Posted by Briana Brandao. This article, written by MaryAnn Spoto, brings to question whether or not Rutgers University violated the New Jersey open public meetings law, during one of their meetings held back in September of 2008. Francis McGovern Jr, a lawyer as well as audience member of this meeting, objected to the way these meetings …
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Posted by Chengjie Chu. The business dispute between Qualcomm and Apple has a long history, focusing on patents. In fact, Apple and Qualcomm were once close business partners. However, the quarrel between Apple and Qualcomm stems from the fact that Apple provided relevant correct information to the South Korean government when it was investigating …
SEC Archives
Posted by Milan Rana. Finally, SEC’s one of the biggest insider trading case reached a settlement on May 18, 2017. This case is no different than other wall street insider trading cases. However, the important thing to note here is unlike other hedge fund managers, Mr. Cooperman did not plead guilty to the charges against …
Seton Hall University Archives
Posted by Wenxuan Yu. The minimum wage for workers must be guaranteed, which is the basis for social stability. Yet many social workers have unimaginably low basic salaries. Julio Payes from Guatemala has two jobs. He works 80 hours a week. He had to work sixteen hours a day, seven days a week, to pay …
The Attack of the Cyber Army
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 country …
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 …
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 …
POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.
Posted by Victoria Gencarelli. Product liability is a prevailing issue and concern for companies and businesses who are marketing and selling their products. It is a company’s duty to take the liability for manufacturing and selling a product that is defective or damaged. By creating and issuing a defective product to the public, it increases …
Galaxy Note 7 Exposes Samsung’s Faulty Past
Posted by Lilli Wofsy. On October 11, 2016, Samsung reported that they would completely recall the Galaxy Note 7 and stop trying to fix the product overall. After there were many reports of the smartphone exploding or causing severe burns, Samsung attempted to fix the problem. With the hope of still profiting from the product, …
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Companies Sued for Failure to Accommodate the Blind
Posted by Shalin Thomas. The article that caught my attention and that I will be discussing is titled, “Companies Face Lawsuits Over Website Accessibility For Blind Users” by Sara Randazzo. Various world famous companies are being sued for not having accessibility on their websites for disabled users, specifically the blind. This means that website does not …
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