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Monday Morning JETLawg

On February 10, 2014 By Bradlee Edmondson

 

Technology Industry:

Google goes political on Sochi Olympic Games with an Olympic-theme doodle; adds extremely rare below-the-fold text to its homepage:

“The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a [...]

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Hacking the Legal Profession

On August 29, 2013 By Zac Parsons

Hackers are coming after the legal profession. Run! Hide! Or join them?

The term ‘hacker’ is being used in a growing numbers of circles, and not in reference to some sort of scene from a movie about a coder (or group of coders) accessing data without authorization. This new connotation of [...]

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Bill Gates vs. Mother Nature

On July 16, 2009 By JETLaw

It looks like Bill Gates has decided to take on one of Mother Nature’s most powerful weapons–hurricanes.  Gates and a team of twelve others are listed as the inventors on five patent applications filed January 3, 2008.  Those applications are directed to methods for preventing or controlling hurricanes by altering the temperature of surface water [...]

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