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Low-tech high court to weigh police search of smartphones

Three-parent in vitro mulled by FDA panel; critics fear possibility of ‘designer babies’

A technique in which scientists combine DNA from three people to remove genetic mutations got a hearing on Tuesday before a panel of the Food and Drug Administration.

At issue…

Generic drugs leave a bad taste for patients filing tort suits

Suit says NASA was ‘recklessly negligent and bizarre’ for failing to investigate Mars rock

The author of a book on alien life is asking a judge to compel NASA to take a closer look at the unusual Mars rock that is said to look…

FCC lacked authority to impose ‘Net neutrality’ on broadband carriers, federal appeals court rules

In a victory for Verizon Communications Inc., a federal appeals court has ruled that a government agency does not have the power to require broadband carriers to comply with so-called…

Google Glass brings out the technophobes—and the lawyers

Proposed law in California would mandate smartphone ‘kill switch’

A proposed new law in California would require smartphone manufacturers to include a “kill switch” that would render a stolen phone inoperable.

According to Network World, the…

NSA phone-data collection program likely unconstitutional, judge says

A National Security Agency program that collects information from nearly all telephone calls made to or from the United States is probably unconstitutional, a federal judge held Monday.

In his…

3rd Circuit agrees to en banc rehearing in GPS vehicle tracking case

A federal appeals court has agreed to rehear en banc a panel’s decision requiring police to obtain a warrant to attach a GPS device to a suspect’s car.

The Philadelphia-based…

New study identifies hotspots for shaken baby syndrome prosecutions

What do Sarpy, Neb., Richmond, Ga.; Weber, Utah; and Summit, Ohio, have in common?

They are all counties with higher-than-average rates of shaken baby syndrome…

University of Pennsylvania offers a boot camp on brain science

Carriers nix proposed ‘kill switch’ solution to problem of rampant smartphone thefts

Throughout the United States, almost one in every three robberies involves the theft of a telephone, often a pricey smartphone.

Yet the industry has rejected a proposal by the biggest…

Were women convicted in ‘ritual abuse panic’? Junk science law aids their release

Three women who were convicted of sexually abusing two girls have been released from prison, thanks to a new “junk science” law in Texas.

The women were accused of abuse…

What will 3-D printing do to IP Law? Manufacturing? Product liability?

Legal and technology analysts see a host of changes on the horizon as a result of 3-D printing technology.

Intellectual property “will be ignored and it will be impossible or…

5-lawyer tech, media and telecom group exits Dow Lohnes for Sutherland Asbill

A five-lawyer group with a tech, media and telecommunications focus has leapt from Dow Lohnes to the Washington, D.C., office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan.

It includes partners William “Bill”…

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