OverFlow Legal

http://www.wired.com ― A federal jury on Thursday found Jammie Thomas-Rasset liable in the nation’s only Recording Industry Association of America file-sharing case to go t read more…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com ― company brought against internet juggernaut Google, Inc. in small claims court. The core of the dispute focused on whether or not Google had the righ read more…

http://www.comcast.net ― A Minnesota judge is expected to decide whether a family can refuse chemotherapy for a 13-year-boy's cancer and treat him with natural medicine, eve read more…

http://www.foxnews.com ― A Minnesota judge has ruled a 13-year-old boy with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a highly treatable form of cancer, must seek medical treatment over his paren read more…

http://www.citmedialaw.org ― The fights over whether blogging ought to be allowed during trials aren't even over, and a new front has opened in the war over technology and its p read more…

http://www.citmedialaw.org ― Fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, who works under the label "Boudoir Queen," sued Love last week in California state court over statements made on read more…

http://detnews.com ― he Michigan Supreme Court is considering adopting a guideline that would give judges wide discretion to control the appearance of witnesses testifyin read more…

http://www.washingtonpost.com ― Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) yesterday invited federal Judge Jay S. Bybee to testify about his role in preparing two read more…

http://www.upi.com ― A U.S. judge says prosecutors in a Montana asbestos contamination trial have misbehaved and is considering throwing out charges against a chemical co read more…

http://news.cnet.com ― A federal judge has granted authors worldwide four more months to decide whether to participate in a settlement involving Google's online Book Searc read more…

http://www.boston.com ― The chief judge of the US District Court in Massachusetts is threatening to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate leaks about a secret federal read more…

http://www.forbes.com ― An attorney for a prominent New York City lawyer accused in a $700 million fraud says his client will plead guilty next month to all the charges he f read more…

http://www.cnn.com ― FBI agents on Wednesday searched the law office of William Parente, the lawyer who killed his wife and two daughters before committing suicide April read more…

http://www.eastbayexpress.com ― The trial of ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle is nowhere near to getting started, and yet his lawyer is already attempting a Hail Mary legal maneuver th read more…

http://arstechnica.com ― The RIAA has finally settled a file-sharing lawsuit that dates back to early 2005. Four years and two lawsuits—one against a single mother and anothe read more…