Summary: The Supreme Court is currently deciding whether or not it should be made easier to win punitive damages in patent-infringement cases. The decision could go sour for small businesses who can not afford expensive and sophisticated patent lawyers. Some say that opening the door to larger punitive cases could deter innovation. A decision by the Supreme Court is expected before June of 2016. Summary: It has been confirmed that a SeaWorld employee posed as an animal rights activist. PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said that the worker took part in a large majority of last year 's meetings. The purpose of planting an employee to spy on PETA was a part of SeaWorld 's efforts to fight its image after a documentary termed …show more content…
The spill was the largest oil spill off of the United States coast, as more than three million oil barrels leaked into the water. Less than two hours later, Kalzula was found not guilty of the charges. The defendant argued that many people contributed to the disaster and that he should not be charged with a criminal act. Summary: Due to a FIFA bribery scandal, Citigroup inc has received a subpoena finaled against them. It is alleged that FIFA fell prone to corruption as a result of certain individuals in which Citigroup lent money to. In total, over $150 million in bribes were supposively received. Citigroup is the first major United States bank to disclose information and links that are related to the scandal. Summary: Tairod Pugh, a former U.S. Air Force member is faced with trial this week as a result of being suspected for working with ISIS. The case against him claims that he has attempted to provide material to support the terrorist group and the obstruction of justice. Mr. Pugh has plead not guilty. Since 2014, there have been over 80 Americans who have been arrested on a account of working with the Islamic State. Only about one third of them have plead …show more content…
The IRS appealed the case to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since this case is a largely unresolved tax issue that many companies are facing. If Intel wins the case, Alphabet would be allowed to keep the $3.5 billion offshore and defer it as a tax liability. This is due to the fact that U.S. companies are not taxed on revenue that they keep in offshore accounts until they bring the money back into the United States. Summary: A judge has sided with Apple against the Justice Department on an issue of whether or not Apple will be forced to unlock a phone so that investigators can extract data. This ruling may set a precedent for a case in California where the FBI would like access to a terrorist 's phone. The most current ruling comes a day before the California case is set to start. The judge justified his court ruling by rejecting the Justice Department 's claims that the All Writs Act gives authority to Apple to bypass the passcode on
terrorist acts of a more homegrown variety. Stern interviews American terrorists here in the United
In doing so, they used 3 different logical structures in their arguments: precedent, degree, and analogies. Tim Cook debated with a constructive argument, “to guarantee such a powerful tool isn’t abused and don’t fall into the wrong hands is to never create it” (The Guardian, 2016). This is an example of degree argument, as the audience will automatically agree with any arguments with less of bad things because it is good. Apple knows there are no other cases like this one, so there’s nothing to compare to. Letting the government into the iPhone only this one time can set a dangerous precedent that can potentially force Apple to force open every iPhone in the future at government request. This became a heated legal battle, granting the access in their products for law enforcement was compared to “a political question” by Apple with an analogy (Yadron,
California was heard by the Supreme Court, Riley stated that a smartphone and whatever it may contain does not provide a threat to police officers, therefore People v. Diaz does not apply. Jeffrey L. Fisher, a Stanford University law professor, served as Riley’s representation (Riley v. California, n.d.). He boiled his argument down to the searching of a cell phone is nothing more than an invasion of privacy, as most people now have their entire life on their personal devices (Liptak, 2014).
A large part of this has to do with the way the director appeals to ethos. The documentary was funded by CNN, a company that many audiences knows and trusts due to the reliability in being a top news network. Cowperthwaite uses actual news footage by NBC and FOX, plus CNN debates, from the coverage of the different whale attacks. She also creates credibility through the interviews with the four former SeaWorld trainers that worked with Dawn Brancheau. Their background and first-hand experience establishes a trust with the audience that makes them believable when they speak out against SeaWorld. Another extremely trustworthy source that appears in the documentary is OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Those who work in this administration aim to help employers and employees reduce job injuries, illnesses and deaths. The organization sued SeaWorld after the death of Dawn Brancheau and have fought many other lawsuits because of the way the Sea World treats their
...till need to care more about the people’s privacy. I also agree with Apple’s CEO’s position that is why I strongly agree with this article.
Although SeaWorld presents itself as a family establishment full of fun “educational” activities. However, these activities harm animals physically and emotionally.
This was later thrown out. However, later during the 1998 trial, Bill gates was extremely uncooperative in answering the courts questions, among other somewhat unethical acts. During the trial Microsoft also tried to prove that Windows would not function properly without Internet Explore. Their demonstration to prove this was found to be very much an orchestrated and possibly falsified demonstration. On November 5, 1999, Judge Jackson issued his initial findings of fact. These findings alleged that Microsoft had held a monopoly power that it then used it to harm consumers, rivals, and other companies. On February 1, 2000, Microsoft field a brief alleging that recent AOL-Time Warner merger was its chief reason that the case against them should be thrown out. On April 3, 2000, Judge Jackson issued his conclusions of law, which found Microsoft in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman
In today 's generation many adults and teenagers keep everything from contacts numbers to their social security numbers on their smartphones. When customers, including criminals and terrorists purchase their smartphones, they are buying it with the assurance that not some, but all of their information and privacy will be safeguarded. The issue occurring today deals with the suspected terrorist of the San Bernardino, California on December 2, 2015 shooting involving over 30 injured people. Syed Farook, the suspected terrorist Apple IPhone is locked with a 4 code password and the government wants Apple to create a backdoor operating systems that allows them to computerize as many passcodes they can to unlocks the terrorists IPhone. Apple strongly believes that creating this necessary backdoor system will create a negative chain of effects that will affect everyone from smartphone users to social media companies and their privacy. The FBI recently has taken Apple to court to create the necessary backdoor operating systems to get around the security features created on the Apple IPhones. Apple has the legal right to refuse creating a “backdoor” software to get into suspected terrorists iphone because it invades the privacy of Apple 's customers, it will set a precedent for other companies, and the FBI will mislead Apple.
In the cases of Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, the Justices looked at whether police need to obtain a warrant to search the content of a cell phone that is seized from a person who is arrested. In Riley, the defendant was...
“Smartphones and the 4th Amendment”. The New York Times. (27 Apr. 2014).Web. 28 Apr. 2014.
The FIFA’s executives and Officials days of freedom are numbered. Since May 2015 evidence has been released that can incriminate the sixteen members involved in the FIFA scandal. New evidence is released weekly about the FIFA corruption scandal and there comes a point where the arrest need to start to help the organization get passed the scandal. The questions at the start of the investigation were is FIFA actually corrupted? Did FIFA accept bribes during the World Cup voting process? Now the questions have shifted towards when will Sepp Blatter resign or get convicted? Will more evidence get uncovered in the upcoming weeks that will convict more FIFA officials? And can anyone be trusted to run FIFA? FIFA’s problems began with the president’s
America’s Use of Torture in Interrogations of Suspected Terrorists Violates Human Rights by Lisa Hajjar
Swartz and Allen both agree the government’s use of cell pone surveillance is questionable, however they disagree on where the line should be drawn. For example, Swartz’s view is objective when prosecutors make the argument that having access to such crucial data is imp...
...to work around. In a 2002 case, Madey v. Duke, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit made it clear that academic institutions could be held liable for patent infringement even in a nonprofit research.
The unprecedented terrorist attacks at the key economic, political, and military power centers in the United States on September 11, 2001 led to immediate restrictive measures among states in the global north and the international community as a whole. The perceived unprecedented threat of international terrorism had to be confronted with nothing less than a global “war on terrorism”. As a nation, Americans were born fighting; therefore, Americans will stop at nothing to protect their rights in the nation. Citizens who condone this type of patriotism – those who condone violence inflicted upon other nations other than their own show that they are complicit with a terrorist regime. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, written by Mohsin Hamid, resonates