Ethics
The Oatmeal mails pics of cash, Kodiak bear seduction to lawyer
The package destined for Charles Carreon. Matt Inman The FunnyJunk/Oatmeal/Carreon circus—which raised issues of online defamation, copyright compliance, "cyber-vandalism," and the ethics of online fundraising, and which drew in groups as disparate as...MPAA Lobbying for SOPA 2.0 by 2013?
A report has surfaced saying that theis lobbying to have the sequel of SOPA in place by 2013. This comes as a result of comments made by Chris Dodd. SOPA may have been...Patient sues dentist over gag order, gets Medical Justice to backtrack
A patient has filed a class-action lawsuit against his New York dentist over her attempts to use copyright law to gag the patient's online reviews of her services. Robert Lee, who recently moved...Feds Drop Plan to Lie in Public-Record Act Requests
Bowing to political pressure, the Justice Department abruptly dropped proposed revisions to Freedom of Information Act rules Thursday that would have authorized the government to inform the public that requested records do not...Law vs Lawyers
David Gore and Brian Miller, lawyers and partners at Davenport Lyons (the British law firm we’ve followed through several posts), were fined for almost £200,000 and suspended from practicing law due to their...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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- Holder Signed Off on Warrant Identifying Fox News Reporter as Criminal Conspirator
- Holder Should Demand Feds Get a Warrant to Read Our E-mail
- TrafficPrivacy Launches Anonymous BitTorrent Client
- The Two-Factor Authentication Controversy
- A Year And 20 Million Takedown Requests Later, The Music Industry Is Still Grieving
- IP Addresses Don’t Positively Identify Infringers, Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Says
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