Law professor Diane Donahoe puts the digital generation at ease in the classroom with laptops and electronic casebooks called TeachingLaw.com. E-casebooks tie together interactivity, immediate feedback and multimedia into a convenient online package.
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Microsoft Corp. submitted a test version of its Windows Vista operating system with features that make it easier to use non-Microsoft programs to search PC hard drives, according to a Justice Department report. Microsoft agreed to make changes to Vista in response to antitrust complaints from Google Inc.
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NEW ORLEANS - An anti-concurrent clause in an insurer’s policy is unambiguous and can be used to exclude coverage for water damages caused by Hurricane Katrina, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Aug. 31 (Paul and Julie Leonard v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Nos. 06-61130 & 06-61131, 5th Cir.).
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PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon woman filed a class action lawsuit on Aug. 15, alleging that the recording industry is waging a campaign of “threat and intimidation” against people who have never illegally downloaded music (Tanya Andersen, individually and as a representative of all others similarly situated v. Atlantic Recording Corp., et al., No. CV […]
NATICK, Mass. - Boston Scientific Corp. and 35 state attorneys general have agreed to a $16.75 million settlement for claims that the company’s subsidiaries continued to market unmodified implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) even after they learned that the products contained a defect (State of Texas v. Guidant Corp., et al., No. 07-09932, Texas Dist., Dallas […]
States say ending court oversight of Microsoft in November won’t allow enough time to consider antitrust implications of Windows Vista. The oversight aims to force middleware competitors that link the operating system to everyday programs to compete fairly.
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Recent headlines highlight the vanishing line between professional and private e-mail accounts. Attorneys are likely to face an increasing number of requests for access to any business-related e-mail on the employee’s home computer and online e-mail account.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A city violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) by discharging sewage into a pond that is part of a larger wetland and has a significant nexus to a nearby river that is considered to be a navigable water of the United States under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Rapanos v. United […]
RICHMOND, Va. - The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 1 affirmed the conspiracy and insurance fraud convictions and 41-month sentences imposed on neurologist Abdorasool Janati and his wife and office manager, Forouzandeh Janati, for improper billings to insurers through their Neurological Institute of Northern Virginia (United States of America v. Abdorasool Janati, […]
ISP EarthLink said it would cut 900 jobs and close four offices to reduce costs. EarthLink resells some broadband services but other providers have lower pricing, bundling high-speed services with traditional long-distance and local phone plans.
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