Don’t recall ordering those bacon strip bandages or that chicken harness from Amazon? Maybe you did place that order, but there’s a good chance that you didn’t. If that’s the case, then you just might have been a victim of a brushing scam, a practice that is illegal here in the United States. According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), a brushing scam occurs when a third-party seller, in most cases a foreign entity, sends merchandise to a person’s address and later drafts a flattering review of the product online that appears to have been offered by the recipient of the unsolicited items.
Read moreBlack History Month—History, Themes, and Ways to Celebrate
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First officially recognized in 1976 by President Gerald Ford, Black History Month was intended to “honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” The theme of 2021 is “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity.” Select “Read More” for more background and ways to celebrate this month.
Read moreThe Great Gatsby - Now Even Greater
Long recognized as a classic of American literature and very often styled as the “Great American Novel,” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald has now found its place among the legal classics available to users of HeinOnline through the Legal Classics Library.
Read moreNational News Literacy Week - Jan. 25 - 29, 2021
This week marks the second annual National News Literacy Week, a joint effort by the News Literacy Project and The E.W. Scripps Company, “to promote news literacy as a fundamental life skill and to provide the public with the tools needed to be an informed and empowered populace.”
Read moreFree UH Law Center CLE: Immigration in the Time of COVID 19: Asylum and Beyond
On Friday, January 29, the University of Houston Law Center is offering a Clinical Legal Education Program entitled Immigration in the Time of COVID 19: Asylum and Beyond. Additional resources on the topics of immigration and asylum in the U.S. are included.
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