Legal Research

Fair Pay, Fair Play and Fair Limitations
Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute takes a look at today's Washington Post editorial, "Fair Pay, Fair Play," calling for passage of the Ledbatter Fair Pay Act, and finds certain facts and legal context missing...

Is Fair-Value Accounting the Problem?
Is Fair-Value Accounting the Problem? In the search for causes of the recent market turmoil, it was inevitable that a finger would eventually be pointed at fair-value accounting...

Fair Use v. Fair Access
We are between quarters now, so the building is quiet (well, not actually, since the fountain replacement project is going full bore, but we are getting there)...

Ben Stein and the ?Fair Use Doctrine of Free Speech?
Newly-returned from three days at the Harry Potter fair use trial, a veritable crash course in fair use, the Law Blog was interested this morning to read that the producers of an upcoming movie — starring a lawyer, no less — had invoked fair use in a statement they put out...

Fair Use Has Value
For many years (probably since fair use began), copyright owners have viewed fair use as some sort of government sponsored piracy of their creative efforts...

Fundamentals of Copyright #6: Fair Use I
The “exclusive rights” of copyright aren’t exactly exclusive. There are numerous exceptions and limitations to these rights, with Fair Use being the most important of these...

Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Modeling photos obtained from photographer TFCD, what right does the photographer have to the use of them?
The question would be who owns the copy right. If there is no copy right there, ...

What are the differences between legally defined Assault, Battery, Conversion, and Trespass?
assault...

Can someone who has gotten your personal information during a lawsuit use it to contact creditors?
From what I know that is 100% illegal for them to do. You may be able to counter...

Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.

UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action
UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action

Northwestern Mutual
Faces $200 Million Fair Labor Class Action

Getty Images
Faces Class Action over Premium Access

Microsoft Corp.
allegedly failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers.

Access Roads
Developer Bob Honts agrees to $250,000 property development settlement.