The petition of the day is: Multnomah County, Oregon v. Updike 17-1222 Issues: (1) Whether the level of discriminatory intent required to award compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12132, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, is “discriminatory...
Among the many innovations we have had to confront in a world characterized by rapid technological change is the advent of cryptocurrency, as a social and financial phenomenon. As I have previously noted, the current cryptocurrency craze has also become a legal phenomenon as well,...
On April 17 at 1 p.m., the State and Local Legal Center will host a webinar titled, “Internet Sales Tax: From 1967 to Oral Argument in South Dakota v. Wayfair.” The webinar will feature Tillman Breckenridge and Bailey Glasser discussing what happened at oral argument...
The MSC Armonia crashed into the dock in Roatan, Honduras today, according to videos which were posted on Youtube. The MSC cruise ship is shown coming into the port at a higher than normal rate of speed. In addition to the vesel damage, there was...
The use of GPS to track stolen vehicles is at the center of a debate between car rental companies and privacy advocates in California, the Washington Post reports. Most rental cars are equipped with navigation and GPS technology. Unlike automakers that can begin tracking their...
Bill Cosby paid Andrea Constand nearly $3.4 million to settle her 2005 lawsuit, a payment a prosecutor said was meant to buy her silence after the entertainer sexually assaulted her at his Pennsylvania home, reports Philly.com. That sum, hidden for more than a decade behind...