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Social Capital is the New Marketing

By The Law Insider 08/11/13

“Marketing is dead” -The Harvard Business Review blog ran this fairly controversial headline last year. It wasn’t the first time this bold claim has been made, and it won’t be the last. I tend to disagree. Marketing isn’t dead… but I do think it has changed A LOT in the last five years. If I...

Victims are taking on ‘revenge porn’ websites for posting photos without their consent

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

In the summer of 2012, Hollie Toups got a disturbing call from a friend. Toups is from a small town near Beaumont, Texas, where nobody is that much of a stranger.

Ex-DA takes plea in wrongful conviction case: 10 days, community service, $500 fine and disbarment

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

Michael Morton spent almost 25 years in a Texas prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Reuters: Snowden accessed some classified US info by persuading NSA coworkers to provide passwords

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

Even at one of the top U.S. security watchdogs, some workers may not be following basic rules to safeguard employer data.

Pierce Atwood to acquire 10-attorney Rhode Island firm

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

A well-known New England law firm has announced plans to acquire a 10-attorney Providence, R.I.-based commercial and construction litigation boutique. Little Bulman Medeiros & Whitney will become part of Maine-based Pierce Atwood on Dec.

Arrested at a Protest? What Are Your Rights?

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

When you're arrested at a protest, what are your rights? From answering questions to videotaping police, there are certain rights every protester has when he or she is being hauled away in handcuffs.

Woman gets time and Twitter ban for harassing judge in child-custody case

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

A woman convicted of stalking a Pennsylvania judge after a harassment campaign that authorities say included repeated Twitter tweets that contained veiled threats and making false legal ethics complaints under stolen identities has been sentenced to serve time.

Man Sues Over High School Shop Class Injury

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

A former high school student injured by a band saw in shop class has filed a lawsuit -- five years after the injury. Ryan Hughes claims that in 2008, the saw snagged his clothes and then pulled him into the blade, the South Jersey Times reports. Hughes claims that there......

Law clerk who advocated for safer streets for the disabled is killed in crash

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

When Kenneth "Bryan" Goodwin was injured in a 2011 accident, his wheelchair was stolen while he was being treated at a San Francisco hospital. He made a claim against the city, resulting in a new policy requiring emergency responders to safeguard patients' mobility devices.

Rattlesnakes add extra oomph to courthouse keep-off-the-grass signs

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/13

Keep-off-the-grass signs at a Texas courthouse really meant business this week: Rattlesnakes had been spotted basking in the sun on the lawn near tall ornamental grass.

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