Fresh off his last Tonight Show monologue, Jay Lento is scouring the vintage car dealers’ websites to find replacement wheel hubs for his antique BMW. Searching worldwide, he finds none. When his friend N. Gennyus mentions that he can make exact computer replicas with a 3D printer to create a cast to manufacture the vintage wheel hub, Jay wonders if it’s legal?
Living in a State of De-Nile: Are Commercial Drones Viable?
Soon, the days of having to wait for your online purchase to arrive may be a thing of the past. Nile, giant online retailer of everything from books to breakfast cereal, announced that it intended to deploy a fleet of commercial drones to deliver packages mere minutes after your order is placed. Are there legal
Them’s Fighting Words!
With Halloween less than a week away, Bill Hatfield and his neighbor Randy McCoy are at it again. This time, it’s over McCoy’s pumpkin orange 38-foot recreational vehicle parked in front of his house. Hatfield demands McCoy remove the eyesore. When McCoy refuses, Hatfield successfully recruits other neighbors who together spearhead passage of a local
Is Revenge Porn Legal?
In the aftermath of her failed relationship with Mortie Fyed, Ima Riled did the unthinkable: She uploaded sexually explicit photos and videos of Mortie online – photos Mortie sent Ima in confidence. Ima allegedly posted them to scores of revenge porn sites, online hubs where scorned exes publish intimate photos without their former lovers’ consent.
Five New Texas State Laws from the 83rd Legislature Affecting Every Business
Jeff Leach (LRM associate and Texas House Representative), helped us recap 5 bills of critical interest to you and your business passed in the last Session.
DRUG TESTING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (SB 21)
Drug testing required to receive unemployment benefits IF employer required pre-employment drug screening.
The legislation, effective September 1, mandates if someone submits
Wanna Bet? Betting About Baseball Returns to the News
In 2011, Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun became the first MLB player to successfully challenge, and evade, a 50-game suspension for suspected use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). Coincidentally, that same year, Braun went on to win the National League MVP award. Although many thought that Braun escaped on a technicality, Braun was not without
Asylum’s Just Another Word for Nowhere Left to Go
U. Hyde Meah’s employer required him to agree contractually that top secret information he reviewed as a technical contractor for the United States government would not be disclosed. Later Hyde leaked details of several top-secret mass surveillance programs to the press. Hyde sees himself as a hero and a whistleblower. The U.S. government views him
The Supreme Court Narrows the Definition of “Supervisor” – The Cat’s Meow for Corporations
Ellen Tabby, an African-American, has worked for Binge and Purr, a cat food manufacturing company, for several years. Tabby reports to Stephanie Schnauzer, who is white. Tabby and Schnauzer argue like cats and dogs. Tabby is convinced that Schnauzer’s poor attitude toward her is rooted in the fact that Tabby is African-American. Although Schnauzer directs
Protecting Your Piece of the Pie: Texas Adopts the Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Pizza the Action is a major distributor of pizza dough and toppings and provides these products to many large national pizza chains. Pizza the Action’s top sales person, Eaton Wright, just announced that he was resigning and that he had accepted a position with The Pie’s the Limit, an upstart competitor in the very same
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Billy Bob Cooter is spending a Sunday doing what he loves most – attending a NASCAR race to watch his favorite driver Ricky Bobby pilot the #26 Wonder Bread car. It’s a close and exciting race as the drivers begin the final lap towards the checkered flag. With Ricky Bobby in contention, Cooter decides to