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Hollywood Producer Gets Over 5 Years In Prison For Stock Scam

Hollywood TV producer and founder of Team Communications, Drew Levin, has just been sentenced to 66 months in federal prison and $2.2 million restitution after a multimillion-dollar scam to inflate his...

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The Guy Behind Two 'Revenge Porn' Sites Says The Government Protects His Work

Potentially one of the most reviled men on the Internet, the creative mind behind yet another revenge porn site says he isn't doing anything wrong.Hunter Moore's infamous "revenge porn" allows users to...

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Police May Finally Need A Warrant To View Your Email And Private Facebook Posts

A Senate panel approved a landmark privacy bill Thursday that would require police to get a warrant before viewing Americans' e-mails, private Facebook posts, and other electronic data, Declan...

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Jeff Gundlach's Brilliant Idea Helped The FBI Recover His Stolen Art

NOTE: Earlier, we wrote that this story appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek.  It actually appears in Bloomberg Markets.Back in September, thieves broke into bond god Jeff Gundlach's home and stole...

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British Newspapers Under Fire For 'Reducing Women To The Sum Of Their Body...

They take up just 13 of the Leveson report's 1957 pages but the judge's comments on newspaper treatment of women ("reduced to the sum of their body parts") and minorities ("concerning") could have...

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REPORT: Dominique Strauss-Kahn To Settle With The Maid

Disgraced former IMF chief and would-be French president Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle out of court with a Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault, ending a sordid 18-month legal saga,...

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Police Can Access Your Email Without A Warrant If It's 180 Days Old

When retired four-star general and former CIA Director David Petraeus resigned from his post this month after admitting to an extramarital affair, one of the more startling revelations was that the...

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Here's The FCC Ruling That Lets Marketers Text You More [THE BRIEF]

Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:The FCC just ruled that marketers can now send confirmation text messages that a consumer's opt-out request has been received. Barclays paid...

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This Law Dean Flipped Out At The Media For Its 'Relentless Attacks' On Law...

The dean of America's 67th-best law school is so sick of the media turning his profession into the new financial crisis that he took to The New York Times' opinion pages to lambast reporters for...

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Feminists Are Slamming New Zealand Law Students For Insinuating Women Only...

Feminists are lining up to bash New Zealand Law Students Association for a rather risque picture the group posted to its Facebook page, Above The Law reported Thursday.Offended readers posted a barrage...

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Chinese Man Sentenced To Death For Keeping 'Sex Slaves' In Dungeon

A court in central China has sentenced a man to death for keeping 6 women as "sex slaves" in a makeshift dungeon, state news agency Xinhua reports.35-year-old Li Hao's crimes were discovered after a...

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Tiny New York Law Firm Is Pretty Much The Sole Beneficiary Of 'Say On Pay'...

Since the Dodd-Frank law gave shareholders a say in executive pay in 2010, courts have routinely rebuffed efforts by shareholders to force companies to heed their voice.Now, lawyers have found a new...

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Transgender State Lawmaker Resigns Because Of Crimes Committed While She Was...

A state representative in New Hampshire who made history for being the legislature's first transgender lawmaker has resigned after crimes from her past life came to light.Rep. Stacie Laughton resigned...

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The One Massive Trend That Will Change Healthcare Forever

The business of healthcare is changing rapidly. New legislation, the pace of medical innovation, and an older and more obese population mean the way we do things is going to have to change. We spoke to...

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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...

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The Frail-Looking Ruth Bader Ginsburg Might Irk Liberals And Refuse To Retire

There is a perennial fascination that flows with every new presidential administration in recent decades: when will the president get to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and whose seat will it be?In...

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It's (Sort Of) OK To Fly Between Colorado And Washington With Your Weed

Now that both Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana, pot smokers might be wondering whether they can fly between the two states with their weed.Well, yes, sort of.The Transportation Security...

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PETA Accuses A California Restaurant Of Violating The Foie Gras Ban

Hot's Kitchen in Hermosa Beach, Calif. describes itself as "surfer meets sophisticate" and serves guests more than 50 kinds of tacos.It has also supposedly been serving a foie gras burger, and PETA is...

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There's A Giant Loophole In The Feinstein Amendment To The NDAA

An amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and passed by a 67-29 vote late Thursday has been hailed as a way to end the prospect of...

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BitTorrent Has A Plan To Venture Into The Legal Side Of Internet Movie Watching

In a move that might scare pirates, BitTorrent now says it plans to buddy up with the entertainment industry to get into the legal side of streaming video, BitTorrent executive director of marketing...

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