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Lower Merion School District

You can find information on Robbins et al v. Lower Merion School District et al on the Justia.com site. Here's an excerpt:

Plaintiff alleged that Defendants issued students laptop computers equipped with webcams without disclosing that Defendant School District had the ability to capture webcam images from any location in which the laptop computer was kept.

Documents are available here. 

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iPad name may face legal challenge

According to the New York Times the iPad name may already be owned by a company other than Apple.  Here's an excerpt:

Fujitsu, which applied for an iPad trademark in 2003, is claiming first dibs, setting up a fight with Apple over the name of the new tablet device that Apple plans to sell starting in March.

“It’s our understanding that the name is ours,” Masahiro Yamane, director of Fujitsu’s public relations division, said Thursday. He said Fujitsu was aware of Apple’s plans to sell the iPad tablet and that the company was consulting lawyers over next steps.

Read the article here. 

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Budget of the U.S. Government

The Budget for the U.S. Government for fiscal year 2011 is available here. 

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