News tagged with legal experts

Fate of digital assets 'vague' after death

When you die, does your Facebook account die with you? Or that online photo album? What about your iTunes playlist, blogs or tweets?

Technology / Internet

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

NATO launches exercise to beef up cyber defence

NATO's Tallinn-based cyber defence centre on Monday launched a three-day exercise involving European IT and legal experts in a bid to beef up cyber defence skills through gaming.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook's popularity also brings lawsuits

As Facebook readies for Wall Street's richest high-tech debut, it is wrangling with litigation and bracing for potential new suits.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Judge in Pirate Bay trial may have been biased

A Swedish judge who found four men guilty of promoting copyright infringement by running filesharing site The Pirate Bay may have been biased and a retrial may be ordered, legal experts said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

British local authority takes Twitter to court in US

An English local authority said on Sunday it had taken US micro-blogging site Twitter to court in California and forced it to release the details of a British user.

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Smartphone app lets workers track wages

(AP) -- Workers who don't trust the boss to keep track of their wages can now do it themselves with a new smartphone application from the Department of Labor. But employers worry that the time sheet app, ...

Technology / Software

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Amazon's former Calif. affiliates brace for lost revenue

For several years now, the military museum in Old Sacramento has quietly earned a nice little income by acting as a sales rep for Amazon.com Inc.

Technology / Business

created Jul 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

US appeals court hears arguments on health care law

A US federal appeals court in Virginia began Tuesday examining two challenges to President Barack Obama's controversial health care law.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10

Phone apps let users mock the law, but authorities aren't laughing

Want to fool merchants with a fake ID? Hack someone's text messages? Or how about tracking where your co-workers are, without their knowing it? There's an app for that.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US appeals court upholds Obama's health care law

A US federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's controversial health care law Wednesday in the first rejection of several challenges at the appeals court level.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Judge tosses case seeking rights for orcas

(AP) -- An effort to free whales from SeaWorld by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped in court Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Climate activists target states with lawsuits

(AP) -- A group of attorneys representing children and young adults began to file legal actions Wednesday in every state and the District of Columbia in an effort to force government intervention on climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 60

Climate change is analyzed from the perspective of the social sciences

Research being carried out at Carlos III University of Madrid analyzes the key factors in climate change and the risks to public policies that it implies. This study approaches the issue from the perspective ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 72


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