Updated: At 21 years old, Robert Grant Niznik began asking himself the same stress-inducing question looming over all law students: What am I going to do after graduation?
A former assistant state attorney general who at one time was the top drug prosecutor in Maine was sentenced today to a 16-year federal prison term in a child pornography…
A federal appeals court has found that consumers were not likely to be misled by an online software advertiser that purchased a trademarked keyword of its competitor.
A singer and songwriter in Michigan is facing child pornography charges after posting a video he edited to make it appear that school kids were listening to him sing a…
News reports that a London eatery was selling “Baby Gaga” ice cream made of human breast milk initially sparked health concerns and scrunched-up faces from those to whom the product…
It isn’t just George Hotz who may soon be feeling the heat from his publication of a “jailbreak” encryption key and software tools on his website that allow PlayStation 3…
A retired lawyer for the state of Wisconsin got a response from someone experienced in explosives when he placed an ad on Craigslist last year, but it wasn’t the person…
Courtney Love has agreed to settle a suit claiming her Twitter rant defamed a Texas fashion designer, but the rocker’s lawyer says the amount is so low that it amounts…
An Albuquerque, N.M., policeman who listed his job description as “human waste disposal” on Facebook has caught the attention of lawyers who filed a wrongful death suit against the city…
An Indianapolis judge has ruled the state’s shield law does not bar the release of identifying information about online commenters in a defamation lawsuit.
It isn’t just individuals whose identity can be hijacked. Officials at prestigious Reed College, in Portland, Ore., were stunned to discover last year that much of their…
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