A California lawmaker is now facing battles on two fronts, as he seeks the Republican nomination in an effort to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in 2010.
It was just a stupid prank, apparently, rather than a video of actual food preparation. But a clip obviously intended to provoke an “Oh, gross!” response reportedly did just that…
Attorney Joan Lukey helped celebrity author Patricia Cornwell battle a cyber-attacker with some success. The author eventually won not only libel damages but a court order that persuaded a number…
Ruling on a writ of mandamus seeking to quash a federal judge’s plan to allow a gavel-to-gavel webcast of a hearing in a hard-fought case over music downloading, the Boston-based…
Saying that use of controversial tracking software created by a British company apparently violated Internet users’ privacy rights, the European Union has sued the United Kingdom government for allegedly failing…
A major Wall Street investment bank has apparently retained a well-known New York City-based law firm in an effort to curtail a blogger’s critical posts.
As executives at major metropolitan newspapers futilely struggle to replace disappearing ad sales from their paper editions with Internet-driven revenue, one Google lawyer says the newspapers should think of the…
Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson, infamous for his eccentric antics in the courtroom and the classroom, continues to draw criticism for his unconventional defense of a Boston University…
A Michigan man who allegedly understood more about Apple’s computerized repair system than the technology giant itself has been criminally charged for allegedly making off with 9,000 iPod Shuffle music…
When U.S. District Judge William Zloch recently learned last week that a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida had been doing Internet research, in violation of the…
It was initially U.S District Judge Nancy Gertner’s idea that a pro se defendant in a high-profile file-sharing case should seek help from a renowned Harvard Law School professor.
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…
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.
The Facebook social networking site soared in popularity after it began allowing users to customize their profiles with mini-applications put together by outside developers.
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.