Posted by Natasha Dizon. Today, technology is very advanced with data that can be accessed and tampered with and though a simple passcode or a touch of a finger, your phone can be opened. Smartphones are something that everyone has these days. iPhones have iOS 8 and it can be hacked into through “backdoors.” Recently, Syed …
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Alaburda v. Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Posted by Maleesha Silva. Anna Alaburda was a 2008 graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL). She graduated with honors and had even went on to pass the California Bar Exam. However, she was unable to find a suitable job after graduation and decided to sue TJSL. The plaintiff claimed the defendant, Thomas Jefferson School of …
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Sports Authority is Bankrupt and Closing 140 Stores
Posted by Andres Garcia. On Wednesday March 2, 2016, Sports Authority decided it was time to file for bankruptcy and close almost a third of its total locations. Sports Authority has been crowned the fourth largest U.S. sports store. The decision came after the company failed to pay a $20 million payment of January. In the …
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Tim Cook says the FBI wants Apple to ‘Hack’ Your iPhone
Posted by Andres Garcia. Following the explicit shooting in San Bernardino, California, the FBI insisted Apple create a software that would aid them in their process of investigation. The proposed software would be inserted into the iPhone device belonging to one of the suspects in the mass shooting. The FBI asked Apple, Inc. after they could …
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Target is the “Target” of an Amazon Lawsuit
Posted by Abul Hasnat Juned. Mr. Valdez, a veteran logistics executive of Amazon.com, has been sued by Amazon.com because of violating a non-compete clause. That clause prohibits him from joining any rival for 18 months after leaving Amazon. Valdez worked as a senior executive of the operation department in Amazon, whose job was to supervise …
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Apple and the Government
Posted by Abul Hasnat Juned. Apple Inc. and the U.S. government are headed to court because the government is trying to force Apple to hack into the iPhone of the dead San Bernardino attacker, Syed Rizwan Farook. The reason why the government’s wants to access Farook’s phone is that it may contain evidence regarding the …
Sherman v. United States
Posted by Natalie Dorley. The case of Sherman v. United States looks like a case of entrapment. Entrapment is when a “law enforcement official” forces another individual to perform an illegal activity that they would not normally do (if they were not under forced pretenses). The defendant ended up being charged with the sale of narcotics. “A …
GM Car Ignition
Posted by Hijab Sheikh. A long case of a Louisiana man and woman’s car accident in 2014 ended on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. The jury in Manhattan listened to them for more than two hours, blaming their accident over a defective ignition switch while the GM lawyer said there was no evidence that there was a flaw in …
Ignition Switch Dilemma
Posted by Brianna Montalvo. Since 2014, General Motors has been having ignition switch issues with their vehicles which has lead to 30 million recalls. As of Tuesday, March 29 2016, a jury in New York City has yet to reach a verdict on the ignition switch controversy. This case was brought to the jury by a …
Kentucky’s AG Sues Volkswagen for Emissions-Rigging Scheme
Posted by Alexa Christie. In Frankfort, Kentucky, Attorney General Andy Beshear sues Volkswagen claiming the automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scheme violated the state’s consumer protection law. There were 3,800 vehicles registered in Kentucky with this defect. The lawsuit was filed in a state court. “”We have a very strong law that is meant to prevent …
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