Amid Calls for Reform, a Rare Trial of Hacking Law
He won his case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and made new law in the process.
View ArticleManagers Appeal Dismissal of Their Challenge to Calif. Law
The National Conference of Personal Managers has filed an appeal of the dismissal of its legal challenge to California's Talent Agencies Act.
View ArticleFox threatens to become cable channel amid Aereo dispute
A top executive with the owner of the Fox broadcast network on Monday threatened to convert the network to a pay-TV-only channel if Internet startup Aereo Inc.
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Sides With ARTBA in Clean Water Act Case
In Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Pacific Bell Telephone Co., the court declined to expand the definition of what is considered a "point source" under federal law.
View ArticleDOJ asks for temporary restraining order in BISD election
In the letter U.S. Attorney Thomas Perez objected to changes made to the upcoming BISD school board election by the Beaumont Ninth District Court of Appeals.
View ArticleA conservative case for an assault weapons ban, at Northwest Nazarene...
"If we can't find a way to draw sensible lines with guns that balance individual rights and the public interest, we may as well call the experiment with American democracy a failure." - Judge Larry...
View ArticleAs Aereo Fights A Clone, Fox Threatens To Go To Cable If Courts Continue To...
Jordan Crook studied English Literature at New York University before entering the tech space.
View ArticleLawyer Takes Stand in Hacking Case
They were once colleagues at Korn/Ferry International, the global executive search firm at the center of a computer-crime trial that began this week.
View ArticleNinth Circuit Holds Private Company Rules Preempt California Law
"No employer, or agent or officer thereof, or other person, may compel or coerce any employee, or applicant for employment, to patronize his or her employer, or any other person, in the purchase of any...
View ArticleA Trend? Another Ruling That Mailing Does Not Support Mail Fraud
Two decisions do not ordinarily a trend make. But when New York federal judges author two circuit court opinions, issued within approximately three months of each other, dismissing mail fraud claims...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Antitrust case tied to California energy crisis revived
A federal appeals court has revived antitrust claims by retail buyers of natural gas who accused traders of conspiring to artificially inflate prices, leading to a broad-based energy crisis felt mostly...
View ArticleCiting prosecutorial misconduct, official attacks conviction
A federal appeals court should not second-guess its decision to keep in place a bribery case against a former Alaska state lawmaker who was accused in the corruption probe that snagged the late U.S....
View ArticleIRS: We Don't Need a Warrant to Read Your Emails
Last year the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request to the IRS. The request was in regards to whether the IRS obtained a warrant before searching a person's electronic communications...
View ArticlePro-Aereo Ruling Boosts Aereokiller
In case its name left any doubt, online video startup Aereokiller hopes to offer a service to rival Barry Diller's Aereo.
View ArticleNecessary or intrusive?
A group exhibition featuring photography of cellphones, from cellphones and through Apps like Instagram and Hipstomatic.
View ArticleHillsboro Airport runway project back in the limelight, familiar opponent...
Arrivals and departures are down at Hillsboro Airport , but Port of Portland officials say the state's second-busiest airport needs a third runway to accommodate future growth.
View ArticleHard Labor
Another favorable legal decision for workers' rights group Warehouse Workers United has come from the the bench of U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder.
View ArticleDrakes Bay Oyster Co., Sustainable Ag Group File Lawsuits in Ongoing Standoff
By Bay City News Service The Drakes Bay Oyster Co. and a citizens' group have filed two similar but separate lawsuits in Marin County Superior Court to challenge recent California Coastal Commission...
View ArticleLandmark Ruling Affects Pesticide Makers
On February 21, 2013, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark decision in Dow Agrosciences v. National Marine Fisheries Service .
View ArticleBankruptcy Clouds 'Girls Gone Wild' Collection Path
Two "Girls Gone Wild" entities on the hook for a $5.8 million judgment here have filed for bankruptcy, as the legal thicket surrounding franchise founder Joe Francis grows denser.
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