stashing and take him to hospital for nonconsensual anal probe; hospital bills him for $4600.
They took him to St Joseph's Hospital where he was nonconsensually X-rayed; when that revealed no drugs, officers told doctors to force sedation on Jackson and then put a tube and camera up his rectum. Two doctors refused to perform the procedure, but eventually Jackson was drugged unconscious and anally violated. No drugs were found. After Jackson was released, St Joseph's hospital billed him $4,595.12 for the procedures.
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Potential impact of two IoT security and privacy laws on tech industry
Two new laws in California will create rules for IoT device makers and businesses holding consumer information. Here’s what that means for the rest of us when they go into effect in 2020.
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MSNBC's Chris Matthews predicts Mueller will let Ivanka and Don Jr. avoid prison if Trump resigns
"But what if the prosecutor . . . were to say he would let the children walk if the old man does the same?"
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'A shocking pattern of illegality': Trump Foundation shuts down
President Donald Trump has agreed to shut down his embattled personal charity amid allegations that he used it for his personal and political benefit.
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ISP Faces 'Net Neutrality' Investigation For Pirate Site Blocking Retaliation - TorrentFreak
After being ordered to block a number of piracy-related domains following a complaint from academic publisher Elsevier, Swedish ISP Bahnhof retaliated by semi-blocking Elsevier's own website and barring the court from visiting Bahnhof.se. Those actions have now prompted Sweden's telecoms watchdog to initiate an inquiry to determine whether the ISP breached net neutrality rules.
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Facebook could face billion dollar fine for data breaches
Facebook could be facing a multi-billion dollar fine after a European regulator announced Friday that it is launching an investigation into the company over failure to protect user privacy. The Irish Data Protection Commission, which oversees Facebook's compliance with European law confirmed to CNN on Friday it launched a "statutory inquiry" into Facebook after receiving multiple reports of data breaches affecting the company.
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Super Injunction Silences News About Vatican Official's Child Molestation Conviction, And That's Bullshit
We've written in the past about things like "super injunctions" in the UK and elsewhere that often put a huge and near absolute gag order on writing about a famous person enmeshed in some sort of scandal, and apparently Australia has...
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J&J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson says its Baby Powder is safe. But Reuters found its talc was sometimes tainted with asbestos, a fact it kept from regulators and the public.
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Donald Trump's suffocating presence and unhinged executive power is the product of history
Given the presidency's evolution, Donald Trump, the overlord of American politics, is not a fluke, or some historic anomaly. He’s an inevitability.
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