• How Can Craigslist Host ‘Adult Services’ Ads and Stay Out of Trouble?

    • September 7th, 2010
    You may well have missed the news over the weekend: the online bulletin board Craigslist decided to disable its “adult services” section after 20 state attorneys general demanded that Craigslist shut it down.  Read More →

  • H-P Sues Oracle Over Hurd Hire

    • September 7th, 2010
    Well it sure didn’t take long for Hewlett-Packard Co. to formally object to Sunday’s news that Oracle Corp. had hired former H-P CEO Mark Hurd.  Read More →

  • Federal Court Sides With Eminem in Royalty Dispute; Record Business Does Not Implode.

    • September 4th, 2010
    In a decision that could affect the financial relationships between record labels and performers, a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday ruled that songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes store are not actually purchased, but are rather “licensed” by the ostensible buyer.  Read More →

  • David Levin, Burning Man Barrister

    • September 3rd, 2010
    If you break laws at Burning Man, there’s one guy to call.  Read More →

  • Vegas, Baby! Ruling a Possible Boon to ‘Copyright-Troll’ Suits

    • September 3rd, 2010
    In recent weeks, there’s been a lot of talk about this outfit called Righthaven, a sort of online copyright enforcer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The enterprise won a key ruling in a Nevada federal court on Thursday.  Read More →

  • With Clemens Prosecution, Has the Government Gone Too Far?

    • September 3rd, 2010
    There are, assuredly, several ways to look at the Roger Clemens prosecution.  Read More →

  • Study: Asylum Seekers Get Lawyers, Gain Access to the U.S.

    • September 3rd, 2010
    Recently revealed statistics show that illegal immigration is down. But another method of gaining residence in the U.S. is up: seeking political asylum.  Read More →

  • Do-Gooder or Polluter? Ninth Circuit Lets Aid Worker Off the Hook

    • September 3rd, 2010
    Do-gooder or polluter? Which, exactly, is Daniel Millis?  Read More →

  • Conservative Group Foiled in Attempt to Mandate Defense of Prop. 8

    • September 3rd, 2010
    Well, that didn’t work. By “that,” we’re referring to the recent effort by a conservative group out in California, the Pacific Justice Institute, to force California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend Proposition 8.  Read More →

  • The PM Roundup: School Can’t Decline Funding to Catholic Group, More

    • September 2nd, 2010
    It’s time for a cool change, LBers, in the form of an afternoon roundup post to finish the day.  Read More →

  • Feds, Phoenix Sheriff Collide (Finally)

    • September 2nd, 2010
    The Justice Department on Thursday filed a civil lawsuit against Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff Joe Arpaio.  Read More →

  • On Political Dissent, George Bush and the Constitution

    • September 2nd, 2010
    On Tuesday, we wrote about a case involving the First Amendment rights of a protester at a military funeral. Today, we bring you word of another case involving the First Amendment and political dissent, one which hasn’t yet reached the Supreme Court, but could.  Read More →

  • Are You a Lawyer Who Can’t Sleep? Read This (Seriously)

    • September 2nd, 2010
    We have no evidence that this is true, but we’d imagine that a fair percentage of lawyers have trouble connecting with Mr. Sandman during the night.  Read More →

  • Big Banks, The Whipping Boys of the Financial Crisis, Go After MBIA

    • September 1st, 2010
    In the wake of the financial meltdown, the world, it seemed, sued the banks, with varying degrees of success. Now it’s the banks’ turn to try to pin some blame in a court of law.  Read More →

  • Conservative Group Asks Judge to Make Arnie, Jerry Defend Prop. 8

    • September 1st, 2010
    Just when you though the procedural maneuverings in the Prop. 8 case couldn’t get any more complicated, well, they did.  Read More →
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