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Universal Studios owns many of the most popular movie franchises. To name just a few, the studio is responsible for Back to the ...

One of the strangest quirks of the law is that corporations are “legal persons.” Corporations and other business organizations can sue and be ...

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There can hardly be any dispute: Nvidia’s GeForce Now is cool. Instead of shelling out for a high-powered PC, you can rent a ...

Space: the final frontier. It’s big. It’s empty. It’s… the perfect place to commit a crime? This week, we’ll channel our inner Hal ...

Dear Mr. Law, There’s a person I like, but they won’t even notice me. Would it be legal for me to use a ...

One of the most interesting narrative devices in science fiction stories is mind reading. Some of the more prominent uses of mind reading ...

A Kansas man recently made the news after asking a judge for permission to resolve a custody battle through “trial by combat.” As ...

Now that the 2010s are over, it’s safe to say that the last decade was full of legal events and movements that had ...