Author: esquire

The federal expansion will include 34 states where same-sex marriage isn’t legal, but the new federal benefits being extended to those states will apply only where the U.S. government has jurisdiction, Holder said. For example, a same-sex couple legally married in Massachusetts can now have their federal bankruptcy proceeding recognized in Alabama, even though it doesn’t…

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) plans to hold public hearings on the regulation of digital currencies on January 28th and 29th. California is a bit more liberal. It requires digital currency companies that transmit money to obtain licenses from the Department of Business Oversight. However, there are still a number of questions…

Snapchat Founders Still Feuding; Company Seeks Restraining Order By William Peacock, Esq. on December 10, 2013 2:55 PM What’s a Snapchat? It’s a simple app. It allows users to send self-destructing pictures to each other. It’s pretty much a glorified way to send pictures of your naughty bits to others, with the assurance that the…

When Cultural Inspiration Crosses The Line – Legal As She Is Spoke By Nicole Rowlands In late October, the Fashion Institute at Fordham Law School sponsored an event that addressed the issue of cultural appropriation (or rather, misappropriation) in the fashion industry. More specifically, the event advertisement asked the following: “When it comes to culture,…

WASHINGTON—Senior U.S. law-enforcement and regulatory officials said they see benefits in digital forms of money and are making progress in tackling its risks. The price of bitcoin, the most common virtual currency, soared to a record following the comments. U.S. authorities, appearing Monday at the first-ever congressional hearing on virtual currencies, outlined the pitfalls and…

How much further down the rabbit hole will the NSA go?   Overlooked in last week’s revelation that the National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds of millions of e-mail address books around the world was this surprising factoid: Apple makes this mass collection easier because the Address Book app that by default manages Mac contacts…

Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier, capturing people’s imaginations and ushering in the modern smartphone era. While Google was an app partner for the original iPhone, it could see what a future of unchecked iPhone competition would be like. Vic…