How many times a day would you say that you check the Facebook App on your phone? Twice? Ten times? None at all? Since its emergence in mainstream media in 2005, Facebook has changed the way people look at social media. But this influence has not come without its share of controversies. The most recent …
On September 11, 2001, our nation suffered horrific terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. that resulted in the tragic deaths of thousands of American citizens. In the wake of these attacks, the United States government responded with the War on Terror, which included military action, intelligence activities, and new laws and regulations …
On October 3, the FCC issued a release stating that the Marriott hotel services would be fined $600,000 to resolve the agency’s investigation into “whether the Marriott intentionally interfered with and disabled Wi-Fi networks established by consumers in the conference facilities of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee in violation of …
Most fans of the Olympic Games knows the story of Oscar Pistorious, the South African sprint runner who uses artificial limbs to compete in events for both below-knee amputees and for able-bodied athletes. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pistorious became the first amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Games. Although recently Pistorious’ inspiring story …
In September, Toyota unveiled its new hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell Vehicle (“FCV”). The 2015 FCV, Toyota’s first production scale hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, is set to hit the market by mid-2015. Though this technology has the potential to offer clean, zero-emission passenger vehicles, many questions linger about the potential success of hydrogen, including whether there will …
In its decision in Howerton v. Arai Helmet, Ltd., 358 N.C. 440 (2004), the North Carolina Supreme Court could not have been clearer: “North Carolina is not, nor has it ever been, a Daubert jurisdiction.”Although this emphatic declaration rings with finality, the Supreme Court must yet again decide whether or not North Carolina courts are …
On September 26, swarms of protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets demanding electoral reform. They demanded then, and continue to demand, a free vote for the upcoming 2017 election for chief executive, without the Chinese government handpicking finalists beforehand. In response, the Chinese government has turned to censorship in attempt to control the …
At first blush, you might answer this question with “of course not” and you would assume that almost everyone else in the world would do the same. In that assumption you would be wrong. In London, in a matter of minutes, six people did just that (Read the article here). They happened upon a free …
This Wednesday Google received a scathing demand letter accusing it of failing to remove private photos taken from celebrities’ hacked iCloud accounts. Martin D. Singer, representing over a dozen celebrities who were victims of these hackers, threatens Google with a $100 million lawsuit for its failure to remove the photos as required under the Digital …
Hydraulic fracturing is a highly disputed method of extracting natural gas from rock formations deep underground. Well operators pump fluids at high pressures into the ground to create small fissures, allowing the gas to seep out and be collected. The fluids are normally composed of water, sand, and additives, which compose by volume approximately 98%, …
