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Mailing Fake Anthrax Is Not Protected Speech, Court Says
A California man convicted for mailing small packets of sugar marked as Anthrax to promote a book about the deadly toxin cannot rightfully claim he had a First Amendment right to carry out the 2008...
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Shamed by Mugshot Sites, Arrestees Try Novel Lawsuit
Websites that host booking photos and charge hundreds of dollars to remove the mugshots are proliferating across the country, raking in fortunes from those wanting to keep their arrest and criminal...
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‘Non-Harmful’ Phone Spoofing OK, Appeals Court Says
A federal appeals court is nullifying a Mississippi law that forbids phone spoofing of any type, ruling that Congress has authorized so-called "non-harmful" spoofing.
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Broadcasters Demand Dish Network Stop Commercial-Skipping Service
Claiming a major threat to its business model, broadcasters are urging a federal appeals court to order Dish Network to shutter its DVR service because it allows the automatic skipping of commercials,...
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Feds Dismantle Piracy Ring That Stole Super-Expensive Software
A Chinese national was set to plead guilty Monday for his role in a massive $100 million online software piracy scheme that authorities said was "one of the most significant copyright infringement...
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Motorist Claims Corporation Papers Are Carpool Passengers
We've heard it countless times from losers of courtroom showdowns who claim they're going to take their defeat all the way to the Supreme Court. But over a traffic citation? Jonathan Frieman, a...
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Unlocking Your Mobile Phone Is No Longer Legal
Mobile phones purchased beginning Saturday can no longer be legally unlocked by consumers to enable them to be used on competing networks.
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Court: WikiLeaks Suspects Denied List of Companies Who Received Orders for...
A federal appeals court has ruled that three suspects targeted in a WikiLeaks investigation have no right to know from which companies, other than Twitter, the government sought to obtain their records.
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Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over Airport Arrest
A Virginia man who wrote an abbreviated version of the Fourth Amendment on his body and stripped to his shorts at an airport security screening area won a trial Friday in his lawsuit seeking $250,000...
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Brothel Patrons Have No Legal Expectation of Privacy, Judge Rules
Brothel patrons have no expectation of privacy, a Maine judge has ruled while dismissing 49 criminal counts against a man accused of secretly filming illicit sexual encounters at his Zumba studio that...
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Congress Demands Justice Department Explain Aaron Swartz Prosecution
The two leaders of a congressional committee have sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding a briefing on why the department chose to so fervently pursue charges against coder and internet...
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‘Aaron’s Law’ Proposes Reining in Federal Anti-Hacking Statute
Two lawmakers are proposing long-overdue changes to the anti-hacking statute that would help prevent prosecutors from overreaching in their use of the law, as occurred in the case of Aaron Swartz and a...
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Secret Surveillance Court Gets New Presiding Judge
Perhaps the only thing we know about the ongoings of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court -- other than it granting the government unfettered spy powers -- is that it's getting a new...
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Feds Say Man Deserved Arrest Because Jacket Said ‘Occupy Everything’
A Florida man deserved to be arrested inside the Supreme Court building last year for wearing a jacket painted with "Occupy Everything," and is lucky he was only apprehended on unlawful entry charges,...
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Feds Demand Dismissal of Dragnet-Surveillance Challenge
Citing week-old Supreme Court precedent, the President Barack Obama administration told a federal judge Wednesday that it should quash a federal lawsuit accusing the government of secretly siphoning...
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Appeals Court Curbs Border Agents’ Carte Blanche Power to Search Your Gadgets
A federal appeals court for the first time ruled Friday that U.S. border agents do not have carte blanche authority to search the cellphones, tablets and laptops of travelers entering the country -- a...
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Divided Supreme Court Hinders Cops’ Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday gave notice to the nation's law enforcement officials that they generally need search warrants to employ drug-sniffing dogs outside a home to detect whether drugs are...
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Half-Ownership Claim of Facebook Is a ‘Fabrication,’ Magistrate Says
Declaring the case fraudulent, a magistrate judge on Tuesday urged a federal court to dismiss claims by a New York man whose lawsuit asserts he owns half of the social-networking service Facebook.
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Cord-Cutters Rejoice: Streaming Broadcast TV Wins Big in Court
A divided federal appeals court, ruling 2-1 Monday, declined to block a unique, antenna-based subscription service that enables the streaming of broadcast television to any internet-enabled device.
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ACLU Appeals Ruling Allowing Feds to Stay Mum on Drone Targeted Killings
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday appealed a judge's ruling allowing the President Barack Obama administration to keep mum on its legal basis for its drone targeted killing program of...
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