Google Pays $22.5 Million For Violating Users’ Privacy
After violating a 2011 privacy settlement it had made with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Google has been ordered to pay a $22.5 million fine over its use of cookies on users of Apple’s Safari...
View ArticleApple Just Won Another Case Against Samsung ... In The Netherlands
Apple Inc. won a Dutch sales ban on some of Samsung Electronics Co.’s older Galaxy tablets and smartphones after a Netherlands court ruled in a patent lawsuit.Samsung’s Galaxy products using certain...
View ArticleSubscribe To A Newsletter For A Chance To Win An iPad Mini From Business Insider
Just in time for the holidays we're giving you have a chance to win an iPad mini. Become a newsletter subscriber now and you'll have a chance to win Apple's latest tablet. If you're the lucky winner...
View ArticleThis Sad Email Shows Why Brand-New Lawyers Might Need Serious Therapy
Every few weeks I get an email like this one:Dear Professor Campos: First I want to commend you on your excellent blog. I have begun to read through your articles. The positive thing that I'm getting...
View ArticleThis Woman Has Been Involved With Two Inmates And Believes This Time It's Real
She already had a terrible romantic experience with an inmate in California, but that didn't stop Hope from falling hard for JD, a man currently behind bars in Georgia. Hope met JD, whom she calls...
View ArticleThe Man Behind A Website That Let You Post Nude Pics Of Your Ex Is Back With...
Be careful where you send those naked pictures.A site that solicited naked pictures of your ex, or basically anyone you dislike, might be back after facing intense legal pressure from Internet...
View ArticleIt Took Thieves Only 13 Seconds To Swipe $19K Worth Of Watches From Macy's
It took a group of ambitious thieves in Texas only 13 seconds to steal 80 watches worth $19,000 from a Garland, Texas Macy's.“It happened so fast that it takes a second or two for the employees to...
View ArticleA Florida Teen's Death Looks Like The Trayvon Martin Case All Over Again
Here we go again: a Florida man is now claiming self-defense and will possibly invoke the state's "Stand Your Ground" law after shooting eight rounds into a car full of black teens, killing one, and...
View ArticleLawyers Are Furious After Learning They Will Receive Bonuses AFTER The 2013...
When prominent Biglaw firm Weil Gotshal announced it wouldn't pay out employee bonuses until January 2013, associates immediately accused the firm's leadership of trying to screw them come tax season.A...
View ArticleMark Burnett's Former Business Partner Is Being Sued For Millions In...
Layne Leslie Britton, a financial consultant for "Survivor" filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against friend and former show producer, Conrad Riggs. In the complaint, Britton...
View ArticleKey Witness In Massive Russian Tax Fraud Case Mysteriously Drops Dead In UK
Alexander Perepilichnyy, a 44-year-old Russian man who lived in Surrey, England, was jogging near his house on November 10 when he mysteriously dropped dead, the Independent reports. After a first...
View ArticleA British Student Barely Escaped Being A 'Guinea Pig' For US Copyright Law
A British student who created a website that let people watch films and television shows for free has struck a deal with the United States to avoid extradition, London's High Court heard on...
View ArticleFirst-Year Corporate Lawyer Can't Believe His Job Is THIS Soul Crushing
"You know it's going to be boring, but you just don't appreciate how boring it actually is," one first-year associate at a large New York law firm tells us.The young lawyer describes long days of...
View ArticleThe Most Infamous Lottery Scandals Of All Time
Powerball talk has reached febrile levels.With the jackpot north of half a billion dollars, the entire country is playing the numbers (including Business Insider).But here's the real question we know...
View ArticleYouth Arrests In California Plunged 20 Percent In One Year After Marijuana...
Arrests of youths under age 18 in California fell by 20 percent from 2010 to 2011, and researchers identified marijuana decriminalization as the largest contributor to the sharp decline.An analysis of...
View ArticleFamily Of US Scientist Frank Olson Claims He Was Drugged With LSD And...
A US government scientist was drugged by CIA agents and then thrown to his death from the 13th floor of a Manhattan hotel after he learned about secret torture sites in Europe, according to a lawsuit...
View ArticleThe Chief Justice Is Starting To Show His Fangs During Oral Arguments
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has built his reputation on being considerate and adhering to Roberts' "rules of order" whenever he's working in his official capacity.But The National Law...
View ArticleAn Appeals Court Just Granted Argentina The Right To Fight Hedge Fund...
They said it couldn't be done (or that it was highly unlikely).But an Appeals Court has granted the group of bond holders that restructured Argentine debt (exchange bond holders) the right to challenge...
View ArticleNewest Version Of The NDAA Finally Protects Americans From Indefinite Detention
The newest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a clause that protects U.S. citizens from being indefinitely detained.Section 1021 of the 2012 NDAA states that the...
View ArticleThe Fate Of Gay Marriage Could Rest With A 1972 Supreme Court Opinion
The Supreme Court will decide Friday whether it's going to take up a key gay marriage cases.But many people don't realize the high court already kind of ruled against gay marriage in 1972.That year,...
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