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By Kerrie Spencer, staff writer – August 1, 2012 The arbiter of the high money, high stakes battles between companies that make mobile devices, the International Trade Commission, is facing potential changes to its involvement in U.S. patent lawsuits. Unless they are intellectual property lawyers, few people really understand what the somewhat obscure ITC does,…
Continue readingBy Brendan Conley, staff writer – July 27, 2012 Women in the United States won the right to vote in 1920, with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. African Americans in Southern states gained effective ballot access in 1965, with the passage of the Voting Rights Act. However, there is one class of competent adult…
Continue readingThe International Trade Commission has ruled that two patents at the root of Overland Storage’s seven patent infringement lawsuits are valid. Whether or not this is a grab for cash, remains to be seen. [powerpress]
Continue readingBy Kristen Friend, staff writer – July 17, 2012. As the Supreme Court wrapped up its high-profile 2011-2012 term, the pundits and politicians dominating the 24-hour news cycle could speak of little else but the political ramifications of its decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act. However, just weeks after the high-profile ruling, lines are…
Continue readingBy Chris Wilkerson, staff writer – July 12, 2012 More people are shopping for a greater variety of services online than ever and finding a lawyer is no different. Potential clients who need legal representation are likely to go to their computer, laptop and increasingly their smartphone or tablet to shop for a firm. In…
Continue readingGovernor Rick Scott of Florida is conducting a controversial purge of the ranks of voters, less than five months before the Presidential election. His motive? To eliminate voter fraud. Some think he wants to suppress the vote. [powerpress]
Continue readingBy Kerrie Spencer, staff writer – July 3, 2012 The International Trade Commission’s Chief Administrative Law Judge E. Charles Bullock has ruled that the two patents at the root of Overland Storage’s seven patent infringement lawsuits are valid. (1)(2) The whole thing got started with one lawsuit, which mushroomed into something much bigger. Overland Storage,…
Continue readingBy Brendan Conley, staff writer – June 28, 2012 Governor Rick Scott of Florida is conducting a controversial “purge” of the ranks of voters, less than five months before the Presidential election. Scott says the move is necessary to eliminate voter fraud, but critics say the purge unfairly targets minority voters and is intended to…
Continue readingThe NFL has been sidelined with a class action lawsuit alleging they misled players about concussions leading to long-term brain damage, and the Supreme Court has declined to hear Guantanamo Bay prisoner appeals. [powerpress]
Continue readingBy Kristen Friend, staff writer – June 13, 2012. The Supreme Court denied review of seven petitions brought by Guantánamo Bay prisoners challenging their indefinite detention at the U.S. military facility in Cuba. The Court’s refusal to consider the cases came just before the fourth anniversary of the landmark case that granted detainees the right…
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