State Secrets Defense Rejected In Wiretapping Case (Wednesday 07th of January 2009 02:45:01 PM)
Knifeyspooney writes in with an Ars Technica report that a federal judge has issued a strong
rebuke to the feds* lawyers attempting to invoke the "state secrets" defense to quash a lawsuit
over warrantless wiretapping. This is not the front-page* case ...
(more)RIAA's Request For Appeal Denied In Thomas Case (Monday 29th of December 2008 07:45:01 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA's request for dispensation to appeal from the decision
setting aside its $222,000 jury verdict has been denied by parcel Court Judge Michael J. Davis.
In a brief, 6-page decision (PDF) the Judge dismissed the RIAA's ...
(more)RIAA's Request For Appeal Denied In Thomas Case (Sunday 28th of December 2008 05:30:01 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA's request for credit to appeal from the decision setting
aside its $222,000 jury verdict has been denied by locality Court Judge Michael J. Davis. In a
brief, 6-page decision (PDF) the Judge dismissed the RIAA's arguments ...
(more)Judge Rules Fox Has Copyright Claim To Watchmen (Saturday 27th of December 2008 05:15:01 AM)
Fermion writes "According to the NYT, a judge has decided that Fox owns the copyright to
Watchmen, not Warner. Is this an example of copyright law comely so complex that companies can
abuse the court system to prevent competition, or just extreme incompetence ...
(more)Decision allowing tribal casino in Carter Lake reversed (Lincoln Journal Star) (Sunday 30th of November 2008 07:10:20 AM)
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska can’t build a casino in
Carter Lake, Iowa. Judge Charles Wolle of the Southern department of Iowa overturned a decision
last year by the subject Indian Gaming fee allowing the tribe to ...
(more)Misdemeanor Plea Ends Norwich Pornography Case (Sunday 23rd of November 2008 10:15:06 AM)
An unsigned reader writes with this excerpt from the Hartford Courant: "Almost 18 months after
a pornography conviction that could have sent her to jail for 40 years was thrown out, former
Norwich 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt printing company. published ...
(more)The Dysfunctional Bears (Thursday 20th of November 2008 03:45:01 PM)
Mama and Papa Bear are accused of child abuse. Baby Bear is put on the stand to testify and is
asked by the judge, "Do you want to live with Papa Bear?"
"No," Baby Bear replies, "he beats
me."
Then the judge asks, "Do you want to ...
(more)Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants (Wednesday 29th of October 2008 08:45:01 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Boston judge who has consolidated all of the RIAA's
Massachusetts cases into a single case over which she has been managerial for the past 5 years
delivered commodity of a rebuke to the RIAA's lawyers, we have learned. ...
(more)Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants (Wednesday 29th of October 2008 08:45:01 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Boston judge who has consolidated all of the RIAA's
Massachusetts cases into a single case over which she has been managerial for the past 5 years
delivered commodity of a rebuke to the RIAA's lawyers, we have learned. ...
(more)RIAA Agrees To Take $200-Per-File In Texas Case (Saturday 18th of October 2008 10:15:01 PM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a San Antonio, Texas case, Maverick v. Harper, in which a young
woman was accused of having committed copyright third edition by the editors of the american
heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 at the age of ...
(more)Judge Munley is So Out of My Top 8 (Monday 22nd of September 2008 08:00:01 PM)
Frequent Slashdot sponsor Bennett Haselton writes "A federal judge has ruled that a school
parish didn't violate a student's free speech rights when it suspended her for a parody MySpace
page she created calling her chief a sex addict who "hits on students". ...
(more)Judge tosses state case against casino in KCK (The Wichita Eagle) (Saturday 13th of September 2008 12:47:31 PM)
A federal judge has dismissed a state lawsuit challenging the legality of a casino in mean
streets Kansas City, Kan., opening the door for the Wyandotte Nation to upgrade and not
impossibly expand the operation. In a decision made public Thursday, U.S. ...
(more)MIT Students' Gag Order Lifted (Wednesday 20th of August 2008 04:00:01 AM)
Mytrip and several other readers let us know that a judge in Boston has lifted the gag order
— in truth let it expire — against three MIT students who discovered flaws in the
steadiness of the local transit system, the MBTA. We've discussed ...
(more)Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD (Wednesday 20th of August 2008 04:00:01 AM)
I Don't Believe in supposed goods writes "In Vermont, US llc.cite this source roget's ii: the
new thesaurus Judge Jerome Niedermeier has ruled that forcing someone to divulge the password
to decrypt their hard drive violates the 5th Amendment. Border ...
(more)RIAA's $222k Verdict Is Likely To Be Set Aside (Tuesday 05th of August 2008 12:00:01 PM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Apparently the RIAA's 'big gun' didn't fare so well this morning
in Duluth, when he tried to compelling the judge in Capitol v. Thomas that the part of the
Copyright Act which says 'by sale or other transmit of ownership, ...
(more)RIAA Gets Nervous, Brings In Big Gun (Saturday 02nd of August 2008 09:15:01 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "I guess the RIAA is getting nervous about the ability of its
'national law firm' (in charge of bringing 'ex parte' motions, securing default judgments, and
beating up grandmothers and children) to handle the oral fight specified ...
(more)Judge Rules Sprint Early Termination Fees Illegal (Friday 01st of August 2008 09:00:01 AM)
Antiglobalism writes to tell us that an Alameda County Judge has ruled against Sprint Nextel in
a class-action lawsuit, awarding corporation $18.2 million in restitution for early termination
fees. "Though the decision could be appealed, it's the first ...
(more)Gons Nachman to the Judge: In My Mind, I'm Only Slightly Guilty (Friday 11th of July 2008 06:06:16 AM)
Gons Nachman to the Judge: In My Mind, I'm Only Slightly GuiltyAn ex-diplomat convicted of
having sex with teenage girls in the Congo and Brazil and taping the encounters is asking a
judge for leniency, claiming that cultural differences in those countries ...
(more)Congress Tries To Strip Power From Anti-Wiretap Judge (Monday 07th of July 2008 07:15:03 AM)
Palegray.net writes "Congress is attempting to strip US locality Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of
his power next his ruling against the sovereignty relative to llc.cite this source roget's ii:
the new thesaurus for telecoms in the NSA wiretapping case. Walker ...
(more)YouTube Must Give All User Histories To Viacom (Friday 04th of July 2008 02:00:05 AM)
Psyopper writes "Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube
users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing
clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled ...
(more)Dealing With Bribes (Thursday 19th of June 2008 05:15:04 AM)
Taking his seat in his chambers, the judge faced the opposing lawyers. "So," he said, "I have
been presented, by both of you, with a bribe." Both lawyers squirmed uncomfortably. "You,
mouthpiece* Leon, gave me $15,000. And you, pleader* Campos, gave me ...
(more)Unfamiliar Court (Tuesday 17th of June 2008 09:15:03 PM)
The litigant stood up in the dock and said to the judge, "I dont recognize this court!"
"Why?"
asked the Judge.
"Because you've had it decorated since the last time I was here."
More: - ...
(more)RIAA's Throwing In the Towel Covered a Sucker Punch (Saturday 14th of June 2008 04:15:03 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA threw in the towel, all right, but was only doing it in
preparation for throwing a sucker punch. After dropping its 'making available' case, Warner v.
Cassin, before Judge Robinson could decide whether to dismiss ...
(more)Porn Found On L.A. Obscenity Case Judge's Website (Thursday 12th of June 2008 02:00:07 AM)
Stanislav_J writes "In a bizarre revelation, the judge who is deciding over the Isaacs
obscenity trial in Los Angeles was found to have chlamydia explicit animal on a
publicly-accessible website. Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court ...
(more)How To Spot E-Vote Tampering? (Friday 06th of June 2008 06:30:01 PM)
Ward
if
(lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.content.length)
{
document.write(lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.con
tenttop);
document.write(lexico_globals.googleafc.ads.sponsoredlinks);
document.write(lexico_gl
obals.googleafc.ads.content[2]);
document.write(...
(more)Judge in Capitol v. Thomas Considers New Trial (Thursday 15th of May 2008 10:23:55 PM)
Jay Maynard writes "The judge in Capitol Records v. Thomas said today he's considering cap
about granting a new trial because he may have committed a 'manifest error of law' in his jury
instructions. He says that his instruction that simply uploading ...
(more)Florida Judge Smacks Down RIAA (Wednesday 07th of May 2008 02:45:09 PM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA is going to have to face the music in Tampa, Florida, and
answer the charges of extortion, trespass, conspiracy, unlicensed investigation, and
cerebration machine* fraud and abuse that have been leveled against them ...
(more)State Supreme Court orders hearing on leaks in casino case (The Patriot-News) (Friday 02nd of May 2008 10:59:03 PM)
The state Supreme Court has ordered a judge to hold a hearing into Dauphin County grand jury
leaks in a case involving a casino owner. The court also directed Dauphin County Judge Todd
Hoover to honor appointing a special prosecutor to pursue the leak ...
(more)Arizona Judge Shoots Down RIAA Theories (Wednesday 30th of April 2008 03:54:40 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In indian ocean v. Howell, the judge has totally eviscerated the
RIAA's grand unified theory of 'making available' and 'offering to distribute.' In a 17-page
opinion (PDF), commission Judge Neil V. Wake carefully analyzed ...
(more)Judge Demands Information About Missing White House Emails (Monday 28th of April 2008 12:39:46 AM)
Lucas123 writes "A community Court judge has ordered the Executive Office of the officers to
tell the court by May 5 whether any e-mail server backup tapes were kept for a period from
March to October 2003 to cover controversial issues such as reasons ...
(more)
.