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Snapchat lawyers seek to silence Reggie Brown
In the suit against Snapchat, lawyers fear an oversharing Brown will expose unflattering secrets about the company.
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What if Lawyers Wrote Ads?
Lawyers are to creativity what the Gatling gun was to the Spaniards at San Juan Hill. The amount of human ingenuity that has been killed dead, forever, by attorneys throughout history is impossible to calculate. If you asked IBM’s Watson the question, it would probably melt. But the legal crows weren’t always so powerful. Back in the good old Mad Men days of advertising imagination came before fear of litigation, resulting in some of the best campaigns ever produced.
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Snowden’s lawyer says she was ‘interrogated and harassed’ at London airport
An attorney for Edward Snowden says she was questioned by officials at London's Heathrow Airport over her relationship to the whistleblower.
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FBI pushed elder Tsarnaev to be informer, lawyers assert
Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asserted Friday that his older brother and alleged accomplice had been encouraged by the FBI to be an informant and to report on the Chechen and Muslim community, according to court records.
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Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier?
In this dramatization of transcripts from a legal deposition, a lawyer becomes embroiled in an absurd argument about the definition of a photocopier.
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U.S. mortgage collectors gag homeowners in loan deals
Joseph and Neidin Henard thought they had finally fixed the mortgage that was crushing them.In January, the couple reached a settlement with every company that had a stake in the mortgage.
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FMCSA Cracks Down on Chameleon Carriers
A "chameleon carrier" is a name given to a trucking company which closes operations under one name, and resurrects itself under a new legal entity for the specific purpose of cleansing their record of safety and compliance violations.
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Lawyers drop Dotcom, then erase all history of Him
Kim Dotcom is looking for a new legal team in New Zealand after a high-profile lawfirm withdrew its services. However, what's especially unusual is that Simpson Grierson has not only pulled out, but is also removing all references to Dotcom and Mega from its corporate site.
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Your Lawyer May Soon Be an Algorithm
Lawyers are the latest to find themselves in the firing line of robots—or artificially intelligent algorithms, at any rate. The robotic revolution has been predicted to spread its techno-tendrils far and wide in the job market, and a recent report by UK consultancy firm Jomati Consultants suggests that they’ll be creeping ever further into the legal profession by 2030. The report suggests that the “economic model of law firms is heading for a structural revolution, some might...
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Should Lawyers Be Held Accountable When Clients Sue Just To Punish Whistleblowers?
Deep-pocketed companies have a long history of filing frivolous lawsuits with the sole intent of putting defendants through the expensive legal wringer. This sort of courtroom bullying is known as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) and several states have Anti-SLAPP laws to deter this type of abuse. Plaintiffs that file these lawsuits can face penalties, but one question being considered by a California appeals court is whether plaintiffs’ lawyers should be...
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Fad Flashback: Eighties Toy Dispute Pits Cuddly Against Crude
Thirty years ago this month, the Topps Company released Garbage Pail Kids, a series of trading cards/stickers designed to parody Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. Both induced mania in the 1980s, made their companies millions, then almost in tandem, lost their mass appeal. But before the madness stopped, the Kids met in court, where a judge determined whether the Garbage Pail Kids infringed Cabbage Patch Kids intellectual property. This week, On Remand looks back at the products and lawsuit behind this...
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Lawyer Argues That Virtual Trials Would Make Justice System More Fair
Adam Benforado's new book, Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice, describes a system in which race, accents and even attractiveness couldn't play a role in a jury's decision.
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Report: Prosecutors In Eric Garner Case
Witness Don't "Say They Put Him In A Chokehold"
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In Conversation: Antonin Scalia (2013, still fascinating)
On the eve of a new Supreme Court session, the firebrand justice discusses gay rights and media echo chambers, <i>Seinfeld</i> and the Devil, and how much he cares about his intellectual legacy (“I don’t”).
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Video gamers the new frontier for local lawyer
A young lawyer and Seattle native is gaining a foothold in the explosive world of eSports.
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Report: Judges Have Too Much Control In Public Defense System
A new report by criminal defense lawyers finds judges involved in the cases of people who are unable to pay for attorneys too often put their own fingers on the scales.
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Gailor Hunt Jenkins Davis & Taylor PLLC
Experienced in all aspects of divorce and family law, the Raleigh, North Carolina law firm of Gailor Hunt Jenkins Davis & Taylor PLLC is dedicated to excellence in the practice of divorce law and commitment to their clients. http://www.divorceistough.com
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Why Can’t a Jury Be Told About Insurance Coverage at Trial?
Did you know that in a personal injury trial, it’s forbidden to inform the jury that the defendant has an applicable insurance policy? Why is this?
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In Silk Road Appeal, Ross Ulbricht’s Defense Focuses on Corrupt Feds
It's been nearly a year since a jury determined that Ross Ulbricht had created and run the anonymous black market for drugs known as the Silk Road, a conviction that resulted in a life sentence without parole. Today his defense team finally had their chance to contest that outcome, and with it, one more chance to free the 31-year-old man who’s become the face of the Dark Web. As the first significant step in Ulbricht’s appeal, his defense on Tuesday filed...
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American Lawyers Apparently Have a Drinking Problem
America’s lawyers aren’t happy. One in five licensed lawyers having a drinking problem, while almost one in three experienced symptoms of depression, according to a new study published in the February issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. Men and young lawyers were found to be particularly at-risk for drinking problems. For instance, 25% of male lawyers tested positively for hazardous, potentially dependent drinking. And over 30% of lawyers 30 years old or younger had similarly alarming scores on the alcohol use test. Only about 11.8% of the highly-educated workforce has a drinking problem...
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