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What Are the Legal Responsibilities of Bicyclists?

Bicyclist Who Crashed Into Pedestrian Convicted of Felony Manslaughter A San Francisco man has become the first bicyclist in the United States ever to be convicted of felony vehicular manslaughter for plowing through an intersection and colliding with a man who later died of his injuries. The case is interesting…

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Police Using Automated Scanners to Monitor Every Car

Crime-fighting Techniques Worry ACLU  More bad news for those concerned about their privacy conflicting with local and national security efforts. State and local police departments nationwide have been quietly tracking the movements of every vehicle with a license plate. Automated Scanners Monito Moving and Parked Cars Automated scanners affixed to…

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Restaurant Owner Fires All His Employees Via Text

Business Owner Criticized for Not Firing in Person  Being an employer these days can be tricky. The job requires constant juggling. Add to the mix the volatile economy, a litigious society and an employer can be on his toes much of the time, constantly juggling a million different things. But…

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Facebook Postings Can Become Evidence

Judges Decide Requests on a Case by Case Basis What you say on Facebook can and will be used against you. That is, if a judge believes the request for someone’s Facebook postings is more than just a fishing expedition. Information gleaned from Facebook postings and other social media communications…

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Phone Apps Can Help You Through Your Divorce

Apps Can Help With Advice, Scheduling and Emotional Issues A best friend can definitely help you tough out your divorce, but what do you do when your best bud isn’t available to help? You may want to check out the latest apps designed to help people through their divorces. That’s…

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Speak Up If You Want the Right to Remain Silent

Supreme Court Says Fifth Amendment Must Be Invoked Suspects who want the right to remain silent must first speak up. That’s the message from the Supreme Court in one of their recent rulings, which said that a suspect’s silence can be used against him or her unless that person has…

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Your Face Could Be in a Police Photo Database

New Jersey Among States Where Police Use Photo Databases Few, if any, guidelines are in place to guard against abuse of massive photo databases that authorities nationwide have been compiling in recent years. The faces of more than 120 million people are contained in photo databases that police are increasingly…

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Employers, Is Your Unpaid Internship Legal?

An Unpaid Internship Is Not Free Labor It’s long been a tradition that college students can gain on-the-job training and experience through internships. Some of these offer a modest wage. Others offer nothing at all. More often than not, internships are unpaid. Employers figure they are willing to spend time…

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