People around the world have been smoking marijuana for thousands of years while also using the hemp plant for everything from fabric and rope to ethanol fuel. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, a man with a bit of power and enough determination decided pot was wicked, evil and narcotic. He...
The New York Times reports this week that the FTC [Federal Trade Commission] has begun an examination of "interlocking directorates" between the two technology giants Apple and Google for possible violations of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914. The Clayton Act prohibits individuals from concurrently...
Every kind of advertising provides data to inform consumers of what they are buying. However, advertisements may be manipulated in order to deceive consumers of the product they are purchasing. Such advertising is referred to as false advertising or deceptive advertising. Many businesses lure...
Though Nigerian email scams may be the butt of late-night comedian jokes, online fraud is still alive and well. Scams involving individuals, such as identity theft and financial scams, cost their victims nearly 240 million in 2007 over four times as much as they did in 2004. Sadly, the numbers...
RETS College officially changed its name to Fortis College April 1, 2010. According to its director of administration and compliance, Terry Farris, however, “The only modification is a name change.” Everything else remains the same. Now known as Fortis College, the privately owned, for-profit...
Facebook's privacy is an issue of Internet regulators. Facebook is the world's largest social networking site and has 400 million users across the globe. Governmental regulators and privacy advocates are closely examining the social network after changes made in December made most users' personal...
