Professor D. Marvin Jones, a University of Miami law professor, has filed a lawsuit seeking damages of $20,000,000 against Above the Law.com (ATL) for insinuating that he had committed the crime of solicitation of a prostitute and for posting a photo-collage that: 1) portrayed him in a false light; 2) invaded his privacy; 3) and infringed on a copyright based on the [...]
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Tim Manni of the excellent HSH Associates Financial News Blog reports about a new FTC regulation: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a new set of guidelines today that deal with online advertising and endorsements. As a true sign of the times, today’s announcement addresses bloggers in particular. Fines could be as high as $11,000 [...]
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CNN reports of a potentially groundbreaking court ruling ordering Google to identify the IP and email addresses of an anonymous blogger: A model who was slammed with derogatory terms by an anonymous blogger has the right to learn the identity of her online heckler, a judge ruled.Google complied with the court’s ruling, submitting the creator’s IP [...]
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The hot topic around the taxosphere the last few weeks is the House’s talk of imposing a special surtax on the rich to help pay for healthcare reform. I have written about why I think this idea is absurd and why I think it won’t improve the health of Americans. P.S. It’s already made me sick. [...]
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The Internet is an egalitarian’s paradise. It has leveled the playing field for professionals of all stripes by allowing the little guy to compete on an equal footing with the big boys. Mostly this is accomplished through blogging. I have been tracking tax blogs for several years and have discovered for myself that there is nothing equal [...]
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Bill is the author of the tax and financial blog April15.Com. The blog’s tag line is, [P]roviding news and sometimes irreverent commentary on today’s tax and financial issues. I hate to drag Bill into the ongoing debate about whether and why CPAs are more suited than others to engage in quality tax return preparation, but I really have no choice. That’s because he has [...]
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We recently wrote in Death of Blogging and Death of Blogging II about a proposal by the highly revered libertarian, Judge Richard Posner, to eliminate the right of bloggers to include properly attributed quotes and excerpts from mainstream media outlets in their online posts. Now here’s another shot across the blog-bow. This one is from the ubiquitous [...]
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