Law Journal

The Law Journal is a legal periodical covering notable legislation, court decisions and news concerning the law. Appropriate for attorneys and written to ensure everyone can easily understand the law.

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Michael Wechsler
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Did an eyewitness describe Michael Brown running towards an armed police officer in the background audio of a YouTube video purportedly at the scene? After artificially enhancing the speaker, that seems to be his account of the facts surrounding the tragic death of Michael Brown in Ferguson...
Michael Wechsler
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3,823
A Yankees fan caught napping at Yankee Stadium has reportedly filed a $10 million lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees, ESPN and its announcers. The complaint, filed on July 3, alleges that the plaintiff was disparaged and humiliated during the televised broadcast of the...
Michael Wechsler
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3,551
The teenage girl who left home and sued her parents for child support and school tuition has dropped her lawsuit and returned back to her family's residence. The Cannings and their 18 year old daughter, Rachel - admonished by the judge and referred to as a "spoiled cheerleader" in the press -...
Michael Wechsler
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3,846
A user of Google Glass was allegedly removed from an Ohio movie theater and interrogated for several hours under suspicion of bootlegging a film. The moviegoer was wearing Google Glass with prescription lenses, an option that Google said would become readily available when the beta product would...
Michael Wechsler
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LinkedIn, one of the world's largest professional networking sites, filed suit against unknown hackers who registered thousands of phony accounts in order to harvest valuable member data. The complaint, filed in federal court in the Northern District of California, was the first step the company...
Michael Wechsler
4 min read
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4,193
Sprinkle some magic powder on your food and you'll have a gym body without going to the gym in no time. Slim down just by rubbing some sweet smelling cream in strategic places. Do these promises of fitness without dieting and exercising sound too good to be true? The FTC thought so and charged...
Michael Wechsler
Updated
3 min read
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5,701
Over the past week we've received a massive amount of virus infected spam, ostensibly from the prestigious law firm, Latham & Watkins. With the subject "Urgent court notice" comes a zip file, such as the one named Court_Notice_Latham_and_Watkins__NY82008.zip or using the Jones Day name. It...
Michael Wechsler
4 min read
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4,535
Telemarketing companies using autodialers to make "robocalls" are finally being met with tougher federal regulation. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revised its rules and regulations in February concerning the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). These changes went into effect...
Michael Wechsler
Updated
3 min read
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3,881
New York State Attorney General Eric T. Shneiderman announced in September that 19 search engine optimization firms and private companies agreed to pay fines exceeding $350,000 (in the aggregate) and cease creating fraudulent reviews online. The year long "Operation Clean Turf" was targeted at...
Michael Wechsler
Updated
3 min read
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4,070
A lawsuit seeking class action status was filed in federal court claiming that LinkedIn hacked into external email accounts of its members and sent out numerous spam invitations. While users were logged into web-based email accounts such as GMail, Yahoo! Mail, Microsoft mail and others, the...
Michael Wechsler
2 min read
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4,269
California lawmakers closed a rape law loophole and have now made it illegal to impersonate another person in order to have sex, whether or not the victim is married. California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed bill AB65 after an appellate court overturned a rape conviction because the impersonated...
Michael Wechsler
5 min read
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4,724
I read an article today about an allegedly guilt-riddled drunk driver who used social media to confess to a DUI crime that killed an innocent victim. The story and most of the comments lauded this man as a hero who came forward to declare his guilt, even though he could have easily avoided a...
Michael Wechsler
4 min read
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3,290
After over two months of negotiations with a court appointed mediator, the National Football League (“NFL”) reached a proposed $765 million settlement with over 4,500 players related to concussion related claims. The plaintiffs, retired football players, claimed that the NFL had concealed the...
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