May 17, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
According to a new lawsuit filed by a competitor, LSAT prep company founder David Hall lied about attaining a perfect score on the exam in order to bolster student recruitment.
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May 16, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
A court recently dismissed a counterclaim by an employer against former employees for deleting data from his iPhone and iPad, which they allege was hidden upskirt video taken of them.
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May 11, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
On May 11, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the REAL ID Act into law. The purpose of the Act was to establish a national ID database, but with widespread state opposition, REAL ID has gone unimplemented.
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May 10, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
A 2009 graduate of Harvard Law School is suing her alma mater over the plagiarism reprimand on her permanent record, claiming that it is false and has interfered with her employment prospects.
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May 9, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
A New York federal court recently ruled that having a Facebook page in itself does not create personal jurisdiction over an individual or corporation,
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May 8, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
The opposing counsel in a dog bite lawsuit hired a private investigator to pose as a Friend of a 12-year-old girl to collect information from her Facebook page.
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May 4, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
On May 4, 1970, the Supreme Court ruled in Walz v. Tax Commission that laws granting tax exemptions to religious bodies did not violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
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May 3, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has submitted amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court asking it to grant certiorari in American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock, but to summarily reverse the Montana Supreme Court’s ruling.
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May 2, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
For-profit education consortium Minnesota School of Business is being sued by two former employees who claim that they were terminated for voicing concerns over the school’s questionable practices.
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May 2, 2012 By: Jeremy Byellin
In Bland v. Roberts, a court ruled last week that since a Facebook ‘Like’ doesn’t constitute an expression or association, it’s not protected by the First Amendment.
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Europe extends data privacy protections to Internet cookies. http://t.co/K42B9vzL
Lawsuit: LSAT prep company founder lied about perfect score. http://t.co/rOLm0ggd
Headnote of the Day: You can't just shop through the trial record for brand new issues to raise on appeal? http://t.co/Kw63p4Jv