Many of us hoped bullying would end once we left high school. For most of us, our prayers have been answered. For those less fortunate, like Jonathan Martin, bullying has carried on well into the adult years. In Martin’s case, his suffering was at the hands of Miami Dolphins teammate Richie [...]
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Despite excitement over creative marketing strategies (“brosurance,” anyone?), the launch of the Affordable Care Act hasn’t gone as planned. The new Healthcare.gov website has faced technical difficulties since it went live on October 1st. The website is intended to be the main way to sign up for one of the government’s health [...]
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Last Wednesday, a bill was introduced in the House that could possibly end patent trolling as we know it. Judiciary Comittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) introduced the “Innovation Act of 2013,” which would significantly amend the patent enforcement process with the goals of curbing [...]
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This Halloween, children across the country will participate in the longstanding tradition of trick-or-treating. American children have donned costumes and collected candy from neighbors since the 1940s. By the 1960s, tales of poisoned and tampered-with treats made headlines and added an extra spook-factor to the holiday. In recent [...]
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Founded in 2008 and operating in 35,000 cities worldwide, AirBnB is an increasingly popular alternative way to stay when out of town, often at a fraction of the price of traditional hotel rooms. The site enables users to find a room to rent (or to rent out their room) in [...]
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Once again we had many news items this week, so we are posting a second round-up. We found a number of legal technology projects attempting to change the way laws are made, interpreted, and complied with far into the future.
Legal Technology:
How will lawmaking, legal education, and legal practice look in fifty [...]
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U.S.-Iranian Twitter diplomacy, LexisNexis and Dun & Bradstreet are hacked, NSA employees cyberstalk lovers, and NSA reform bills
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In historic fashion, New Zealand’s Parliament passed a bill stating that computer programs are “not inventions” and thus not patentable. Although the bill carves out an exception for embedded software, it significantly restricts the scope of patentable computer software. The bill’s proponents contend that patent protection is inconsistent with [...]
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Proxy servers, like other technologies that facilitate anonymity, serve both good and bad interests. On the one hand, they have helped people living under oppressive regimes view otherwise-censored content. On the other hand, they are used to facilitate criminal activity, including terrorist attacks. The function of a proxy server is not complicated: you [...]
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Are domestic drones set to become the prey of Colorado hunters? If one resident of Deer Trail, Colorado gets his way, the answer is yes. The FAA is not expected to release regulations on the domestic use of drones until 2015, but this small town is taking a preemptive (if [...]
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