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The internet is a wonderful–and wonderfully cheap–method of advertisement. Think about it–you type in a few words, you press submit, and suddenly millions of people have access to your words and your firm. For all the family law attorneys out there, if this sounds like something you’re interested in, we here at FindLaw.com have a marketing opportunity for you. Did I mention that it’s free? One of the services we offer on the consumer portion of FindLaw....

Last year, the European Court of Justice made some waves (radio waves, that is! Get it? Because it’s the Internet) when it announced there was a “right to be forgotten” that should allow people to petition Google to have Web pages removed from search results. Nice idea, but anyone who knows anything quickly pointed out that would be a logistical nightmare, and besides, Google shouldn’t be responsible for policing what’s basically a descriptivist index of what’s on the Internet already....

FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. It is that time of year again. Soon, we will have turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, yams, and pumpkin pie on our plates, if we are fortunate. But more importantly, it is a time to reflect with gratitude on those aspects of our lives for which we are thankful. We also can be grateful for the fact that we live in a country that strives to be governed by the rule of law....

If you own your own law practice, you’ve probably always got one eye on your bottom line. Cost-cutting measures are a must if you (and your employees) want to get paid. Attorney business cards are an essential in this business, but they can be incredibly pricey. They don’t have to be. If you want to get professional-looking business cards on the cheap, you can. You just need to turn to the Internet....

With Halloween right around the corner, you might still be searching for that perfect legal/lawyer themed costume for a contest or party. If you are, below you can find some ideas that will be sure to result in a few cackles or screams. When it comes to the best TV lawyers from recent years, you have quite a few options. For one, Better Call Saul has a few excellent lawyers you can mimic for a night....

The light bulb industry has come a long long way since Thomas Edison was credited with inventing the lightbulb. Thanks to the development of LED and other high-efficiency lighting solutions, the number of ways for you to light up your life is limited only by your imagination and available power sources (or willingness to charge high-capacity batteries). And in addition to saving money (in the long run), utilizing the newest innovations in smart lights can actually improve creativity and productivity....

In boxing, fighters learn the old one-two. It’s one punch followed up quickly by another, like a left jab followed by a right cross, or another combination. The combination isn’t as important as the execution; it has to be as automatic as a reflex to punish the opponent before he has a chance to react. That’s what’s happening to the defendant in Djamel Ouadani v. TF Final Mile LLC. Independent Contractor v....

Harvey Weinstein is a misogynist, isn’t he? Bruno Mars is a Milli Vanilli poser? And a statement isn’t defamatory if it’s a question, right? That is in fact the case in a defamation lawsuit against actor James Woods. Woods, who threw himself into the controversy during the last presidential campaign, beat the lawsuit by the slim margin of a question mark. A judge said it’s a matter of context. The Tweet Woods stepped in it when he misidentified a woman as a Nazi on social media....

Badger v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co., No. 09-12999, concerned a shareholders’ derivative action stemming from defendant-corporation’s purchase of a debenture held by plaintiff shareholders, which was their corporation’s primary asset. The Eleventh Circuit reversed judgment for plaintiff on the grounds that 1) any duty to disclose would have been satisfied by disclosure to the corporation’s officers or directors; and 2) there was no suggestion that defendant exerted improper control over the company’s officers or board of directors, or that defendant conspired with company’s agents to deprive company shareholders of material information....

Same-sex couples around the United States have a new reason to brush up on the Full Faith and Credit Clause. On Tuesday, Lambda Legal filed a writ of certiorari in Adar v. Smith, the same-sex adoption case in which the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Full Faith and Credit Clause applies only to state courts, not state government officials. The case involves same-sex parents Oren Adar and Mickey Smith, who sought an updated birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son after adopting him in New York, in 2006....

One of the most infuriating things about the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis and subsequent collapse of the economy was the absolute lack of accountability. Banks and big businesses were bailed out, nearly nobody was charged with crimes, and the executives who caused the whole mess continued on with massive salaries – especially Jamie Dimon, who received a 74 percent raise after JPMorgan Chase agreed to a $13 billion (on paper) settlement with the government....

The idea of the disgruntled waiter spitting in a cranky customer’s food seems to be much more than urban lore: Try searching online for “waiters spitting in food.” You’ll be horrified by the results. Especially if you’re counsel for a restaurant chain. A customer who discovers that she consumed another person’s saliva with her sweet tea has every right to flip out about it. This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals expanded the possibilities for spit-suits to include fluid-tainted food items that the plaintiff had not yet consumed....

LinkedIn has adopted a new unlimited vacation policy for its employees. At a glance, that sounds like a revolutionary thing for workers. But people who have been in the workforce for a few years are likely to be skeptical. LinkedIn has joined a very small group of employers that have adopted a Discretionary Time-Off program for their employees. The practice is rare in the United States: only about one percent of employers offer it....

If you are a Superman fan, “kryptonite” is an ugly word. It’s the one material that can weaken and even kill Superman. But Metacert has found a way to use its “Cryptonite” for good. It’s a program that catches phishing links in your email. And there’s nothing uglier than a hacker phishing in your email. Cryptonite Metacert, a company that protects companies that use messaging apps, started by watching chat rooms for fake Ethereum scams....

According to a survey by the AFL-CIO, more CEOs received increases in compensation than pay cuts last year. This occurred despite increased scrutiny of executive pay and new rules imposed after the government began a bailout of financial companies. The news is likely to cause some outrage since 2008 also saw the largest drop in employment in almost 30 years. Politically, it will be hard to justify bailing out companies if CEOs are receiving more money than they did when the crisis began....

If you telecommute from home, chances are you don’t have a receptionist there. Nobody screens phone calls or checks for identification, either. If you have a home office, it probably doesn’t have a lock on the door. The main office, on the other hand, typically has all of these features. They are part of the business, and they provide some security. Home Security Protecting data requires more than setting up firewalls and virtual private networks....

BigLaw firms still employ summer interns and summer associates to do a lot of the grunt work associated with editing and proofreading, but solo and small firm attorneys don’t usually have that luxury. What do the smaller guys do when there’s not enough money to go around? These days, more and more small firms are employing software to do the editing for them. These robot editors are getting cheaper, too. Some robots are even questioning the hallowed words of Supreme Court justices....

About a month ago, Tomasz Maciaszek stood before Illinois Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak and apologized for a 2008 reckless driving incident that left a teenager dead. He told the judge he’s been “haunted” by the girl’s death, secluding himself in sorrow. But prosecutors refuted those statements, presenting the judge with print-outs from Maciaszek’s Facebook page. Was this appropriate? Should judges consider Facebook when sentencing? Judge Bertani-Tomczak doesn’t think so. She returned those print-outs earlier this week, reports the Herald-News, subsequently telling the parties that she had “not seen anything or looked at anything....

The killing of Osama bin Laden has been hailed as a high point in the Obama administration, a proof that the world’s largest military is capable of tracking down its greatest enemy. But the SEAL Team 6 raid wasn’t just a testament to American intelligence or military strength, but to the work of lawyers tasked with crafting novel legal arguments to justify it. After all, killing without a trial, sending military forces into a friendly country without their consent, and disposing of a corpse at sea aren’t exactly common precedents in international law....

Self-driving tragedy struck over the weekend in Tempe, Arizona when an Uber self-driving test vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian. Despite having a human driver in the car monitoring the autonomous vehicle, a woman reportedly crossing the street just outside a crosswalk was struck. While not much more is known to the public at this time, one thing is for certain: Uber is taking this incident seriously. The ride-hailing giant stated that it would immediately stop all testing on public roadways nationwide....