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    NY Can Require Police to Take Breathalyzer Tests

    The NY Police Department can require officers who have been involved in a shooting to take breathalyzer tests in order to determine whether their conduct may have been affected by substances such as alcohol. After the 2006 shooting of Sean Bell in Queens, New York, the police put the mandate in...
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    Search Warrant Needed for Twitter Tweets

    Twitter must turn over 90 days worth of tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protestor to the Manhattan District Attorney's office according to a report provided by The Associated Press. A Manhattan Criminal Court judge ruled that a subpoena will not be sufficient to compel Twitter to turn over the...
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    Apple Wins Patent Decision v Samsung Galaxy Tab & Nexus

    Judge Lucy Koh ruled in US District Court last week that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone infringe upon Apple design patents and granted a preliminary injunction on the sales of the products in the United States. What is hotly debated is whether Apple's design...
  4. Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Lawyer

    Hiring an Attorney Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Lawyer

    Before hiring a lawyer, it is most important to ask good questions to ensure you are choosing the right person for help with your legal issue. This article provides tips on how to find lawyers to interview and a list of questions to ask them. How to Find and Select Lawyers to Interview Before...
  5. Homeowners' Associations: Answers to Frequent Questions

    HOA, Boards Homeowners' Associations: Answers to Frequent Questions

    Typically a Homeowners' Associations or an "HOA" is a non-profit corporation or unincorporated association that is assigned the responsibility of maintaining the quality of living in a private area or neighborhood that is owned by a collective group of property owners. An HOA may consist of...
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  6. Renters & Homeowners Insurance Policies: Coverage & Claims

    Insurance Renters & Homeowners Insurance Policies: Coverage & Claims

    It is always prudent to have insurance for your home, even if you rent. Most property owners are required by their mortgage lender to have home insurance and they must have a homeowner's insurance policy. This also applies to condo or townhouse owners who have insurance through their Homeowner's...
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  7. How to Avoid Foreclosure on your Home

    Bankruptcy How to Avoid Foreclosure on your Home

    This article will help you understand the foreclosure process and the steps you can take to help avoid it from happening to you. Foreclosure is a legal process that your mortgage lender initiates in order to repossess or take back ownership and control of your home. This will occur if you are...
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    Student Sex Teacher Gets No Jail

    Debra Lafave, a former remedial reading teacher at Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, Florida, had sex with a 14 year old student 3 times in 4 days, once in a car being driven by the boy's 15 year old cousin. In a disturbing plea bargain agreement, Ms. Lafave pleaded guilty to two counts of...
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    Contest: Dumbest Legal Notices - Cars

    Sometimes you have to shake your head and laugh at the fact that with likely thanks to an attorney somewhere, you have been prompted with a legal notice not to do something that could be considered "colossally stupid." This month we found three car commercials aired during football games that...
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    AOL Sued for Unauthorized Sales of Merchandise to Subscribers

    According to a federal lawsuit filed on Monday, February 25, in Federal Court in San Francisco, AOL-Time Warner has been sued for allegedly charging thousands of subscribers for merchandise that they claim not to have ordered. The subscribers claim to have merchandise appear at their door...
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    New Internet Bills Introduced in 107th Congress

    Several bills have been proposed in the 107th Congress that deal with the Internet and high-technology. These new, proposed, preventative measures to deal with electronic abuses take place long after the Internet boom and bust and well behind the proactive and reactive actions of the...
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    Playmate Defeats Playboy in Appeal

    In a unanimous decision was issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the use of the term "Playmate of the Year" by Terri Welles, a former Playboy Playmate, was determined to be non-infringing of marks registered to Playboy Enterprises Inc. (PEI) with regard to the content and metatags of...
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    NY "Cell Phone Law" Passes First Test

    It appears that the constitutionality of New York State's law prohibiting the use of wireless phones while driving a motor vehicle has survived its first test. In the case of People v. Victoria Neville, the defendant was charged with violating New York's Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1225-C...
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    Civil Rights For Sale - The King Controversy

    In what comes down to a question of morality and not legality, there is great commotion surrounding the creation of a commercial that features the late Dr. Martin Luther King, in a scene from his "I have a dream" speech, as a corporate spokesperson. The family of Dr. King has licensed the use of...
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    Opting Out of Being Tracked

    For those of you who are unaware, a great number of your Web-based activities are tracked without your knowledge. While the use of your IP address or a 12 digit code that identifies your computer on the Internet does not identify you personally, it could potentially be traced back to you given...
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