An operating system update with enhanced encryption technology in late 2014 set the stage to put Apple increasingly at odds with prosecutors seeking to unlock iPhones.
Source: Apple’s Line in the Sand Was Over a Year in the Making – The New York Times
See post →If Apple is forced to comply with a court order to create software overriding a security feature on an iPhone owned by a San Bernardino shooter, it wouldn’t take long.
Source: Apple could break into its iPhones in an afternoon, say experts
See post →Justice Scalia seems to want to turn the Constitution upside down when it comes to government and religion.
Source: Justice Scalia’s Majoritarian Theocracy – The New York Times
See post →Organizations can compel their customers and employees to resolve disputes in arbitration proceedings bound not by state or federal law, but by religious edict.
Source: In Religious Arbitration, Scripture Is the Rule of Law – The New York Times
See post →Forced individual arbitration often bears little resemblance to court: The rules tend to favor businesses, and judges and juries are replaced by arbitrators whose rulings are difficult to appeal.
Source: In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System’ – The New York Times
See post →With a clause in complex contracts that few people read, corporations have insulated themselves from lawsuits and locked Americans into a system where arbitrators overwhelmingly favor business.
Source: Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice – The New York Times
See post →Ensuring that a brand is registered and protected requires several important steps, and not taking the time now can backfire later, experts say.
Source: Z-Burger Case Shows Value of Trademark Protection – NYTimes.com
See post →Who is an employee in an economy where the tech-driven and on-demand nature of services has to some degree changed the nature of classification criteria?
Source: The Uber Ruling and the Future of Worker Classification | Corporate Counsel
See post →| Crowdfunding In Colorado Is Now Available: Let The Offerings Roll! By Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., © 2015 Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr. |
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Three Supreme Court justices didn’t recuse themselves from cases in which they held stock in companies interested in the outcomes. Nearly 90 percent of the time, they sided with these businesses that filed ‘friend of the court’ briefs, a new report said.
Source: Friends of Supreme Court: Justices repeatedly find for businesses related to their stocks — RT USA
See post →John Roberts has presided over a court that has been far too willing to undermine precedent and give the powerful a helping hand.
Source: The Activist Roberts Court, 10 Years In – The New York Times
See post →Source: Major Supreme Court Cases in 2015 – The New York Times
See post →The decision shows that the only real solution to marijuana prohibition is a federal solution.
Source: Colorado’s Unjust Marijuana Ruling – NYTimes.com
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Colorado Court of Appeals upholds trial court decision and jury verdict against State Farm for unreasonably delaying and denying payment of UIM benefits.
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Coates, IV, John C., Corporate Speech and the First Amendment: History, Data, and Implications (February 27, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2566785 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2566785
This Article draws on empirical analysis of court decisions, history, and economic theory (a) to show that corporations have begun to displace individuals as the direct beneficiaries of the First Amendment, a shift from individual to business First Amendment cases is recent but accelerating, and (b) to ...
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