Seeking information about just how long the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission might have been aware of possible problems involving R. Allen Stanford and the companies he operated, Mar 23, 2009 7:03 PM CDT
A year after a judge denied a motion to dismiss, an unusual “libel in fiction” case filed against the popular Law & Order television show by a New York lawyer…
Ever wondered what was in former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s mind during the infamous text-message debacle? His oversight of a now-former city police official’s complaint of unfair treatment was, of…
A Los Angeles prosecutor has been accused by a defense lawyer of acting unethically concerning an off-the-clock post he wrote for his personal blog, Patterico’s Pontifications, about…
Had a Florida bait and tackle shop covered up an offending fish painting with the U.S. flag, it could have avoided additional tickets under the Clearwater municipal sign ordinance.
It is considered a clear fair use of copyrighted material when bloggers excerpt a quotation and link to the online publication that initially printed it.
Philadelphia-based Blank Rome has opened a new office in Los Angeles today that is the first step towards a bigger footprint both on the West Coast and in Asia.
Cops are often reluctant to provide details of an arrest, worried that details revealed in the press will ruin a case or imperil the tough-on-crime records of their precincts.
When reporters and editors in Ohio need to know their rights to certain government documents or whether they must issue a retraction to a story, they don’t have to go…
Over the objections of an attorney representing U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent in a criminal case, the federal jurist hearing the case today lifted an unusual gag order that had…
A FOX News radio host never actually compared U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to a monkey who had escaped from a Seattle zoo as he discussed the AG’s recent comments…
Updated: At first, it was a painting of game fish on an exterior wall of a Florida bait and tackle shop that drew adverse attention from sign code enforcement…
A federal judge is allowing a copyright infringement suit by the Associated Press to proceed on the theory that the “hot news doctrine” applies to the Internet.
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