Gillian Tuck Kutarna, Greg Bush and Michael Cleveland of Miller Thomson LLP write about a decision in Canada on the kind of issue that might also come up here in the U.S. between school districts and vendors: School boards may wish to review their procedures surrounding student picture days following a decision by the Office…
Category: Youth & Schools
In groundbreaking decision, judge halts collection of for-profit student debts
In a landmark decision for defrauded students of Corinthian Colleges, a U.S. District judge late Friday stopped the Department of Education from applying its “average earnings rule” to cheated former students of Corinthian Colleges, and prevented the Department from collecting on the plaintiffs’ loans. The ruling enjoins the Department of Education from using its partial…
IMDb removes phony page after teen gets his state attorney general involved
Earlier this month, PogoWasRight.org reported on a case involving a teenager we called “Kenny.” Kenny had asked for this blogger’s help getting IMDb to remove a fake page about him. The fake page on IMDb had his real name and real location, but claimed that he had acted in a movie, been involved in producing a…
Warning: Keep Amazon’s Alexa Away From Your Kids
Sam Biddle writes: What’s the best way to keep adults from questioning the use of a deeply problematic product? Get them started when they’re too young to question anything. Amazon has a new addition to its line of voice-commanded artificial intelligence Alexa assistants, marketed for use by children as young as 5 years old, who can barely grasp a…