Publishing and sharing content has become very easy in today’s digital age. Most people can create a personal blog within minutes, most any content they wish to have out there and share it on the social media. Some of the most popular blogging platforms include Blogger and WordPress. Despite the ease and convenience with which […]
READ MORECaught on Tape: Prosecution Secretly Records Defense Counsel, Raising Questions About Prevalence of Governmental Misconduct and Remedies
A highly disturbing instance of governmental misconduct has come to light in the Southern District of Florida in the form of a gross and unwarranted invasion of the defense camp and the attorney-client relationship by the government. The case of United States v. Shaygan, Case No. 08-20112-CR, was a prosecution of a physician on 141 counts […]
READ MOREThree Deaths & a White Collar Crime: Woman on Trial for Guns Purchase
Dawn Nguyen walked into a store four years ago and bought a 12-gauge shotgun and a .223-caliber rifle. She was given a $200 discount on the rifle and paid $319.00 for the shotgun. The man who accompanied her to the store stood quietly as Nguyen answered the clerk’s questions. She completed the form the salesman […]
READ MOREA Boom in Black Market Cybercrime Tools
Hackers used to be solitary. Like the guy that watches creepy late-night movies or the woman that sets in the park and feeds the pigeons. A pastime spent alone with only the glow of the screen for company. The world of hacking is changing. It is becoming more organized and structured according to cybercrime experts. […]
READ MOREHow Technology Can Outpace the Law: Upskirt Photography and Surrogate Moms
In the horse-and-buggy days, when people could go at the breathtaking speed of 4 mph, there was no need for speed limit signs. Then along comes the “horseless carriage” and people are zipping around at almost 20mph. Henry Ford’s baby was a technological leap that passed by outdated laws. With the arrival of the automobile, […]
READ MOREHackers crack more than 60% of breached LinkedIn passwords
Speed of hackers to crack passwords shows weakness of security scheme used by LinkedIn, researchers say. More than 60% of the unique hashed passwords that were accessed by hackers from a LinkedIn password database and posted online this week have already been cracked, according to security firm Sophos. It’s very likely the remaining passwords have […]
READ MOREMalamud Linked to PACER Pilot Shut Down
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an archaic, document tracking system used by the federal courts. This is the database that stores all complaints, court motions, case scheduling and decisions. In 2001, the Judicial Conference of the US released a web-based version of the PACER database allowing remote access to most federal civil […]
READ MORENY prosecutors: Bush’s friend a target of Russian’s ID theft gold scam
NEW YORK: A Russian con artist posing as presidential pal Charles J. Wyly Jr. ordered a new checkbook from the Texas billionaire’s bank account and wrote a $7 million (€5.22 million) check for a pile of gold, U.S. authorities said Thursday. Igor Klopov orchestrated the identify theft scheme from his home in Moscow, where he […]
READ MORESEC Charges Former NAPFA President with Kickback Scheme
On May 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged James Putman the top executive at Wealth Management, LLC, an Appleton, Wisc.-based investment advisor, who was past president of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, with accepting $2 million in kickbacks on client investment pools. The company’s former president and chief investment officer, Simone Fevola, […]
READ MOREDumping and suing
Moin Yahya has posted The Legal Status of Dump and Sue. Here’s the abstract: There is some evidence that plaintiffs and their attorneys are profitably short-selling the stock of the companies they intend to sue. The status of such short sales is undecided in the law. Lawsuits against companies can cause large drops in market […]
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