“Judge censured for ordering class-action lawyer to take pay in $125,000 worth of gift-cards”
I’m not sure why, I think it’s perfectly fair, myself.
Archive of posts filed under the Law category.
Entries about laws and legal matters.
“Gmail Detects and Warns You If Someone Else Is Using Your Account”
Wow… there’s been some debate over whether Google’s response to the whole Chinese hacking episode is just posturing, but more recent news seems to suggest that they’re seriously pissed at the Chinese government. And now comes the news that they’ve added code to show users when an account is accessed from an unexpected geographical area …
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“Lindsay Lohan sues over “milkaholic” E*Trade ad”
Um… what the f***? I have to agree with the first commenter, “es76grl”: Get over yourself, Lindsay-no one even thought the ad was about you until YOU started saying it was…..I hope you don’t get a dime!! (Via Boing Boing)
“Septic tank truck packed with crap and marijuana”
Sheesh… I wouldn’t want to be a drug dealer these days, if this is what they have to go through to get their product. I wouldn’t want to be one of the policemen who had to dig through the crap to find it either. They don’t make a Bunnysuit strong enough that I’d ever feel …
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“Minnesota levies world’s first carbon tariff…against North Dakota”
It’ll be interesting to see how this fight turns out. And important as well. If North Dakota wins, it’ll put a damper on any attempts to use carbon tariffs. (Yes, it does “unfairly” give renewable energy an advantage over coal powered energy — that’s the whole point to it. But if I read the law …
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“Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam”
It just goes to show that no matter who you’re dealing with, or how trustworthy you think they are, it’s always a good idea to count your change. (In other words: “in God we trust. All others pay cash.”) 😉
“Nice Use of Diversion During a Robbery”
Wow, those Swedes even have smarter bank robbers! 😉
“US court says software is owned, not licensed”
This is certainly going to shake up the software industry.
“Oz bottle shop falls for ‘double your money’ scam”
“A fool and his money,” the saying goes, “are soon parted.” Will people ever figure out that if something sounds too good to be true, it’s because it is?! When the scam-ees let their own greed do most of the scammers’ work for them, the scammers don’t have to be very smart to waltz away …
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“Bank of America Sued for 1.784 Sextillion Dollars”
“[A] new record for stupidly large lawsuit demands.”