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More and more Americans are cutting their cables and ditching their TVs, choosing to consume their video entertainment through online streaming services like Netflix or Hulu. But as online streamers begin to encroach on the realm of cable and broadcast TV, are they entitled to the same treatment as companies like Comcast or Viacom? Not […]

Things aren’t what they used to be. Today’s lawyers face a constantly shifting legal landscape. Technology has made it possible to run a paperless law firm, to outsource tasks across the globe, or to find yourself swamped in endless eDiscovery. The internet has made it easier for people to find (and review) lawyers online, but […]

After a coach was convicted of sexually abusing a 12-year-old player, a state appeals court said a youth soccer association must conduct criminal background checks on all coaches and other adults in its programs. The California Sixth District Court of Appeal, ruling in Doe v. United States Youth Soccer Association, said the organization has a […]

In September, 2015, news broke that Volkswagen had been using illegal ‘defeat devices’ on its diesel cars in order to evade emissions tests. In a matter of days, the German car company was swamped by lawsuits. While the government’s VW investigation continues to play out, the consumer class action was settled last October, when U.S. […]Read More

Well, this is awkward. Just as Neil Gorsuch faced a barrage of hard hitting questions for the third day in a row, the Supreme Court overruled him on a controversial opinion from 2008. Senator Dick Durbin took the judge to task over that ruling, where the judge rejected a challenge by the parents of an […]

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Tenth Circuit’s interpretation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act on Wednesday. That law requires schools to provide disabled students with a free and appropriate public education, or FAPE. But to meet that standard, the Tenth had ruled, schools must confer an educational benefit that is “merely more than […]

In 2013, Bitcoin was inescapable. The strange little cryptocurrency had morphed from an internet oddity, where Bitcoin-backers celebrated exchanging 10,000 Bitcoins for two (bad) pizzas, to a serious phenomenon. After a whole lot of stumbling blocks, Bitcoin has continued to grow, with the digital currency valued at over $1,000 a coin today. (That makes those […]

When a woman reports for work in men’s clothing — and it is not a costume — it may be time to review your company’s anti-discrimination policy because the laws are changing as dramatically as some people change clothes. In the South, in particular, the legal issues around sexual orientation are definitely not resolved. Jameka […]

Capping your hourly fees is like going on a Jenny Craig diet. For most people, any diet is hard to do. But Jenny also costs money. The best-case scenario is that you will get skinny. Same thing with capping fees. It’s a difficult discipline. It will definitely cost you money. And if you don’t make […]