True or False? What We Learned in Law This Week

Guess what: we put the IF in TGIF. As in:

IF you want to know which of these is, in fact, a true statement, you’re going to have to click and read. Well, c’mon - what did you expect:

True of False?

• President Obama recently signed an executive order to ensure that military service members and veterans are not scammed out of their educational benefits
• The EEOC estimates that 25% of U.S. military veterans returning from the Middle East conflicts will have a service-connected disability
• It is very difficult for foreigners to own land in Iraq
• A single asteroid in space, if mined by earthlings, can hold raw materials to the tune of one trillion dollars
• The United States leads the way in investment of renewable energy ($48 billion)
• Judge says: an email agreement is not a binding contract
• The most common form of data breach involves loss of unencrypted data on computers, smartphones, USB drives, etc
• Oracle is suing Google for one billion dollars
• The Georgia legislature recently passed a bill banning electronic sweepstakes
• People over 40 can be fired for any reason
• Social security taxes are slated to go down in 2013
• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2009 there were 420 fatal workplace shootings in the United States
• The first will was found in an ancient tomb in Egypt
• Screen siren Hedy Lamarr owned a patent to do with a top secret, World War II torpedo communications system
• The Trademark Office lists 84 records for the term DERBY (as in Kentucky Derby)

Let’s hope your horse comes in ahead of the rest.

This week’s gratuitous music accompaniment? A no-brainer. Here’s a mash-up of the Grateful Dead and Beastie Boys - RIP Adam Yauch: