The customers allege LinkedIn Corp. appropriated their identities for marketing the site without their consent by hacking into their external email accounts and downloading contacts’ addresses.
Read More »Apple iPhone’s fingerprint ID privacy questioned by senator
Al Franken, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, says the use of fingerprint identification with the iPhone 5S raises substantial privacy questions.
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Read More »Ex-House leader DeLay’s money laundering conviction tossed
Tom DeLay was convicted in 2010 of violating campaign-finance laws requiring that corporate and individual donations be kept separate and used only for approved purposes.
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Read More »N.J. judge’s comedian job no laughing matter, court rules
Vincenzo A. Sicari may get laughs on stage from self-deprecating jokes about his sex life and his Italian family, but the New Jersey Supreme Court isn’t amused.
Read More »Halliburton’s guilty plea over spill tests accepted by judge
Halliburton is the third corporate defendant to plead guilty to wrongdoing related to the 2010 spill.
Read More »MO Bar gives out wealth of awards
Twelve awards were presented to 26 individuals and firms at The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting in Columbia this week.
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Read More »Commentary: Are two-year law schools the best answer to runaway costs?
American Bar Association President James Silkenat suggested that Obama may not have meant law schools should go to two-year programs, but that maybe they should only charge like two-year programs?
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Read More »Senate Judiciary Committee conducts public hearing at bar meeting
The committee heard testimony on several topics, including court costs and fees, the state public defender system and the criminal code.
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Read More »Keating again named interim Wash U law dean
Daniel Keating was interim dean twice before, including in fall 2005 before Syverud started at the school.
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Read More »Employee benefits extended to gay spouse by Labor Department
Individuals in same-sex marriages will be entitled to the employer benefits of their spouse even if they live in a state that doesn’t recognize their union.
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Read More »Chief justice wants Missourians to know judicial system as well as they know Kardashians
“It is sad that more people are able to name three Kardashian sisters but cannot name the three branches of government."
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