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The balance between digital privacy and justice is unclear and difficult to determine. Technological advances ease many tasks, but create various risks to the user's privacy rights whether by the government or by criminal hackers. Technology companies, such as Apple,...

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The discussion around the right to privacy in an increasingly digital world has, predictably, evolved tenuously. Changes in technology have no doubt affected how courts interpret what should be or should not be protected under the Fourth Amendment. Most cases...

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Over the past several decades, advances in technology have impacted various aspects of society, ranging from economic growth to heath care and the arts. These developments are significant when viewed on a global scale, but the growing role of technology...

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Over the past several decades, advances in technology have impacted various aspects of society, ranging from economic growth to heath care and the arts. These developments are significant when viewed on a global scale, but the growing role of technology...

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Spanish courts in 2014 ruled on a civil question regarding the right to privacy. In that case, the complainant requested that Google Spain be required to remove some unflattering information about him that had become totally irrelevant as the embarrassing...

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States are having a difficult time passing proposed legislation requiring manufacturers to label products containing GMOs. There is an outcry from the food producing industry to stop the implementation of laws that require GMOs to be labeled. Manufacturers throughout...

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There is an ongoing debate surrounding the minimum wage, and politicians, workers, and economists have differing views on the subject. Proponents of raising the minimum wage argue that it would improve the lives of low-wage workers and boost economic growth...

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The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division administers and enforces federal minimum wage law. The established federal minimum wage detailed in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is $7.25 per hour. In addition to setting the minimum wage...

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The term "New Deal" came from a speech delivered by democratic Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. At the time it was a rather unclear term that ultimately meant that the government should assume a stronger role in...

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Laws requiring the labeling of food products created from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been an important topic of discussion to individuals in the health and food industry for nearly as long as GMOs have existed. However, despite the attention...

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