America's chief driving safety regulator effectively told a crowd of telematics executives that the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration ('NHTSA') doesn't like social media tools in your car. "I'm not in the business of helping people tweet better. I'm not in the business of helping people post on Facebook…
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It’s that time, dear Justia readers, when we review some monthly lists. Here’s the scoop on April’s highest scoring lawyers on Justia Answers, along with a look at which Onward blog and Facebook posts readers viewed the most. Justia’s Top 10 Legal Answerers for April 2011…
There's been a huge hullabaloo this week about a discovery by two engineers that Apple iPhones and 3G iPads log users' locations with geo-coordinates and time stamps. A day later, it was revealed that Google's Android operating system can store two files tracking users' travels: one based on WiFi, and…
Twice, I've reviewed PocketJustice by our friends at Oyez: a great app for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices for researching US Supreme Court Cases. Despite the strengths of PocketJustice, it lacked an easy way to follow current Supreme Court developments. It seems our friends at Oyez were aware of…
Last month was Mad March Legalness over at Justia. Here's a rundown of last month’s highest scoring lawyers on Justia Answers, and our most popular Onward blog and Facebook posts. Justia's Top 10 Legal Answerers for March Paul Overhauser: 4,140 points, 75 answers! Burton Padove, 3,615 points, 76 answers! Andrew…
Twitter libel ('twibel') cases are growing. Courtney Love just paid $430,000 to settle a twibel case filed by a fashion designer who accused the rocker of defaming her in a series of tweets with incredible accusations. A Welsh politician in the U.K. recently admitted to twibeling his city council opponent…
An NBA referee officiating the Minnesota Timberwolves January 24th 125-129 loss to the Houston Rockets has sued an AP reporter for defamation over a Tweet. Bill Spooner has officiated over 1,000 regular season games and over 50 play-off games. During the game, Spooner called a foul on Minnesota during the…
Sheba, Justia’s original HugPug, turns seven today! For those of you lucky enough to have dogs around while you work, you know how wonderful it is to have these four-footed friends at any office. Sheba, and fellow Justia pugs, Rio and Belle, along with other doggie friends Tank (aka, Le…
The world has changed since the last time Jerry Brown was at the helm of the State of California. First elected to statewide office in 1970, Governor Brown is no stranger to campaigning throughout the "Golden State." One major difference between the campaign that eventually brought him his first tenure…
The age-old investment adage "buy low, sell high" must be giving the political class a bad case of buyer's remorse. Considering how much our nation has paid in blood and treasure to topple Saddam Hussein, Iraq may well end up being the world's largest underwater investment ever. Worse yet, when…