Court articles

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  Google must obey FBI's warrantless requests for user data for now, judge rules

  By Carl Franzen on May 31, 2013 10:36 am + 83 comments

  Google's attempts to fight FBI National Security Letters, controversial requests to hand over users' Continue reading…

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  Medical marijuana users can drive drugged, rule Michigan courts

  By Sean Hollister on May 25, 2013 02:27 am + 112 comments

  In Michigan, you can smoke marijuana and still drive a car. That's what the Michigan Supreme Court Continue reading…

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  Courts are increasingly turning to Urban Dictionary to clarify modern slang language

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 21, 2013 11:37 am + 11 comments

  Sure, the Oxford English Dictionary tries to stay on top of current trends by adding new words every Continue reading…

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  Accused Chinese spy charged with downloading porn, not NASA secrets

  By Amar Toor on May 3, 2013 03:51 am + 44 comments

  Bo Jiang, the Chinese national accused of spying on NASA, was formally charged in a Virginia court Continue reading…

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  Recording industry threatens YouTube and other music services after copyright law snafu

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 25, 2013 09:57 pm + 11 comments

  An important legal protection that defends websites like YouTube from being held liable for Continue reading…

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  Iceland Supreme Court upholds Wikileaks win, orders Visa to process donations or face fines again

  By Sean Hollister on April 24, 2013 11:20 pm + 15 comments

  In December 2010, Visa, MasterCard and PayPal abruptly cut off donation payments to WikiLeaks, Continue reading…

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  Google challenges US government's private data demand in court

  By Sam Byford on April 5, 2013 12:21 am + 66 comments

  Google is fighting back against National Security Letters, the secretive, controversial requests for Continue reading…

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  Generic drug trade wins big after court refuses cancer medicine patent

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 1, 2013 04:53 am + 150 comments

  The Supreme Court in India has left the door open for the generic drug trade to manufacture cheap Continue reading…

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  Supreme Court says police need a warrant to use drug-sniffing dogs outside homes

  By Amar Toor on March 26, 2013 12:43 pm + 31 comments

  The Supreme Court today said police officers cannot use drug-sniffing dogs along the perimeter of a Continue reading…

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  CIA must say if it has secret drone strike documents, DC court rules

  By Carl Franzen on March 15, 2013 02:18 pm + 27 comments

  The Central Intelligence Agency must publicly declare whether or not it has documents on drone Continue reading…