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Lifetime Warranty. What does it really mean?
"I recently purchased a $7 cell-phone charger to plug into the cigarette outlet of my car. The packaging boasted that it came with a "lifetime warranty." I wondered to myself what that might mean. Here was a phrase I had seen numerous times before but upon reflection I couldn't come up with a meaning that made any sense."...
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Disclosure. This Is A Disclosure.
Is "liking" a brand on social media an endorsement? Well, if you thought that the issue of disclosure and native advertising is a tough one to resolve, the FTC is also saying that Facebook "likes" and Pinterest photos can be endorsements as well.
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The Bitcoin Startup that Helps Muslims Get Loans Without Breaking Islamic Law
Matthew Martin is using the digital currency to circumvent Islamic rules about finance.
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U.S. grants federal recognition to Virginia's Pamunkey tribe
RICHMOND — More than 400 years after Pocahontas, arguably the most famous Pamunkey Indian, saved the life of Englishman John Smith, the tribe once again made history Thursday by becoming the first Indian tribe in Virginia to be recognized by the federal government.
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Immigration judges make life-altering decisions in overbooked courts | Al Jazeera America
The surge of Central American migrants has swelled the immigration court system, pressuring judges and defendants alike
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8 Ways To Stay Out Of Legal Trouble In China
Before your US company attempts to do business in China, this is a short list of issues from ABL to start a constructive conversation. (Point 7 - local taxes - seriously keeps me up at night.)
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Gove is right: our antiquated court system produces two-nation justice
In this commentary piece from The Guardian, the author points to the "the costly, tortuous steps to access court records" that interfere with access to due process. This builds from a speech made by Lord Chancellor Gove on 10 May 2015.
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‘Flash Boys’ Programmer [Sergey Aleynikov] in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time
Nobody disputes that the former Goldman Sachs programmer took high-frequency trading (HFT) code to another job. He has been exonerated because — for the second time — a judge ruled what he did isn’t a crime. This time it was a New York state judge who decided, as a federal judge had in 2012, that “existing criminal laws are a bad fit,” reports Chris Dolmetsch of BloombergBusiness.
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Involuntary Chemical Sedation--The Right Medications
Casual discussion of the medications injected into inmates in US jails by their guards.
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Performance Enhancing Drugs and their Effect On eSports Contracts
Performance enhancing drug use is a problem in eSports, and may cost both players and teams contracts due to morals clauses.
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How corporations could soon escape prosecution, by buying their way out
A new era of US-style plea deals for corporate corruption moved has moved nearer after it emerged that prosecutors had begun private negotiations that could allow a small British exporter to escape prosecution for alleged bribery.
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Users describe the effects of the drug some are calling 'weaponised marijuana'
Synthetic marijuana, also referred to as 'replacement cannabis', 'K2', and 'Spice', is a lab-produced mind-altering drug that aims to mimic the effects of marijuana, but is known to have unpredictable and sometimes dangerous effects, despite its marketing as a safe, legal alternative to marijuana.
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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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'Walking Dead' Lawsuit: AMC Seeks Dismissal Of Frank Darabont & CAA's New Contract Claims
The Walking Dead isn’t back on the air until October 11 but AMC today tried to take a zombie apocalypse sized legal bite out of Frank Darabont and CAA’s multi-claim ongoing action against them. “All of Plaintiffs’ claims in this lawsuit ultimately will be proven meritless, but, Darabont’s new breach of contract claims alleging entitlement to an additional 5% of contingent participation should be dismissed now,” said the cabler...
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Mexico supreme court to discuss legalizing recreational marijuana
Mexico's supreme court plans to discuss a proposal that could effectively legalize the consumption and production of marijuana for recreational use in a session at the end of October. Judges will vote on whether to declare unconstitutional parts of a federal health law prohibiting the growth and consumption of marijuana after a nonprofit group filed an injunction against a 2013 decision by health regulator Cofepris.
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Online legal publishers squabble over the right to copyright the law
Two big-name legal research companies are battling in federal court over the right to exclusively publish the law—in this case, the Georgia Administrative Rules and Regulations. The lawsuit (PDF) comes as states across the nation partner with legal research companies to offer exclusive publishing and licensing deals for digitizing and making available online the states' reams of laws and regulations. The only problem is that the law is not copyrightable...
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KKK takes adopt-a-highway case to Georgia Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan members who want to adopt a highway in north Georgia have taken their constitutional rights case to the state’s top court. The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Monday about whether the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan should be permitted to pick up trash as part of the state’s Adopt-A-Highway program. Over the next several months, the court will weigh Georgia’s claim for sovereign immunity...
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1905 Precedent Lets Obama Appoint SCOTUS Judge without Consent
After having recently read through a few of the mostly Conservative and Mainstream Press pieces explaining why Senate...
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Judge blasts warring parents who squandered $500,000 on custody battle
It was an astounding plea for sanity from the family court bench — an outspoken Hamilton judge blasted warring parents for squandering $500,000 on their bitter child custody battle. “How did this happen?” asked exasperated Ontario Superior Court Justice Alex Pazaratz. “How does this keep happening? What will it take to convince angry parents that nasty and aggressive litigation never turns out well?”
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Supreme Court splits 4-4, again, in state sovereignty fight
The shorthanded Supreme Court divided 4-4 again Tuesday on one of two key questions in a case involving the authority of states to impose penalties on other states.
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