<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> High Court Revives Religious Bias Case Against Abercrombie
June 02, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 1 revived a discrimination lawsuit that accused Abercrombie & Fitch Co. of refusing to hire a Muslim woman because she wore a religious headscarf.
<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Justices Sidestep First Amendment Ruling in Facebook Threats Case
June 01, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 1 sided with a Pennsylvania man whose angry Facebook postings directed at his estranged wife landed him in jail for violating a federal law against communicating threats.
Obituary
June 02, 2015
It is with great sadness that <I>The Bankruptcy Strategist</I> announces the passing of long-time editorial board member Harvey Miller.
Goulston & Storrs Embraces Template Management
June 02, 2015
The firm is always looking to improve service delivery, and in 2014, we were struggling with a template management solution that was falling far short of what the firm wanted. Our mission was straightforward: find a template application that the firm could manage and freely use on its own without external help and that meets the latest technology and software versions.
Business Crimes Hotline
June 02, 2015
CONNECTICUTAttorney Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud SchemeA West Hartford, CT, lawyer who took part in a $3.5 million mortgage fraud scheme has been sentenced…
Actress Has No Copyright in Controversial <i>Muslims</i> Film
June 02, 2015
The work of an individual performer in a film isn't protected by copyright law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided when it ruled in an 11-judge <i>en banc</i> decision that actress Cindy Lee Garcia couldn't use copyright law to force Google to remove a five-second clip of the film <i>Innocence of Muslims</i> from YouTube and other Internet platforms.
Case Notes
June 02, 2015
Discussion of a case in which a Massachusetts federal court held that the defendants were not subject to general personal jurisdiction.
Examining Rulings On Pandora and Performance Rights
June 02, 2015
Little more than a week after music-streaming service Pandora Inc. won a key ruling in its royalty rate dispute with ASCAP, Pandora was dealt a setback in a parallel fight with ASCAP's rival performing rights organization, BMI.
Med Mal News
June 02, 2015
A Georgia hospital is appealing a lost medical malpractice case by arguing that the jurors should not have been permitted to feel the plaintiff's hands to see if one of them was cold ' an indication that he was suffering from the pain syndrome he complained of.
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