Samsung Appeals to Supreme Court Over Feud With Apple Dealing With Design Patents

Posted by Katie Kim. In the technology industry, two leading companies may be heading to the Supreme Court over the design of smartphones. There is no confirmation of whether or not the case will be accepted, but the Supreme Court has not taken a design patent in over a century. A few weeks ago, Samsung …

Are Portfolio Managers Losing Sight of What The Future Holds For Financial Planning?

Posted by Justin Ihnken. For many years, especially those who found themselves in an area of economic success, investors who succeeded because they worked with a financial advisor. The roll of the advisor is to assist individuals in asset portfolio management. Investments in both fixed market vehicles, and those driven with equity in the market, have …

Distributed Denial-of-Service

Posted by Chase Mulligan. On October 21, 2016 a coordinated distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) was made on internet systems operated by Domain Name Systems (DNS) provider Dyn resulting in massive disruption of internet services across the United States and Europe. Internet services along most of the east coast, west coast, and southern parts of the …

Facebook to Appeal a Belgian Court’s Ruling on Data Privacy by Mark Scott

Posted by Michael de Andrade. A threat to European nations, Facebook is being seen as a social media giant who are stripping Europeans from their freedom. Facebook is being accused of “collecting digital information about people who are not its users,” by the Belgian Court’s. Many of the “Continent’s data watchdogs,” including the European Court of Justice, …

General Motors Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students

Posted by Spencer Sink. Volkswagen is currently in the process of being sued for deliberately manufacturing cars that essentially cheat the emissions test. This case is somewhat similar to the cases with Toyota and General Motors, as Volkswagen will most definitely be forced to compensate the current vehicle owners for selling faulty products. However, we will most likely …

Florida Man Pleads Guilty for Fraud

Posted by Cullen Dana. Timothy Livingston, a business owner of Whole Lot of Nothing LLC, pleaded guilty to “hijacking customer’s email accounts to send unsolicited ‘spam’ messages.” He also admitted he and his fellow employee, who pleaded guilty along with another employee after Livingston did, created a “software that appropriated a corporate website belonging to …

Federal Judge Orders 10-Year Sentence for Library Bribes

Posted by Patrick Osadebe.  On September 17, 2014, a federal judge sentenced Timothy Cromer, a former Detroit public library official, to 10 years in prison for bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. He was charged for accepting more than $1.4 million in bribes from contractors of the library. Timothy Cromer, 46, was the chief administrative and …

New Mexico Secretary of State, Dianna Duran, Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Posted by Daphine Llosa. A recent legal issue involves money laundering, embezzlement and fraud. Money laundering is a form of obtaining money illegally, usually by using transfers between banks and businesses. Embezzlement is theft or misappropriation of funds. Fraud is a wrongful deception for the purpose of attaining financial or personal gain.  On Friday, October …

Only Congress Has the Power to Declare War

Under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, the Congress has the power to “declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water[.]”  The Founders wisely thought that the Legislature is in a better position than the President to carry out the will of the …