By now the fact that federal agencies have been dragnetting massive amounts of digital communications made by Americans without warrants is-like, ermahgerd, so-15-minutes-ago? But for the obeisant (it’s great, the government is keeping us safe) and the jaded (it’s wrong but you can’t fight city…
Once upon a time America was looked upon as the breadbasket of the world but that is no longer the case. Our crops are no longer a staple for the rest of the world. While some of the decline in the world’s dependence on American…
Here’s one to watch. Harris County, Texas Deputy Brady Pullen has filed suit against a woman named Camina Figueroa on that basis that Figueroa failed to adequately warn of the danger he faced in responding to a 911 call at her home. According to Rawstory,…
As alluded to by the old Chinese proverb, we live in interesting times. The ACLU has an article on its website which is blunt but not inaccurate: “The NSA is turning the internet into a total surveillance system.” Once it came to light that the…
Whether it be private snoops or government spooks, your privacy is not safe as you virtually stroll through the Internet. If you have concerns about keeping your e-mail intruder free, here is an article which gives some advice that can be used by you or…
Sometimes we can forget that we are not just engaged in the legal “industry” but in the legal profession. As lawyers, we belong not only a profession but one of the three traditional “learned” professions (the other two comprising the ranks of doctors and priests).…
If you are like most litigators today, you have tried to subpoena e-mail records from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Usually the results are mixed skewing toward the “waste of time” end of the scale. Perhaps you have the wrong client. Perhaps you should be representing…
You likely didn’t know that the Japanese government has concerns that two popular HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines, Merck’s Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline ‘s Cervarix, can cause very severe side-effects including long-term pain and numbness, infertility, and paralysis. If the Japanese can ultimatel
If you had the opportunity to be in Lakewood, Ohio, more specifically Lakewood Park, you witnessed a very unique 4th of July celebration. The city of Lakewood set out rules to be obeyed by all citizens who wished to celebrate Independence Day and from a…
We don’t know the full scope of the National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal touched off first by the news that Verizon records had been collected in bulk and then later by whistleblower Edward Snowden’s disclosures of NSA mega-snooping to the London Guardian. We may…
What if you feared that something was wrong with your local tap water? What if you thought that the water was making your children sick? Would you report your concerns to the appropriate…
By now Edward Snowden is a household name. To some he is a hero. To others he is a villain. Snowden maintains he is neither, only that he is an American. Über-whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg…
