A deaf person and two deaf-advocacy organizations are suing Netflix for making movies available for instant online viewing without providing

Jun 26, 2012

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June 15, 2012 - This is my second Father’s Day as the daddy of Sophia and Allegra, my 17-month-old fraternal twin girls. I never thought I’d meet the right woman but—wow!—I did and thus, well into my fifth decade, we decided to become parents. The day the girls were born was the most wonderful and memorable of my life.Evolution programmed us with a sex drive that keeps the species going. But contraception now makes parenthood a choice. Evolution also has programmed int

Jun 22, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

Among the challenges businesses face as a result of President Obama's health-insurance reform law is uncertainty . But even if the Supreme Court puts an end to that law, the Wall Street Journal notes, it won't put an end to the regime uncertainty surrounding health reform .

Jun 22, 2012

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Along with Congress , the Federal Trade Commission, and the European Union , the state of Texas has been investigating Google for possible antitrust violations.

Jun 22, 2012

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Johnson & Johnson -- the company that helped you shampoo with "no more tears," fight acne , and heal pretty much every wound that didn't require stiches -- is close to a settlement with the federal government. It's going to pay a fine of more than $1.5 billion, sources say. For, essentially, speaking. The case comes out of J&J's prescription drug business. The Wall Street Journal explains :Under federal law, drug makers can market medicines only for uses approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, though doctors can prescribe drugs for unapproved, or off-label, uses. The largest illegal-drug-marketing settlement to date was in 2009, when Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay $2.3 billion to resolve an investigation into the promotion of now-withdrawn painkiller Bextra and other drugs.

Jun 21, 2012

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Robert Jahoda, a blind man from Pennsylvania, is sole named plaintiff in a batch of lawsuits seeking to force banks to bring their ATMs.....

Jun 21, 2012

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Last week President Obama announced that his administration will not deport as many as a million illegal immigrants who were brought to the

Jun 20, 2012

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"You may ... settle this matter by paying $90,643. "What matter? Selling rabbits without a license. There was no accusation of animal cruelty, let alone danger to humans.

Jun 18, 2012

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The federal government has succeeded in getting Rajat Gupta, under whose leadership McKinsey and Co. nearly tripled its revenues , convicted of "securities fraud" for acts that, even if he committed them, are not fraud . The verdict was guilty on three counts of "securities fraud" and one of conspiracy, not guilty on two counts of "securities fraud."

Jun 15, 2012

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Spokeo, a six-year-old online business designed to help people find each other, is paying $800,000 to settle a case with the Federal Trade Commission. From the FTC's statement : Spokeo, Inc., a data broker that compiles and sells detailed information profiles on millions of consumers, will pay $800,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it marketed the profiles to companies in the human resources, background screening, and recruiting industries without taking steps to protect consumers required under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This is the first Commission case to address the sale of Internet and social media data in the employment screening context.The FTC alleged that Spokeo operated as a consumer reporting agency and violated the FCRA by failing to make sure that the information it sold would be used only for

Jun 15, 2012

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Summarizing their cases before the question of Rajat Gupta's guilt or innocence goes to a jury, the former Goldman Sachs director's lawyer argued that the federal government had nothing but indirect evidence , but the prosecution argued that when it was added up, it was overwhelming evidence against Gupta.

Jun 14, 2012

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In the Wall Street Journal, a Google competitor complained that the company isn't doing enough to help him compete with it . European authorities, as I previously noted, seem supportive of the notion that Google is obligated to help its own competitors.

Jun 12, 2012

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Supporting capitalism doesn't always mean doing what big businesses want, because sometimes what big businesses want is to use government to trample other people's rights. Take the following suggestion from AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, in his op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal : Require spectrum holders to put the airwaves to work. Many spectrum holders are speculators seeking an investment gain, with no intent to build a mobile network. We should discourage speculation and do more to ensure that spectrum goes to companies with the experience and means to put it to work. If a buyer hasn't used the spectrum within a reasonable time period—which could vary depending on the spectrum's technical properties or use restrictions—they would either have to put it up for sale, lease it or find a partner who can build it out.

Jun 11, 2012

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Going into the weekend, the expectation was that Rajat Gupta would testify in his own defense in his insider-trading case. But yesterday, "after substantial reflection and consideration," his lawyer said he would not.

Jun 11, 2012

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We're well into our project to sort all of our web content according to select topic categories. This is part of a larger goal to make content easy to find and to provide users with multiple ways to browse content.

Jun 11, 2012

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The federal government today rested its case against Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs director it has accused of leaking confidential information to convicted insider trader Raj Rajaratnam.

Jun 9, 2012

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It's always good to see business fight back against government meddling .Google, which made headlines in 2010 for standing up to Chinese censorship , yesterday announced that it would warn users whose accounts appear to be targeted by state-sponsored hacking .

Jun 8, 2012

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A recent article by Ammu Kannampilly entitled " India's unlikely romance with Ayn Rand ," published by the Asian-based DAWN media group....

Jun 8, 2012

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Edward Hudgins

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When it comes to defending your rights, you can’t beat the real thing. Objecting to a ham-handed regulation may save you from it in the short term . But in the long run, the security of your rights depends on the acceptance of rights as moral principles—not just the rejection of a particular rule. The Coca-Cola Co. therefore deserves some credit for a principled response to New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s efforts to restrict soda sizes . It tweeted : Unlike @MikeBloomberg, @CocaColaCo thinks #NewYorkers can make their own choices about what they drink. #NYC deserves better.

Jun 7, 2012

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