Written by: Jeff Hinman Researched by: Darci G. Van Duzer and Tom Borton Edited by: Eric Wasik Last month, a writer for an Italian website revealed that the end user license agreement (EULA) for the Windows version of Apple’s web browser, Safari, prohibited installation of the software on a PC. Much to the embarrassment of [...]
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or can steer you toward the deepest pockets. This week’s word is the latter. Written by: Darci G. Van Duzer Erma Workingmom was panicked by the sudden demolition of her white picket fence as the delivery truck backed into her tiny yard. [...]
Written by: Nick CalebResearched by: Steve GlistaEdited by: Kimberly Brandt Some documents are just too good to keep to yourself. Recently, the Department of Justice released sections of a second “torture memo” written in 2003 by John Yoo, formerly an attorney at the Department of Justice. This memo supplements the leaked 2002 memo written by [...]
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or could save you from a painfully embarrassing mispronunciation at your next office party. This week’s word is the latter. Written by: Darci G. Van Duzer Most people have, from time to time, found themselves stranded in front of the television set [...]
Written by: Edward S. Bushnell Researched by: Jeff W. Richards Edited by: John Deininger On March 30, six teenage girls in Lakeland, Florida, allegedly took turns beating 16-year old Victoria Lindsay for half an hour while two teen boys acted as lookouts. Planning to broadcast the beating on YouTube and MySpace as an apparent retaliation [...]
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or could make you rethink a spur-of-the-moment marriage to that person you just met in Vegas. This week’s word is the latter. Written by: Lauren E. Trent Given the media hype often surrounding celebrity annulments, it is no surprise that the process [...]
Oregon Law Review has published Volume 86, No. 1. In operation since 1921, the journal is the largest at the University of Oregon. To read their newest and past issues online, or for subscription information, visit their website.
Written by: Alexander JL Theoharis Researched by: Jay D. Hall Edited by: Peter Fehrs Despite his untimely death in 1995, formerly prolific rap artist Tupac Shakur has continued to influence the world from beyond the grave. The most recent ripple came from a set of supposed FBI documents implicating Sean “Diddy” Combs in Tupac’s 1994 [...]
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or a matter of life-and-death. This week’s word is the latter. Written by: Steve Glista Henry Brown was shot as he tried to break into an apartment in Columbus, Missouri. Joe Horn shot and killed two men as they were running away [...]
Written by: J. Aaron Landau Researched by: Darci G. Van Duzer Edited by: Stefanie Herrington For the better part of twenty-five years, emotions have run high on the subject of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Convicted in 1982 for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, Abu-Jamal is to some an unrepentant cop-killer, and to others a [...]
