The Justice Department charged fourteen people, including nine current or former FIFA figures and five sports marketing professionals, for allegedly “‘foster[ing] a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world,’” FBI Director James Comey said. The government alleged racketeering and corruption involving more than $150 million in bribes …
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Cell phone video capability is commonplace now, and police in New Jersey are getting used to it. Experts claim that under the First Amendment recording police in plain view is protected. A police officer may not seize a cell phone, delete anything on it, or even demand that the person turn it over to him …
Posted by Robert Santos. Usually when people go on vacation, they come home with a souvenir of some sort such as a hat or refrigerator magnet. Lauren Guerra will be going home with a little more than a silly souvenir–in fact she will be going home with 3.5 million dollars. This will be a trip …
Posted by Robert Santos. Usually when people go on vacation, they come home with a souvenir of some sort such as a hat or refrigerator magnet. Lauren Guerra will be going home with a little more than a silly souvenir–in fact she will be going home with 3.5 million dollars. This will be a trip …
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Posted by Kieran Tonero. Throughout the last four years many scammers have taken advantage of homeowners and business owners who lost properties during Superstorm Sandy. State officials have reported that scams that relate to Superstorm Sandy total $20 million. Many residents in Ocean County have been affected by Sandy-related fraud. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office …
According to the latest ruling by Second Circuit, the NSA’s collection of massive amounts of phone records violated the US Patriot Act. Although they never reached the constitutional question, the court said that Congress never gave the agency the authority. But Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, believes the court had …
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Posted by Ricardo Collado. One of the most awkward questions you can be asked in a job interview is “What are you salary requirements?” or “How much are you making in your current job?”. Massachusetts has become the first state to bar employers from asking about applicants’ salaries before offering them a job. The new …
Posted by Sam Battista. I came across this article recently about these topics that were brought up in class, and I thought it was appropriate to write a blog pertaining to this article. Seven reputable members of the Geneovese crime family were recently arrested on accounts of money laundering and racketeering. The group allegedly raked …
Posted by Philip D Lacki. ‘The lid popped off”? How does a lid pop off without someone doing something to cause it to pop off? Just like the Liebeck v McDonald’s case, I find this case involving someone suing Starbucks for a faulty lid to be morally wrong in the sense of business law. “The stress activated …
Posted by Katie Kim. On Thursday, Martin Shkreli, a 32 year-old pharmaceutical executive, was arrested by the federal authorities on securities and wire-fraud charges stemming from an alleged Ponzi scheme he ran as a hedge-fund manager. What the young executive was doing was taking out loans from investors to start a new pharmaceutical company and using …
