Twitter is increasingly becoming a channel for public companies to communicate with investors but, as Dominic Jones of IR Web Report observes in this post, some of Twitter’s inherent limitations create compliance challenges. As Jones notes, public companies’ communications to the world are in many instances regulated by the SEC and subject to the federal [...]

I wrote about this topic in passing back in December when I noted the plight of an Italian art student visiting London who, after filming certain "iconic" landmarks in the City, was tossed in prison for being a potential terrorist. There seems to be no shortage of such cases, unfortunately. The Nobody’s Business blog writes [...]

Even if robbers don’t hit your house as a result of your desire to repeatedly announce your location to the world using Foursquare or Brightkite, insurance companies may soon hit your wallet. A post on Slaw.ca yesterday notes that, according to an article in the Telegraph, homeowners who use such gelolocation services may see their [...]

I learned about two new legal blogs this week that look promising: Tablet Legal: On Wednesday, Jan. 27, Apple launched its new iPad. Just three days later, Portland, Oregon, business attorney Josh Barrett followed by launching Tablet Legal. The site, he wrote, will "discuss lawyers using the iPad, applications for the iPad and other developments [...]

When will celebrities learn that their actions have consequences that extend far beyond their own personal well-being? The Los Angeles Times is reporting today that the felony menacing charges brought last week against Charlie Sheen — who apparently is not a member of the Brat Pack — might impact the continued viability of the inexplicably [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: So I’m in the maternity ward nursing my newborn baby when the nurse pops in and says sorry, they’d given me the wrong newborn baby to nurse! Everything is straight now but, hey, I didn’t sign up to [...]

As you are all no doubt aware, Sunday is Valentine’s Day. Bitter Lawyer beat us to the interview with playmate/divorce lawyer Corri Fetman, who recently became embroiled in a trademark suit with Hef et al. over the title of an advice column she used to write for Playboy magazine. So, the next best thing, I [...]

As the rock band The White Stripes once observed, "I said it once before but it bears repeating now:" Don’t rip off other people’s music. I challenge anyone who has listened to rock music in the past decade to listen to the guitar riff in the Air Force Reserve Super Bowl ad below and not [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blawgosphere. 1) Question: Please settle this quickly-escalating dispute between me and my fiancée. She calls it a "sleazy lap dance at a strip club." I call it "humanitarian aid." Who is right? Answer: Did the event in question occur at "Marilyn’s [...]

From my "about damn time" file comes this report from the Huffington Post about a new lawsuit filed against credit-reporting agency Experian over advertisements for its FreeCreditReport.com service. The plaintiff, a college student named Erica Possin, had seen the catchy ads for FreeCreditReport.com and used it to check her credit before buying a new car. [...]

Good morning and Happy Monday, Saints fans. As our more astute readers will have noticed, the “Posted by” name at the bottom of this post is neither Bruce Carton nor Robert J. Ambrogi. I wouldn’t even dream of referring to myself as Bob’s “replacement” — it’s not hard to see the impact he’s had in [...]

I noted in Wednesday’s Three Burning Legal Questions post that a certain Appalachian Trail-hiking governor supposedly refused to promise to be "faithful" in his wedding vows years ago, and insisted that the clause be removed from the ceremony. This shocked the tender sensibilities of some of us here at LBW, who did not realize that [...]

It feels like a debate that has been going on for weeks, but it was just Thursday of last week when attorney/ghostbuster Mark Bennett wrote on his Social Media Tyro blog about "ghostblogging." Bennett wrote that "[h]olding someone else’s resume, face, or results out as your own in marketing your practice is fraudulent. No ethical [...]

In the recent landmark Supreme Court case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court held that a 62-year-old federal statue that prohibited corporations from making direct expenditures to support or oppose candidates in federal elections was unconstitutional. In this 5-4 decision, Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Roberts, [...]