GOOGLE: US Government Requesting Even More Private Data Without Warrants
Google has revealed the full scale of the US government's use of controversial legislation that bypasses judicial approval to access the online information of private citizens.According to its latest...
View ArticleAnatomy Of A Law School Collapse
What if you made a law school and no one showed up?That may well be the reality facing Vermont Law School this Fall.While many schools are facing a shortfall of applicants, Vermont has been forced to...
View ArticleControversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Refuses To Enforce Gun Laws
Infamous Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is among a number of sheriffs across the country who are vowing that they will not enforce any new gun laws imposed by the federal government.“Now if they’re going to...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Director, Strategic Analytics
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
View ArticleThis Ad Is Really Footage Of A $20,000 Robbery
Getting $20,000 worth of merchandise stolen right before Christmas is pretty awful. That's why Brazilian menswear store Reserva decided to make metaphorical lemonade out of its lemons and incorporate...
View ArticleThis Is How Sen. Dianne Feinstein Got Away With Displaying Assault Weapons...
Washington, D.C. boasts some of the strictest gun laws in the country and expressly bans semiautomatic rifles and large-capacity magazines.So how was U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein allowed to display 10...
View ArticleCatholic Hospitals Win A Malpractice Suit By Saying Fetuses Aren’t Really Human
A chain of Catholic Hospitals has beaten a malpractice lawsuit by saying that fetuses are not equivalent to human lives. According to the Colorado Independent, in the death of a 31-year-old woman...
View Article10 Examples Of Obama's New SEC Nominee Being A Badass
Mary Jo White, President Obama's nominee to lead the SEC, has a been involved with a plethora of high-profile legal cases.She's locked up infamous terrorists, prosecuted and defended white-collar...
View ArticleNewsweek To Obama: 'Hands Off Our Guns!'
One week after likening President Barack Obama's second inauguration to the Second Coming, Newsweek's troll pendulum has swung back to the other end of the political spectrum. Here's this week's cover:...
View ArticleRhode Island State House Has Overwhelmingly Passed Gay Marriage Legalization
The Rhode Island House of Representatives easily passed a bill to legalize same sex marriage in the state, but the future of the bill rests on an untested State Senate that has never before considered...
View ArticleHuge Business Lawsuit Threatens Your Ability To Skip TV Ads
A huge legal battle is brewing between Fox and Dish Network over Dish's "Hopper," which records entire primetime lineups and "instantly" skips TV ads.In what CNN Money called a "damning court filing,"...
View ArticleFormer Student Sues His High School For Allegedly Saying 'Wedgies' Are Sexual...
An Idaho man who used to give classmates "titty twisters" and "wedgies" is suing school officials who allegedly said the pranks constituted sexual battery.John Doe, who isn't named because he was a...
View ArticleFormer 'American Idol' Contestants Are Accusing The Show Of Being Racist
Nine former contestants are claiming "American Idol" humiliates black contestants by publicly revealing they have an arrest record and then kicking them off the show to boost ratings.New York attorney...
View ArticleObama's Recess Appointments Were A Big Constitutional No-No, Court Says
President Obama violated the Constitution by filling three National Labor Relations Board seats in the midst of a Senate recess, according to a court ruling issued today. "Told you so," says every...
View ArticleCory Booker Is Creating Jewelry From Newark's Guns
Newark's outspoken mayor has taken a novel approach to gun control.Cory Booker and jewelry designer Jessica Mindich have created The Caliber Collection, a jewelry line that repurposes guns and bullet...
View ArticleNew York Starbucks Baristas Can Thank This Attorney For Better Working...
When companies treat employees poorly, the costs can be astronomical.Daniel Gross, a Starbucks barista- turned-lawyer, says most companies who are sued for workers' compensation spend anywhere between...
View ArticleThe Son Of Putin's Worst Enemy Explains What's Going Wrong With Russia
Relations between Russia and the U.S. have recently hit a rough patch.In December, Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which will create a black list of Russian officials suspected of human rights...
View ArticleHere's A Really Unpopular Way To Fix The Legal Jobs Market
Law professor Lawrence Solan has an idea that may sound laughably cruel to graduates buried in hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt.Law firms should cut associates' pay, the Brooklyn...
View ArticleThere's Absolutely No Logical Argument Against Gay Marriage
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear two big gay marriage cases, we're getting a glimpse into the legal arguments against same-sex marriage.They're all pretty absurd.This week,...
View ArticlePrivacy Advocates Urge Skype To Disclose Info About Alleged Government Spying
More than 600 million people use Skype to make voice and video calls and send text and audio messages, and there are indications that governments can gain access to these private...
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