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Law School Marketing
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Big Money; Little Liability
30 Mar 2012 by Kilian Bryce / No Comments
The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma has reported that it has now paid the state over $100 million in gaming compact fees since 2005. Seemingly everyone is benefiting from the gaming boom, states, tribes…. But even with the huge amounts of money that are being dealt with there is still one group of persons who are left out.
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Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections: Three Hour Tarmac Rule
30 Mar 2012 by Sean Barry / No Comments
Welcome back to part 5 of 6 of the discussion of Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections. Last week we talked about the Oversales and Denied Boarding Compensation requirements. The topics for this week is Three Hour Tarmac Rule.
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VPNs: Protecting Freedom, Protecting Pirates
30 Mar 2012 by Tony Niescier / No Comments
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) can be a key ingredient in achieving anonymity online. Typically, a VPN allows an individual to route all or a portion of their Internet traffic through a remote server, often using encryption. With the proper (and none-too-complex) setup, the only information about your online activities that your ISP will see is encrypted text that is being sent to and received from the VPN’s often overseas IP address.
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The Trouble With a Hypothesis is That It’s Just a Hypothesis
30 Mar 2012 by Erik Nygaard / No Comments
As discussed last week, the Supreme Court incorporated the Efficient Capital Market Hypothesis (ECMH) into securities law. The problem is the hypothesis turned out to be just that – a hypothesis – and nothing more. Further investigation showed that the ECMH doesn’t really explain how markets work.
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Liability for NFL Bounties: Possible but Impractical
30 Mar 2012 by Michael Wess / 1 Comment
In the wake of revelations into the NFL’s investigation of the New Orleans Saints bounty system, and the substantial fines and suspensions handed down by the league, the next logical question for many legal minded followers is the possibility of civil liability for individual players, the Saints, or the NFL for injuries that occurred as a result of a bounty.
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Lessons from the Attorney of the Unwanted Client
30 Mar 2012 by Ellie Mochkin / 1 Comment
When Levi Aron was arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court this summer for the heinuous murder of seven year old Leiby Kletzky of Borough Park, I was parked outside the courthouse’s door waiting for a glimpse of the defense attorney daring enough to represent Aron.
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Regulation of Agents’ Access to College Athletes: Feasible or Totally Unrealistic?
30 Mar 2012 by Katherine DeStefano / No Comments
Passed in 2007 by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), the “Junior Rule” prohibited certified sports agents from contacting college football players until the student-athletes were classified as juniors. The rule was passed around the time it surfaced that Reggie Bush and his family received gifts and cash from agents before his junior year at the University of Southern California.
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The Deficit Will Reach +$7 Trillion Over the Next Decade, and our plan is to raise just $31 Billion??
30 Mar 2012 by David Schattner / No Comments
With our federal budget growing at astronomical proportions, one would think that the president would come up with a legitimate plan to address this issue, or at least bring it down to a more manageable level. Well I’m sorry, Mr. President, but the Buffett Tax Plan, is not the answer.
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Utah Stays One Step Ahead of the Devil, One Step Behind Progress
30 Mar 2012 by Andrew Fleischman / No Comments
Geographically speaking Utah is the most beautifully diverse state in the country: gorgeous red natural rock formations in the southeast, a desert oasis in the southwest, and pristine snow-capped mountains in the north. When it comes to all other forms of diversity . . . well, let’s just say Utah is lacking in that department.
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NFL Concussion Effects Fuel Products Liability Claims
10 Mar 2012 by Michael Wess / No Comments
The NFL is not alone in its exposure to potential liability from the long-term effects that some studies are now saying concussions have on brain function. Equipment manufacturers may also be on the hook if players are able to establish successful products liability claims. As I have touched on previously, the NFL is facing claims from former players who argue that the NFL concealed information concerning the true danger of concussions.
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Courthouse News Service- Shrimp Trawlers, Meet TED
- Nightmare on a Go-Cart Track
- Ranch Says Horse Bedding Was Toxic
- ABC Show Is a 'Big Brother' Ripoff, CBS Says
- Hulu Said to Disclose Users' Viewing Habits
- Environment
- Mother Says Son Was Assaulted at Camp
- Faulty Email No Excuse Not to Use Scientific Data
- Former Reporter Says Houston Chronicle Fired Her for Stripping
- Redistricting
