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Angry entrepreneur replies to patent troll with racketeering lawsuit
Patent trolls are legal. Can one be nailed for extortion? One man is betting yes.
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Here’s how a law designed to fight the Mafia could stop abusive patent lawsuits
RICO was designed to stop the Mafia. Can it be used against patent trolls?
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Flip-flop ban at San Juan Capistrano parks baffles city officials
City officials in San Juan Capistrano are trying to figure out exactly how flip-flops became banned at two city parks.
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French Senate votes to ban child beauty pageants as part of women’s rights law
France’s Senate has voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16 in an effort to protect girls from being sexualized too early. Anyone who enters a child into such a contest would face up to two years in prison and 30,000 euros in fines. A pageant organizer lamented that the move was so severe.
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Thousands of People With Criminal Records Try to Buy Guns Online
Thousands of people with criminal backgrounds attempt to buy guns online each year — and that's just from one site, according to a new report.
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Facebook ‘liking’ is protected free speech, federal court says
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that ‘liking’ something on Facebook is a form of protected free speech in a closely watched Virginia case that tested the limits of the First Amendment in the digital age.
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Now Is The Time To Reform Outdated Electronic Privacy Laws
Given everything that's been going on with the stories of NSA surveillance lately, it's more clear than ever that our electronic privacy laws are broken.
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Troll Fighting: Anatomy of a Patent Lawsuit
FindTheBest.com, a company that runs a comparison-shopping website, found itself on the receiving end of a complaint (PDF) filed earlier this year by Lumen View Technology, a company that files lawsuits against other companies. Lumen claimed violation of a patent it had licensed and offered the shopping site a choice: Do battle in court or agree to pay a fee.
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3 Reasons Why America's Law Schools Are Absurdly Expensive
The American Bar Association says one of the main problems with America's law schools is the cost, with average tuition at private schools topping $40,000. This huge price tag is unacceptable to a lot of people since the job market isn't so great for lawyers anymore.
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LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked E-Mail Addresses
LinkedIn Corp., owner of the world’s most popular professional-networking website, was sued by customers who claim the company appropriated their identities for marketing purposes by hacking into their external e-mail accounts and downloading contacts’ addresses.
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Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence
Halliburton Co pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges of destroying evidence, stemming from its role in the 2010 BP oil disaster that killed 11 men and sent more than 4 million barrels of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Saudi Arabian women call new day of defiance against driving ban
Saudi women activists have called for a new day of defiance next month of the long-standing ban on women driving in the ultra-conservative kingdom. An online petition entitled “Oct 26th, driving for women” had on Sunday gathered more than 5,800 signatories, as activists try again to push authorities to end the unique ban.
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30K cops, others can access Ohio driver’s license database with no oversight
Ohio allows thousands of police officers and court employees to access driver’s license images online without oversight, by far the nation’s most permissive system.
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Congress to consider radio royalties for artists
A new bill would give artists performance royalties whenever their songs are played on traditional radio.
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U.S. government to sue JPMorgan in mortgage case
The U.S. Justice Department is preparing to sue JPMorgan Chase & Co over mortgage bonds it sold in the run-up to the financial crisis, a sign the bank's legal troubles are not yet over.
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Finally, we won’t have to power off during takeoff and landing
After months of cajoling, prodding, and pushing, the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to finally remove the requirement that electronic devices be turned off and put away during the takeoff and landing phases of commercial flights.
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Companies to pay $350,000 fine over fake online reviews
A collection of 19 companies promise to stop the practice and agree to pay a total fine of $350,000, reports The New York Times.
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Appeals court reduces prison sentence of Pirate Bay co-founder to one year
A Swedish appeals court has slashed the jail sentence of Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg in half. In June, Svartholm Warg was sentenced to two years behind bars for his alleged involvement in several high-profile hacks.
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The Court Case That Pivots on What ‘Corrupt’ Really Means
Early next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will be a test as much of the five conservative justices as of the law they will review. Ever the optimist that principled reasoning will prevail, I’m betting that the conservatives will pass the test (hoping for once to be proven right!).
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The Army’s Misguided Crackdown on Tattoos
Despite being in its thirteenth year of combat in Afghanistan and facing threats to its budget on the home front, the United States Army is focusing its energy on a more longstanding menace: soldiers whose appearance drives sergeants major crazy.
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