When you enter a store’s dressing room, do you assume you’re alone with your selection of clothes? Don’t count on it. As a theft prevention measure, many retail stores use surveillance cameras to monitor dressing rooms. The practice is on the rise, owing to improving technology, particularly the availability of smaller, less expensive cameras. Ever…
Boo! How to avoid a Halloween lawsuit
Halloween: a night for costumes, trick-or-treating, ghostly thrills, candy, and innocent fun. But in the eerie dark of All Hallows’ Eve, everything from poorly lit walkways to jack-o’-lantern flames to the family dog can pose a safety risk for trick-or-treaters and homeowners. So for those into safety—and interested in avoiding a terrifying Halloween lawsuit—here are some…
The Trump tape, and the legality of secret recordings
Recently, the release of an obscene 11-year-old audio recording sent the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump into a tailspin. Over a “hot mic,” the former reality star was captured speaking to then-Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about making unsolicited advances on women. “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It’s like a…
Can talking politics earn you a visit from the Secret Service?
In early August at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump asked his supporters to imagine what actions they could take in the event that he loses the upcoming election to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. “If she gets to pick her judges—nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said, adding, “Although,…