Posted by Vicki Elter. Experts in security and legal matters claim that if Apple has to create a software tool to help agents hack into an iPhone, many people will likely misuse it. In order to use Apple’s information in court, there will need to be numerous tests and work done by forensic experts. This will …
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Ethical Issues with the Shkreli Case
Posted by Justin Cohen. Martin Shkreli a pharmaceutical CEO raised the price of an AIDS drug that saves people’s lives. In December of 2015, the prices of the drug, called Daraprim, was raised by five thousand percent, one bottle originally being $13.50 to $750. The ethical problem in this situation was by making the drug …
Fantasy Sports Should Be Legal
Posted by Justin Cohen. For years now, daily fantasy sports has been slowly growing but recently, it has been huge. Over the last two years, if you have watched a single sporting event, I cannot imagine you not seeing one of their ads. “Fanduel packs the thrill of a whole season into just one week” …
Getting You When You Sleep
Posted by Kyle Beck. A company who makes sleep apnea masks has “agreed to pay $34.8 million to settle claims” that say the company paid kickbacks to suppliers that sold its products. Philips Resprionics, Inc. offered free customer support through its medSage call center, while the company’s competitors had to pay for a call center. …
Fan Safety at Major League Baseball Games
Posted by Michael Villafana. You may notice a new safety measure when attending a Major League Baseball game this summer. Extra safety nets will be added to several Major League ballparks starting during the 2016 season, due to several class action lawsuits filed by many baseball fans. Most recently, Gail Payne filed a class-action lawsuit …
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Samsung Appeals to SCOTUS Over Design Patent
Posted by Ashley Hellmers. The New York Times published an article reporting that the Supreme Court has decided to hear Samsung’s appeal over how must be compensated for the replication of Apple’s designs. Samsung violated Apple’s design patents for the iPhone in the creation of their S7 smartphones. Design patents are created to protect how a …
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Toyota Motor Corp. v. Lee
Posted by Michael Villafana. Ten years ago from this June, the life of Koua Fong Lee changed forever, as well as those who were in the car who Lee crashed into. Koua Fong Lee was entering onto an entrance ramp in his home state of Minnesota, when all of a sudden his Toyota Camry sped …
The Military Mishap
Posted by Kyle Beck. When someone is looking for an easy target to steal money from, they do not usually decide pick the US military. That is not the case for Alex Wisidagama, the global manager of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, who overbilled the maritime branch of the US military by more than $34 million. …
Hillary Clinton’s Email Controversy
Posted by Kyle Chapman. Hillary Clinton was accused of using a personal email account out of her home for her official email communication while she was Secretary of State. She used her family’s private email server, instead of using the official State Department email account maintained on federal government servers. Government officials argue that the …
Opinion on Gucci v. Wang Huoqing
Posted by Brooke Sabol. Gucci America, Inc. sought default judgement, an award of statutory damages, costs of the suit and a permanent injunction against defendant Wang Huoqing. The hearing on the motion was on October 8, 2010. Gucci became aware that Wang was selling fake products bearing the Gucci name and trademark on the internet to …