Concussions Continue to Permeate the Sporting Landscape
The National Hockey League playoffs are underway, and the League is experiencing unprecedented media coverage as a result of the $2 billion dollar contract it signed with NBC last spring. But with...
View ArticleInternet Broadens Definition of Federal Wire Fraud
As a recent post on PointofLaw.com noted, the Tenth Circuit recently affirmed the convictions of Howard O. Kieffer. Kieffer, who for several years practiced criminal defense law, had a problem - he...
View ArticleFDA and Social Media - The Safety and Innovation Act Gives FDA Two More Years...
As Congress Resets the Clock Until After the Elections, the Supreme Court Issues Significant Opinions Limiting Governmental Power to Restrict Commercial Speech On July 9, 2012, President Obama signed...
View ArticleI’m Sorry, All Computers Are Fundamentally Compromised Content-Creation Devices
The iPad is becoming more common and much less a novelty in the everyday practice of law. It’s advantages in the courtroom are highly praised. The ability to make a voluminous file highly portable is...
View ArticleNew Google Service - Creative or Creepy
Google recently launched a new service called Google Now that is available to users of its most current mobile operating system, Android Jelly Bean. Google Now automatically creates and presents a...
View ArticleApple v. Samsung - What Happened - What's Next?
On Friday, August 24, a nine member jury entered a verdict in favor of Apple and awarded almost $1.05 billion in damages. Apple filed suit against one of its largest competitors, Samsung Electronics,...
View ArticleEthics 20/20: The Impact of Technology
Every day, we see the impact of technology on the practice of law. Blogs, social networking, electronically stored information, and other legal resources create enormous economies and unprecedented...
View ArticleRETAILERS WHO “SPY” BEWARE
Retailers providing consumers with electronics on a rent-to-own basis face many challenges in ensuring that they are paid for the electronics that they rent. In particular, computers are small and...
View ArticleRent to Own Computers and the FTC
Wired Magazine recently reported that seven rent-to-own companies and a software manufacturer are settling charges with the Federal Trade Commission. The charges claimed that computers rented from the...
View ArticleNew Technology = New Concerns For Hotels
Recently Forbes.com published an article exposing a security flaw in common keycard hotel room locks that permitted hackers with a digital device to effortlessly trigger the opening of the locking...
View ArticleSpeaking of . . . Copyrights | Did Avatar Rip Off Bats and Butterflies?...
Misunderstood heroes. Space travel. Alien worlds. Humanoids. Greed. Imperialism. Violence. Exploitation. Intercultural war. Redemption. And Copyright Infringement?Everyone’s seen the movie Avatar. How...
View ArticleThe Cloud with a Silver Lining?
The "cloud." It’s a term all of us have become familiar with, but also one that many of us give little thought to within the context of our law practices. That, however, is likely to change, as an...
View ArticleNevada Gambles on Online Poker
On February 21, 2013, the Nevada State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 114, a measure which allows state Governor Brian Sandoval to enter into contracts with other states permitting individuals to...
View ArticleEthics in the Virtual Office
Attorneys who practice out of the “virtual” office are becoming more common. Perhaps it is the overhead costs deterring some from shelling out for a physical address, or the ease with which one can...
View ArticleMachines vs. Lawyers: How Lawyers Could Lose Business to Technology
In his recent article in City-Journal, Northwestern University Law Professor John McGinnis hypothesizes that recent and impressive technological advances will have an increasingly disruptive impact on...
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