President Obama should know better. Our constitutional-law-professor-in-chief has, once again, taken the government to unprecedented levels of secrecy while institutionalizing the perversions of our seemingly never-ending war-on-terror. On October 30th, the administration, without seeking Congressional authorization, proposed an executive rule that will license governmental agencies to issue bald-faced lies to the citizenry, making a mockery not only of the Freedom of Information Act, but of the[...] read »
The “conscious avoidance” doctrine has long confounded criminal defense lawyers and their clients. read »
America is an ownership culture. We don’t rent appliances like the Europeans. We have a national policy pushing home ownership – which many believe led to the 2008 financial crisis. We prefer the suburbs to the city, where we need cars and other luxuries of life that can only be owned. read »
In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in June 2010, public customer Claimant Guide sought at least $250,000 in compensatory damages plus costs arising from what FINRA’s Arbitration Decision describes as “unspecified securities.” Gee, big help that is. read »
Google’s open philosophical contempt for most property rights online has led Google to accumulate substantial piracy liabilities over the last decade. This helps explain why Google is the ringleader of the opposition to the pending anti-piracy legislation (Senate: PROTECT IP & House: SOPA), which is very likely to become law in 2012. Google recently threatened to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its strong support for anti-piracy legislation. Greeting introduction of the Senate[...] read »
Special Post by Matthew Nelson, Esq. read »
It’s not that this case presents any novel legal theories – it doesn’t. read »