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A December of Hackers
Anneliese Mahoney | January 2, 2014December was a bad month for anyone who didn’t want their personal information leaked to hackers or other third-party...
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Ten Silliest Political Moments in 2013
Anneliese Mahoney | December 31, 2013Last week, I counted down the Most Influential News Events of 2013. Those were all great moments, but in 2013...
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Society and Culture
New Year’s Resolution: Fuck Shit Up with Miranda Hobbes
Hannah R. Winsten | December 31, 2013Happy New Year’s Eve, lovelies! Folks, I can’t wrap my head around this 2014 business. I literally feel like...
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Blogs
Greatest Legal Souvenir Ever?
Anneliese Mahoney | December 31, 2013If you like to collect Supreme Court memorabilia (I mean, who doesn’t?) one of the greatest things you can...
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ACLU Files New NSA Suit
Anneliese Mahoney | December 31, 20132013 was the year that brought us the NSA spying scandal, thanks to Edward Snowden. 2014 may be the...
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Disorder in the Court! 5 Weird Courtroom Moments From 2013
Jimmy Hoover | December 31, 20135. Costa Concordia Trial, A Literal Drama Holding true to the twists and turns of the Costa Concordia shipwreck and...
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French Court Authorizes “Millionaire Tax”
Anneliese Mahoney | December 30, 2013A new, extremely controversial tax was just ruled constitutional in France. The law has been nicknamed a “millionaire tax”...
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Conceal Carry Mess in Illinois
Anneliese Mahoney | December 30, 2013Until last year, there was only one state without a conceal carry law, and that state was Illinois. A...
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IP & Copyright
Copyright Law: Why Google Doesn’t Have Time for That
Gena Thomas | December 30, 2013The road to the Google Books Library Project was paved with good intentions. Equalize the reach of books to...
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Big Changes to Guantanamo Bay
Anneliese Mahoney | December 27, 2013One of the promises that Obama made on the campaign trail during his first election in 2008 was to...
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Montana Judge Gets Creative in Sentencing
Anneliese Mahoney | December 27, 2013The world heard about Judge G. Todd Baugh earlier this year when he sentenced a 47-year-old teacher to 31...
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The Most Influential News Events of 2013
Anneliese Mahoney | December 24, 2013Here at Law Street, we are very interested in the changing world of law. So as the wild ride...
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Society and Culture
All I Want For Christmas: Stop Telling Rape Victims to Get Over it
Hannah R. Winsten | December 24, 2013Merry Christmas Eve, folks! Today, I’ve got ridiculousness upon ridiculousness. And it’s infuriating. Salon reported today, via Raw Story...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little First Amendment Argument
Anneliese Mahoney | December 24, 2013The First Amendment. It’s a tricky topic. Like the rest of the Bill of Rights, it’s been in place...
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ICC’s Case Against Kenyan President Delayed
Anneliese Mahoney | December 23, 2013The International Criminal Court has been pursuing a case against Uhuru Kenyatta, the current President of Kenya since the...
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Capitalista Careers
The Twelve Days of Job Hunting
Alexandra Saville | December 20, 2013Happy holidays, everyone! This is the last post of Capitalista Careers until the new year, so I thought a...
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Big Change to Canadian Prostitution Laws
Anneliese Mahoney | December 20, 2013This just in: prostitution is now very much legal in Canada. In the Great White North, the actual physical...
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Harvard Medical School Violates Animal Welfare Act
Anneliese Mahoney | December 20, 2013Harvard Medical School has been slapped with fines of $24,036 for violating the Animal Welfare Act.The Animal Welfare Act...
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Education
Law School and the Unexamined Life
Akil Alleyne | December 20, 2013Shame on me. I only just stumbled upon the paper published in the Journal of Legal Education by University...
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Capitalista Careers
Is LinkedIn the New MySpace?
Alexandra Saville | December 19, 2013Ok, so, let’s talk about social media use while job hunting. Social media isn’t going anywhere, and neither is...
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Society and Culture
GOP to Hungry Kids: You Don’t Work Hard Enough
Hannah R. Winsten | December 19, 2013Happy Thursday, folks! You’re almost there. Breathe with me. Friday’s coming. In the meantime, let’s get to our biweekly...
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Is the US Done With the Death Penalty?
Anneliese Mahoney | December 19, 2013The United States will be able to report a lower number of executions in 2013. Thirty-nine people were executed...
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The Dark Side of Snapchat
Anneliese Mahoney | December 19, 2013Snapchat is a smartphone app designed to show timed pictures and videos that are not permanently saved to the...
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While Law School Enrollment Drops, Outsourcing Surges
Jimmy Hoover | December 19, 2013According to the American Bar Association’s latest findings, law school enrollment is down 11%, or 5,000 students from last...
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Society and Culture
Stop Making a Big Deal Out of the Little Things
Peter Davidson II | December 18, 2013We’re So Much More than Pointless Fixtures* [Prelude: I wrote this first paragraph back in August and haven’t had...