Verizon v. FCC, et al, US DC Cir. (1/14/14) Communications Law, Internet Law Verizon challenged the FCC’s Open Internet Order, which imposed disclosure, anti-blocking, and anti-discrimination requirements on broadband providers. The court concluded that the Commission has established that section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. 1302(a),…
Articles Posted in Legal News
A heads up to all interested open access folks that the debut issue of The Journal of Open Access to Law (JOAL) is up and ready for consumption at http://joal.law.cornell.edu/. JOAL, a multidisciplinary journal related to research on open and online legal material, was conceived during a series of Law…
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently unsealed the documents in the FBI action against Lavabit, Inc – Edward Snowden’s email provider. In July of 2013, the FBI sought a search warrant in the Eastern District of Virginia. Rather than turn over the encryption key that would allow the government…
Seaton v. TripAdvisor, US 6th Cir. (8/28/13) Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Injury Law, Internet Law Grand Resort, which has operated in the Great Smoky Mountains since 1982, claims that TripAdvisor’s publication of a survey that concluded that Grand Resort was the dirtiest hotel in America caused irreparable damage to its…
Shore v. Maple Lane Farms, LLC, Tennessee Supreme Court (8/19/13) Agriculture Law, Injury Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Certain amplified music concerts were conducted on farm land in a rural county. The county board of zoning appeals later ordered the business owners who hosted the concerts to limit the…
Seltzer v. Green Day, Inc., et al., US 9th Cir. (8/7/13) Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark Plaintiff filed suit against Green Day and others, alleging violations of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq., and the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., because Green Day used plaintiff's illustration, "Scream…
Brown v. Electronic Arts, Inc., US 9th Cir. (7/31/13) Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Law, Entertainment & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark Retired Hall of Fame football player, James "Jim" Brown, filed suit against EA, alleging that EA violated section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(a), through the…
The City of Detroit filed for Bankruptcy protection last week. It is the largest municipality in the US to seek such relief. Justia is collecting the documents filed in the case and posting them here. For more information on the news story, check out the Detroit Free Press Coverage.…
The US Government responded yesterday to the FISC’s order to conduct a declassification review in the Yahoo case. Their response asks for 45 and 60 days to complete the full review. They cite the need for interagency coordination, the volume and type of materials, and multiple FOIA requests in support…
There’s great news out of Washington today on the open government and transparency front. House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have announced via press release that the United States Code (the “Code”) will now be available for download in XML format. Users will be able to download…