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…
The opportunity to nominate some new, young, fresh-faced, and open-minded appointees to the 11th Circuit is not one the executive branch is apt to squander, but their efforts will be in vain.
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…
While talking with a former colleague and local Assistant United States Attorney recently, the conversation turned to the proliferation of the depravity of content related to and directed at children on the internet. Among other things, this AUSA prosecutes peddlers of kiddie-porn, and said that,…
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).…
I’ve spoken with a couple of individuals and businesspeople recently who said that filing a BP claim might be wrong, and that they have seen on the news that one of the claims adjuster’s lawyers committed fraud. It’s a “one bad apple” scenario, but enough to support BP’s media campaign to…
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…
Over the last few weeks I have spoken with many businesses owners who are struggling with whether or not to file a BP claim under the Deep-Water Horizon Settlement. It seems several business owners are struggling with whether it…
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
