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AFP eWire
March 2, 2009 |
Leona Helmsley's Trust Can Support More Than Dogs, Court Rules In an unusual case that is raising eyebrows among fundraisers and donors alike, the court defied Helmsley's wish for the bulk of her $5.2 billion estate to be directed solely to the care and welfare of dogs.   |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Steven J. Frank |
The Death of Business-Method Patents From now on, you can get a U.S. patent only on a mousetrap -- not on the idea of catching mice |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
When It Pays to Fight City Hall An annual analysis of litigated disciplinary proceedings brought by the SEC and FINRA against broker/dealers and registered representatives shows that it sometimes pays for B/Ds and reps to litigate against the regulators. |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Computer Abuse Legal peril for Web users |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Misery Gets Company Incarceration record |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Safe Bet New regulations, issued in November, no longer insist that banks and other payment processors figure out the difference between legal and illegal online gambling, a distinction Congress deliberately left vague. |
Reason
March 2009
Brian Doherty |
Soothsayer Speech No fortunetelling ban |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Gay by Force If there is any room for common ground between the seemingly irreconcilable perspectives of those opposed to homosexuality and those fighting for gay rights, it lies in recognizing the distinction between public and private discrimination. |
ifeminists
February 26, 2009
Carey Roberts |
VAWA Subsidizes Green Card Scams The Violence Against Women Act underwrites Green Card lottery schemes, lures foreign women into prostitution, and tars innocent American men as abusers -- all at taxpayer expense. Here's how it works. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Sues TomTom Over Mobile Patents Microsoft claims it has been trying to negotiate with GPS device vendor TomTom for a year. |
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