Two lawyers are taking on legal database providers Westlaw and LexisNexis with what appears to be a novel interpretation of copyright law in a new lawsuit over the copying of publicly filed legal briefs.
- 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 11:21pm -

Supreme Court justices expressed sympathy Wednesday for the aims of the Stolen Valor Act, a law that makes it a federal offense to lie about earning military honors, but had concerns about how far the government could go in punishing liars of all str…
- 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 11:15pm -

California's Attorney General Kamala D. Harris reached an agreement with six of the largest companies in the mobile device market that could change how app makers handle personal data and the way millions of people download apps.
- 11 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 10:01pm -

The Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has ruled that Justice Department may withhold mugshots of federal prisoners from the public.
- 13 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 8:04pm -

M. Katherine Baird Darmer, a Chapman University School of Law professor and an active campaigner for marriage equality, died after falling from a building in Irvine.
- 13 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:43pm -

Never doubt the power that is Saturday Night Live political satire.Last week, we told you that the Virginia House of Delegates passed a measure which would require women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound, and that could likely mean a more…
- 17 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 4:32pm -

Special courts are very in right now, whether for the mentally ill, drug addicts -- or pet owners. San Antonio, Texas, seems to be the pioneer of tribunals of the latter breed.
- 19 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 2:17pm -

Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.
- 19 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 1:52pm -

Supreme Court justices seemed pretty sure Tuesday that they knew how to interpret the meaning of the word “interpreter,” signaling they are likely to rule in favor of a former Japanese baseball player in a case involving translation costs.
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 10:51pm -

The court is revisiting the issue of affirmative action in state-college admission, this time in a case involving the University of Texas at Austin, which said it based its policy on Grutter, the WSJ's Jess Bravin reports.
- 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 9:36pm -

Cherie Blair, wife of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, is suing a News Corp. unit for alleged phone-hacking. Tony Blair is the godfather of one of the children of Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. CEO.
- 4 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:01am -

California's attorney general reached a deal with six of the largest companies in the mobile-device market over privacy policies for apps.
- 4 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:01am -

The U.S. attorney charged a former Massey Energy superintendent with conspiring to obstruct federal regulators before a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.
- 8 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:56am -

In another setback to efforts by the trustee seeking to recover money for Madoff victims, a judge has thrown out some claims against UniCredit and three other affiliated defendants in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit.
- 16 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 4:44pm -

U.S. government regulators haven't done enough to limit the more than $100 million in legal fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are paying on behalf of executives who departed in accounting scandals, a federal watchdog said.
- 1 day ago, 22 Feb 12, 4:26am -

Mexico's growing economy is attracting renewed attention to the country by foreign law firms looking to expand business.
- 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 5:01am -

Since 2009, judges of Delaware's Chancery court have been arbitrating some big business cases behind closed doors. Now a citizens' advocacy group is challenging the practice.
- 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 5:01am -

U.S. officials responded Friday to a prolonged stream of criticism from a Portland, Ore., research consultant, charging him with multiple counts of insider trading.
- 5 days ago, 18 Feb 12, 5:01am -

A former Goldman Sachs programmer's conviction on charges he stole source code of the investment bank's high-speed trading system should be reversed and he should be acquitted, a federal appeals court has ruled.
- 5 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 10:17pm -

Philip Falcone has hired lawyers to map out a strategy to overcome a regulator's decision blocking the launch of wireless network start-up LightSquared.
- 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 5:01am -