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?Just Say No??to Telemarketers that is

Posted on May 28, 2008
After a long series of phone scams cheating Americans out of nearly $100 million, the Federal Trade Commission has begun cracking down on several perpetrators. Several companies are currently under investigation including groups claiming to be non-profit organizations for the disabled and low cost prescription drug providers...

Governor Ryan May Request Presidential Pardon

Posted on May 28, 2008
This week the Supreme Court refused without comment to hear the appeal of former Illinois governor George Ryan and co-defendant Larry Warner. The defendants claimed that they had suffered an unfair trial, arguing that the replacement of several jurors during deliberation created chaos in the courtroom...

AOL in Hot Water Once More...

Posted on May 27, 2008
This week the S.E.C. charged eight former AOL executives for ad-revenue fraud, accusing the men of exaggerating online advertising revenue during the company's merger with Time-Warner in 2000. The case will go forward in the Southern District Court of New York, where four of the defendants will contest the charges...

Go Green to Make Green

Posted on May 27, 2008
Going green has changed from a fad to a lifestyle in just a matter of years leaving many wondering if, and when, they should jump on the bandwagon. While the transition first began in homes, businesses are starting to see the benefits as well. For the consumer, going green is a matter of protecting the environment and padding their pockets, but for businesses it is getting more complicated...

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Broadening Legal Horizons: An Introduction to the Virtual World

Posted on May 26, 2008
Ever-growing virtual environments are opening the eyes of many to a whole new legal frontier. As the field expands from solely entertaining purposes to a more practical approach, lawyers are realizing the potential for protection regarding intellectual property...

Lawdable Quotes: Alexis de Tocqueville

Posted on May 25, 2008
"There is one universal law that has been formed, or at least adopted...by the majority of mankind. That law is justice. Justice forms the cornerstone of each nation's law." ~ Alexis de Tocqueville

Lawdable Quotes: Publilius Syrus

Posted on May 24, 2008
The judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.~Publilius Syrus

Explosion in Global Cyber Crime

Posted on May 23, 2008
According to the BBC, organized cyber crimes such as credit card or banking fraud are increasing at a rate of 40% per year, making this sector of crime the fastest growing in the world. Big and small time hackers worldwide are staking a claim to this 100 billion dollar industry...

Going for Gold: The Battle Over Swimsuits

Posted on May 22, 2008
It looks as if the competition in Olympic Swimming will not be remaining in the water this year. Just a few months before the kickoff of the Summer 2008 Olympic games, swimsuit manufacturers including TYR, Nike, Arena, Diane and Speedo are fighting for the top spot with swimmers...

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Posted on May 22, 2008
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FTC Proposes Limits to "Behavioral Targeting"

Posted on May 22, 2008
The advent of the internet has raised some harrowing questions regarding the interplay between privacy and free content. In an attempt to address this new frontier, the FTC recently proposed a new set of guidelines, developed with the input of town hall meetings, regulating the tracking of internet usage history...

Camille Saint-Sa�ns's Cello Concerto No. 1 (Free Mp3!)

Posted on May 21, 2008
Our spotlight on public domain music this week is focused on Camille Saint-Sa�ns's Cello Concerto No. 1. This piece is hosted by Musopen, a website dedicated to distributing works that have lost their copyright to the general public.You can download the mp3s here or through the direct links below:Cello Concerto No...

A Justice Like We've Never Seen Before

Posted on May 21, 2008
A handful of lawyers were lucky enough to receive the advice of one of our country?s most prominent judges. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia was present at a dinner for the 7th Circuit Bar Association earlier this week and was heard giving a few rare and valuable tips...

Libel Lawsuit Tourism?

Posted on May 20, 2008
The English judicial system, with its notable reputation for its strict libel law, has become a tourist attraction for upper-class victims of defamation. This week's Economist follows the suit of a Ukrainian English-language newspaper, which printed a questionable article about Rinat Akhmetov, one of the countries wealthiest individuals...

Destination Asia for Investment Banking

Posted on May 20, 2008
As the credit crisis has deepened in the U.S., major players in investment banking are making plans to expand their operations to the Asian markets, which have held steadier than their Western counterparts. Big firms in the United States and Europe have grown more wary of large takeovers, whereas the number of acquisitions in East Asia has risen by 15% so far this year...

Sometimes Honesty Is The Best Policy ....

Posted on May 20, 2008
In terms of medical malpractice, a trend is starting to develop among doctors to start apologizing to the patient before bringing in the lawyers. This movement towards patient disclosure is an effort to increase trust in patient-doctor relationships and decrease the number of accidents that occur in the future...

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Posted on May 20, 2008
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Civil Rights In Cyberspace

Posted on May 19, 2008
A nationwide class action suit being filed by the National Federation for the Blind could eventually change the design of most websites running today. The NFB has filed suit against Target for a lack of compliance with certain protocol that provide access to websites for the blind...

Lawdable Quotes: Bell Hooks

Posted on May 18, 2008
Justice demands integrity. It?s to have a moral universe ? not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting. ~Bell Hooks

Microsoft Teams Up with One Laptop Per Child

Posted on May 18, 2008
The One Laptop Per Child iniative, led by computer researcher Nicholas Negroponte, has a proud history of pioneering open source technology with the Linux operating system. This week, however, OLPC and Microsoft announced an agreement to begin selling the laptops, specially designed for education in poor classrooms, with Windows XP operability...

Lawdable Quotes: Lucretia Mott

Posted on May 17, 2008
We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth. ~Lucretia Mott

Writing Skills Gone Bad

Posted on May 16, 2008
The legal world is facing a different kind of accusation as of late. Many scholars suggest that the writing skills of old have disappeared with the presence of new technology. Despite distractions in the past, the increasing prevalence of gadgets in the workplace and at home are making it harder than ever to reach the concentration level necessary to complete a successful piece of prose...

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (Free Mp3!)

Posted on May 15, 2008
At Fastcase we're excited to begin offering a weekly feature focusing on copyright free music. This week we are bringing you Beethoven Moonlight Sonata courtesy of Musopen. Many works exisit in the public domain but finding copyright free performances can be quite the arduous task...

Trial By Webcam?

Posted on May 15, 2008
A Spanish judge is poised to make law-technology history by agreeing to hear testimony via webcam in an upcoming trial of a gang of robbers. Members of the Romanian gang posed as police officers to trick and rob tourists in Barcelona. The 24 (mostly elderly) victims identified the perpetrators by video, and will testify over the internet in the upcoming trial...

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Posted on May 15, 2008
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Conflicts of Interest Prevent Supreme Court from Hearing Apartheid Case

Posted on May 14, 2008
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it could not hear the appeal of American Isuzu Motors v. Ntsebeza from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, with 4 judges recusing themselves due to a conflict of interest. The case involves a variety of companies which did business in South Africa during apartheid, and with whom the 4 justices had either stock or personal connections...

Link Between Autism and Vaccines Tested in Court

Posted on May 13, 2008
The U.S. Court of Claims has begun hearing arguments on behalf of 4,900 families with autistic children who claim that a chemical found in many children's vaccines is a trigger for the disease. The court will hear the stories of two ten year old boys, whose families claim that they were developing normally until exposed to thimerosal, a mercury based compound that may cause brain inflammation, through vaccines...

Lawdable Quotes: Robert F. Kennedy

Posted on May 12, 2008
"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes."~ Robert F. Kennedy

Lawdable Quotes: Justice Warren E. Burger

Posted on May 11, 2008
"Concepts of justice must have hands and feet?to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America." ~ Justice Warren E. Burger

Lawdable Quotes: Janet Reno

Posted on May 10, 2008
"The good lawyer is the great salesman." ~ Janet Reno

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