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Archives for March 19, 2010

Justice comes for the spammer in CA

It turns out that there is justice. This just in from California via Slashdot: spammers who send out false and deceptive spam will pay liquidated damages to the extent of $1,000 per email.

The Freedom of Information Act and the Presidency

During my undergrad days, I did a stint as a lowly intern in a mammoth sized bureaucracy in Washington, D.C.  The building that housed the “Department” was built in the 1950s, and it smelled that way, too.  One of my main tasks, other than attending endless meetings on subject matter about which I knew or […]

In-house making gains over outside counsel

In news that’s good for me, ensconced in my Dilbert-land cubicle in the legal department of corporate America, general counsels are reporting that the costs of litigation balanced against tough economic times is pushing them to expand their in-house legal departments at the expense of outside counsel. From the ABA Journal: Given the higher regulatory […]