Seth Bobroff Attorney at Law

Wex is a new dictionary from Cornell University Law School. With Wex, you get general background on most Legal terms, either before you call an attorney, or perhaps if you attorney has not explained things well enough, after you speak with an attorney. Either way, you always call me or send me an email for further clarification or explanation. Seth

Review Hospital bills closely. You could save alot of money. People don’t realize that the prices on the bill are just a starting point," Scrutinize the bill, Make an offer, and do it quickly.

"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license," U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled.

FAIR USE... six cases where copy protection circumvention is not copyright infringement. and exempt from prosecution under the DMCA.

State Courts in New York have declared that; "The People's Court" is not in fact a court of law!" The court ruled that it was not credible at all. stating, "[T]he statements made on the show have no more probative force than the words of an actor reading from a script in a play," Rivera wrote. "The only difference between the two is that the participants of the show may freely ad-lib their lines." No word on whether Doogie Howser, M.D was a real doctor... I'll keep you posted

Summer Interns! Are they employees? Are they being paid? Should they be? Be careful there are many significant issues that the State Labor Board, Workers Compensation Board, and the Federal Government all consider. If you plan on hiring interns make sure you know the law so you do not get burned.

ARE YOU KIDING ME? This relates to the Quon case discussed below."Justice Anthony Kennedy asked what would happen if a text message was sent to an officer at the same time he was sending one to someone else.Does it say: ‘Your call is important to us, and we will get back to you?’... ""Kennedy asked." "Justice Antonin S...calia stumbled getting his arms around with the idea of a service provider.You mean (the text) doesn’t go right to me? he asked.Then he asked whether they can be printed out in hard copy."Could Quon print these spicy little conversations and send them to his buddies? Scalia asked." See more

Add this to the list of things to do before your 18th birthday. Sanitize Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter accounts. Interesting thing is, this is a California Law, if you are in New York, Florida, Arizona, or any other State, you are out of luck. I suppose this is just a tourism and marketing scheme from the State to encourage family vacations to Cali.... Also, I do not thing that it will protect kids from their parents embarrassing posts. Nevertheless, the law is a step in the right direction to protects kids privacy! http://www.sfgate.com//New-law-lets-teens-delete-digital-s

Freedom of Speech...Even it is is just a Thumbs UP! http://www.theverge.com//appeals-court-rules-that-facebook

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$1.5 million in damage award against a woman who downloaded 24 songs from the internet in 2006. This was the third trial. The recording industry makes a big deal out of each of these cases. I think that they made their point.