Top 10 in Law Blogs: Baseball, Privacy, and Politics.
July 19, 2016
Well it’s Tuesday and we got a story on a federal judge who came down with the hammer on a former baseball executive whom was caught hacking into a former colleague and competitors scouting database.
- What Is a Fair Sentence for Hacking a Baseball Team? – A former scouting director for the St. Louis Cardinals was sentenced to 46 months in jail for hacking into the Houston Astros computers.
- It is Past Time to Vaccinate Restaurant Employees – Hawaii is Latest Example – Food safety advocate and attorney Bill Marler lays out the latest example of why all restaurant employees need be vaccinated as Hawaii as had two cases in the past two weeks of a food service worked being infected with Hepatitis A.
- What’s the Final Outcome of Microsoft’s Victory? We’ll Find Out Soon. – LexBlog’s Zosha Millman asks the question, who will act first, tech companies or Congress? Regarding Microsoft’s major victory in their three-year battle against U.S. law enforcement when last week the Second Circuit unanimously ruled that the government cannot compel the tech company to hand over emails stored on a server in Dublin.
- Workforce Management Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions – The Hospitality Labor and Employment Law Blog reviews potential issues that arise during mergers and acquisition as more than 25,000 M&A deals were announced in the United States during 2015 alone.
- New PAGA Amendments Fail to Substantively Address Employers’ Concerns – Shepard Mullin’s Employment and Labor Blog lists four main ways the new PAGA amendments fail to substantively address employers concerns.
- Debt Buyers Should Exhaust All Avenues When Investigating Credit Report Disputes – Bradley’s Financial Services Perspectives Blog looks to the case of Hinkle v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., et al., as to why debt buyers should exhaust all avenues.
- Something Went Right In Brazil – Brazil is the second major branded (innovator) drug preemption win in an Invokana case in little over a month.
- Final Privacy Shield: How it Changed and What It Means for Businesses – DLA Piper’s Technology’s Legal Edge Blog does a final briefing on what the privacy shield means for all businesses.
- State Department May Revoke Visa for DUI Arrest without Determination of Guilt – “Individuals who hold nonimmigrant visas in the U.S. are likely to face severe consequences if arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or a related offense, based on the recently released guidance from the U.S. Department of State (DOS).”
- Copyright Tips for Political Campaigns and Their Consultants – Perfect timing after Melania Trump’s speech last night, Jackson Lewis’ Political Briefing Blog which goes over copyright regulations from music to artwork.
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