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IP & Copyright
Is “Mattelalistic” a word?
Gena Thomas | October 20, 2013This is a fun one. Mattel, parent company of the makers of the popular board game Scrabble, has attempted...
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IP & Copyright
Patent Trolls: Monsters vs. America
Gena Thomas | October 20, 2013What is really going on in the patent world these days? Last week I told you about the allowance...
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News
High School Student Punished for Being a Good Friend
Anneliese Mahoney | October 18, 2013After a young woman in North Andover, Massachusetts named Erin Cox was punished for picking up an intoxicated friend...
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Blogs
Tragedy of the Unpaid Intern: No Money – No Rights
Robbin Antony | October 18, 2013The world we live in today makes it hard for any twenty-something to find a decent-paying, full-time job. Although...
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News
Old Friends Turned Foes: Harry Belafonte against the King Family
Anneliese Mahoney | October 17, 2013Harry Belafonte, now a well-known singer and song-writer, was a huge supporter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during...
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News
New Type of Warfare: Social Media vs. Government
Vasudha Sadana | October 17, 2013In a recent article, Three-month ban on Skype, Viber, and Whatsapp in Sindh Proposed published by Pakistan Today, Provincial...
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News
Wealth Disparity in the United States: Minimum Wage
Zachary Schneider | October 16, 2013The United States of America. Land of the free, home of the brave. Doesn’t that have a nice ring...
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Society and Culture
Why Your Rapist (Probably) Isn’t Going to Jail
Hannah R. Winsten | October 16, 2013It’s been a busy few days for rape culture, folks. This past weekend, the Kansas City Star published a...
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Society and Culture
The Simple Classification of Friends in a Post-J.D. World
Peter Davidson II | October 15, 2013I graduated from law school almost five months ago, in May 2013. From late May to late July, I...
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News
The New Frontier of Privacy: Lavabit’s Encrypted Email No More
Anneliese Mahoney | October 15, 2013For most Americans, large chunks of our lives play out online. We have numerous social media sites, we check...
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News
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action To Spar With A Conservative Court
Anneliese Mahoney | October 15, 2013This week, the Supreme Court is dealing with the second case to challenge affirmative action in two years—Schuette v....
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News
Shutdown Woes: Rethinking a Broken System
Zachary Schneider | October 15, 2013It should go without saying that shutting down the government is not a good idea. It’s not good for...
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News
Stranger Than Fiction: The Martin & Michele MacNeill Case
Anneliese Mahoney | October 14, 2013On April 11, 2007 in Pleasant Grove, UT, a woman named Michele MacNeill was pronounced dead of cardiovascular disease....
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IP & Copyright
Hail to the Coldskins
Gena Thomas | October 14, 2013During a recent interview with the Associated Press, President Obama opined that the Redskins should consider changing the name of...
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IP & Copyright
Samsung Ban Upheld: Why Apple Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
Gena Thomas | October 14, 2013Apple recently requested an import ban against a few of Samsung’s products, including their smartphones and tablets. I doubt...
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Blogs
#TheJOBSAct
Alexandra Saville | October 13, 2013In 2011, a couple of friends concocted a plan. What if they could buy a beer company? Why not?...
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Blogs
The Right to be Topless in Public – Clothes Are Optional NYC
Robbin Antony | October 12, 2013A Brooklyn woman, Jessica Krigsman, asserted her right to be topless in public last July at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend;...
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Society and Culture
When the Government Won’t Let Its Employees Work
Peter Davidson II | October 12, 2013On September 30, I logged into Facebook and saw the most peculiar post. A friend of mine works for...
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News
Steubenville Continues
Anneliese Mahoney | October 10, 2013The nightmare of the Steubenville Rape Case isn’t quite over for the small Ohio town. On October 7, 2013,...
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Society and Culture
If You Got Mad About the Big Gulp Ban, Get Mad About This
Hannah R. Winsten | October 10, 2013Don’t get pregnant in Nebraska, ladies. Back in January 2011, Republican State Senator Lydia Brasch introduced legislative bill 690. The...
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News
New Term, New Cases, New Surprises
Anneliese Mahoney | October 10, 2013The new Supreme Court term has begun! Over the past few years, the nation’s highest court has dealt with...
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Society and Culture
Now It’s the Navy Yard – What’s Next?
Peter Davidson II | October 10, 2013On Monday, September 16, 2013, I woke up to news that a mass shooting was taking place at the...
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IP & Copyright
Trademarks Law – A Field For Your Consideration
Gena Thomas | October 10, 2013One of my career aspirations is to be a Trademarks Examiner at the Patent and Trademark Office. So I...
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Blogs
Have You Ever Had Sex on Railroad Tracks? Well Don’t!
Robbin Antony | October 9, 2013Are you missing some excitement in your love life? Do you and your significant other look for different ways...
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Law
SOPA: The Argument is Over, but the Dust Hasn’t Settled
John Gomis | October 8, 2013SOPA was a major controversy in the internet community several years ago. What happened and where does internet copyright...