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General Legal Issues
Too Little French Food and Too Much Whine
France once again reminds us how fortunate we are to live in a truly free country, where freedom of speech is often taken for granted. Apparently, France is in the process of trying to pass a law to ban what it deems to be “pro-anorexia” websites and publications. The new law would impose jail sentences of 2 to 3 […]
Tagged censorship, content discrimination, crime, first amendment, France, free speech, French, international law, Internet, overbreadth, vagueness
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This Just In: Walking and Chewing Gum is Now Illegal
Well, not yet anyway, but it makes me wonder what daring lawmaker will introduce that piece of legislation at some point in the near future. (Hopefully it won’t be anyone in Massachusetts.) However, Carl Kruger, a state legislator in New York, has recently introduced a bill to make it illegal for pedestrians to use an “electronic […]
Tagged iphone, liability, public policy
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Great News! Only 8.1 Million People Victimized by Identity Theft in 2010
Ugh. It really is a sign of the cynical times in which we live when “only” 8.1 million people who have been victims of some type of identity theft is considered to be an improvement. But according to this article and a recent report, that’s 3 million fewer victims than 2009. The report attributes the drop to […]
Tagged data security, identity theft, networking, social media
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