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%, …
In this age of technology, the use of mobile applications (also known as “apps”) can make time consuming and tedious tasks fairly easy to accomplish. We can find, and buy, just about anything with a quick tap on the screens of our “smart” devices. We can pay our bills virtually without ever having to walk …
“Mash-up” artists are now allowed to freely use any songs or videos without worry of copyright infringement… If the judge thinks it is funny. A recent exception applied to UK copyright law came into affect on October 1 that allows “mash-up” artists to use other artists’ materials without the original artists’ consent. There is …
For those of you alarmed by the pervasiveness of Google Earth imagining, buyers beware! Staying off the map is becoming increasingly more difficult as new surveillance technology enables law enforcement to collect and store mass amounts motion tracking data. Advanced license plate recognition technology systems (ALPRs or LPRs) photograph license plates using infrared cameras, effectively …
The use of residential rooftop solar panels has grown rapidly in the United States over the last decade. Increasing the cost of solar; but utility companies’ concerns have grown contemporaneous to the fledgling industry’s success. The most recent debate in the long line of battles deals with the “net metering” practice used in around 40 …
Video game publisher Activision Blizzard, maker of such popular video games as World of Warcraft and Diablo, is being sued by Panama’s former military dictator, Manuel Noriega. Noriega filed suit in July of this year in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming that the powerhouse publisher had used his name and likeness without his permission …