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  Supreme Court rejects case against warrantless wiretapping

  By Adi Robertson on February 26, 2013 11:30 am + 37 comments

  The Supreme Court has declined to proceed with a challenge to the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), which Continue reading…

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  Farmer vs. biotech: Supreme Court will decide if soybean seeds get copy protection

  By Carl Franzen on February 19, 2013 08:00 am + 76 comments

  Today, the Supreme Court is set to begin hearing a case between agrochemical giant Monsanto and a Continue reading…

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  How we use GPS to track you is none of your business, says Department of Justice

  By Amar Toor on January 17, 2013 06:44 am + 103 comments

  The Department of Justice is refusing to disclose details on the government's use of GPS tracking, Continue reading…

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  Robert Bork, controversial judge and modern meme, dies at 84 alongside his video privacy law

  By T.C. Sottek on December 19, 2012 10:55 am + 18 comments

  Robert Bork, a controversial judge best known for his failed Supreme Court bid that led to the Continue reading…

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  US Department of Justice will not ask Supreme Court to take hacking case

  By Adi Robertson on August 8, 2012 08:44 pm + 2 comments

  The US Department of Justice has said it will not petition the Supreme Court to take a case that has Continue reading…

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  US appeals court overturns warrantless wiretapping decision against US government

  By Andrew Webster on August 7, 2012 07:47 pm + 4 comments

  The US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit has overturned a decision to award two attorneys damages and Continue reading…

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  Supreme Court strikes down current FCC penalties for cursing and nudity on TV

  By T.C. Sottek on June 21, 2012 11:19 am + 65 comments

  The US Supreme Court has prohibited the FCC from imposing fines and sanctions for fleeting Continue reading…

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  US Supreme Court takes on broad software and method patents, sort of

  By Matt Macari on May 23, 2012 11:29 am + 21 comments

  What does it take to transform an abstract idea into patentable subject matter? How much do you have Continue reading…

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  Supreme Court will consider challenge to warrantless wiretapping law

  By Adi Robertson on May 22, 2012 07:57 pm + 2 comments

  The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights associations will be taking their case Continue reading…

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  Supreme Court declines to hear file sharing suit, leaving former student with $675,000 fine

  By Adi Robertson on May 21, 2012 03:45 pm + 55 comments

  Joel Tenenbaum, a former student at Boston University who was ordered to pay $675,000 for sharing 30 Continue reading…