Legal Research

Satellite Communicators Recalled
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 15,400 Spot Satellite Communicators that can fail to work at critical times. Due to an issue with internal voltage equipment, the communicators can suddenly stop working, “making it impossible to transmit messages or track information in emergency situations,” the agency said...

Social Networking Media: The Great Communicators
Source: Lexology, September 18, 2009. Social networking media ? the great communicator?Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLPFacebook®, Twitter® and other social networking tools are becoming mainstream methods of communication.

Social Media Legal issues and policies
On Wednesday November 10 I will discuss social media issues at a TechAlliance Breakfast Club event entitled Developing a Social Media Policy for your Business.  I’ll talk about: The legal traps of Social Media use...

What Social Media Isn't
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "What Social Media Isn't." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** What Social Media Isn't Over the next few weeks I plan to write about different goals that lawyers can achieve through social media...

Why Governments Use Social Media and Why They Should
Lately, I've been exploring whether public forum doctrine may impede desirable governmental uses of interactive social media. As part of that project, I'm examining both government incentives to use social media and citizen interests implicated by government social media use...

Rioters' access to social media could be stopped, Government says
The UK Government is investigating whether it can stop people communicating through social media if they are known to be planning riots, the Prime Minister has said.

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Social Security Class Action Launched
to Reinstate Wrongfully Terminated Payments

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

Nielsen Media Challenged
TV ratings company to pay undisclosed settlement in antitrust lawsuit.