Solo Practice

Bot makers: beware!
In March we reported that Vivendi had sued the author of a software tool that automates certain in-game tasks such as fighting in World of Warcraft. Vivendi claimed that the software tool infringed its copyrights because the tool copies game code into RAM in order to avoid cheat-prevention software, and also violates the game's end-user licence agreement...

Girls Beware!
“Girls Beware”,  the girl-oriented companion film to the unbelievably homphobic anti-gay propaganda film “Boys Beware”, similarly informed 1950s era viewers about the grave risks posed to teenagers by men...

File Share Beware - IP ID'd
Submitted by Amanda Alfieri, Articled Student Topware Interactive obtained judgments from a London Court against four individuals for file-sharing . The Court granted interim damages in the amount of £750 per person and the final amount can be up to £2000 per person...

Beware the missed lunch period
Canadian employers would be wise to have a read of Lunch Time Can Be Work Time: Employers Beware! at Wage & Hour - Development & Highlights. The post provides a warning to employers on the importance of exercising vigilance in ensuring that employees actually take their meal breaks and not...

"Look Behind You, Mr Caesar!"
Perhaps Mr Caesar should beware the Ides of March. Most Americans must beware the Ides of April (well, technically the day after the Ides of April)... Will new anti-Ponzi laws work, now that Cousin Bernie is in jail? Not as long as the authorities don't know how to use them and establish unrealistic guidelines for what they'll investigate, such as the $500k minimum attributable loss required

CNN Money: Beware the $7,500 Housing Tax Credit
CNN Money: Beware the $7,500 "Tax Credit", by Les Christie: Washington policy makers and housing industry insiders hope a new tax credit for first-time home buyers will get the moribund housing market moving again...

Burns: ANR Pipeline: Beware of the Relief Sought
John B. Burns (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, Memphis) has published ANR Pipeline: Beware of the Relief Sought, 60 Tax Law. 1087 (2007). Here is the Introduction: Recently, Louisiana?s courts were called upon to address the state?s disparate methods...

Large AND Small 403(b) Plans: Beware of Schedules H and I
    Large AND Small 403(b) Plans: Beware of Schedules H and I   Written by: Bob Toth   Practitioners and financial service companies are all well aware of the new ways in which the Form 5500 rules apply to...

Explicit E-Mail
Adult website fined $413,000 in explicit e-mail matter.

Daniel V. Leccese Sr.
$250,000 fine for felony mail fraud.

Plavix and Nexium
A Potentially Dangerous Combination

VW Passat
allegedly linked to dangerous engine fires.

Pillows in Cribs
CPSC Warns of Dangerous to Babies

Automated Calls
Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. pays $180,000 FTC settlement for telemarketing violations.