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The Man Who Threw The Monkey Wrench At Silicon Valley

Doing research for a paper about privacy while attending law school in the U.S., an Austrian student contacted Facebook and asked to see all the data they had on or about him.

Sale of Practice Means Severe Restrictions

Until recently, there were no reported ethics or disciplinary decisions about transitioning a law practice to a new owner, but […]

Activist Investors Boost Companies, But Not Workers

Firms targeted by activist investors performed substantially better after three years, but workers at those plants didn’t see the benefits, […]

Consumer Agency Would Bar Mandatory Arbitration In Credit Contracts

The watchdog Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would bar financial institutions from forcing checking account and […]

EU Court Strikes Down Info-Sharing Deal With U.S.

The EU’s highest court this week found that the 15-year-old trans-Atlantic “Safe Harbor” pact, used by thousands of companies to […]

Controversy Over “De-Publishing” Decision

A recent California case, concerning a minor known as “Elias V.,” has highlighted an ongoing debate over the practice of […]

Justices Become More Liberal As They Age

Supreme Court Justices grow more liberal over time, a report at FiveThirtyEight claims, using Martin-Quinn store data to show a […]

Largest U.S. Union Endorses Hillary

Hillary Clinton, whose candidacy has struggled because of a stream of news about her use of a private email server […]

“Slow Walking” Judiciary Committee Infuriates Dems

Congressional Democrats are increasingly frustrated with a Senate Judiciary Committee that they accuse of “slow walking” nominees to federal judgeships, […]

Koch Political Money Stymies a Pothole Tax

The mayor of a conservative Colorado town, the second largest in the state and home to a number of military […]

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