Copyright
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SCOTUS Lands the Plane but Barriers to Legal Innovation Persist
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org set an important precedent, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still significant barriers impeding access to the law that are yet to be fully overcome.
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Copyright, Intellectual Property, Technology
In Blow to Open Law, Court Upholds Private Copyright in Public Safety Laws
A federal court has enjoined Public.Resource.Org from publishing certain technical and scientific standards.
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Copyright, Cyrus Vance, Goldman Sachs, Intellectual Property, Technology, Wall Street
Shouldn’t Somebody Be Suing Goldman Sachs Right Now?
A new article in Vanity Fair hints at a legal time bomb for the high-frequency trading industry: copyright infringement.
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Copyright, Crime, Intellectual Property, Morning Docket, Technology, Trademarks, Twittering
* A U.S. congressional panel has voted to charge Attorney General Eric Holder with contempt of Congress. [Thomson Reuters News and Insight]
* Paul Ceglia’s motion to stay discovery, pending the resolution of his motion to disqualify Facebook’s attorneys, was denied. In last night’s ruling, the judge was less than sympathetic to Ceglia. [United States District Court Western District of New York]
* We wrote about Thomas Jefferson Law grad Michael Wallerstein‘s struggles with a quarter million dollars in law school debt last year. But it looks like he may have found an unorthodox, if not somewhat dodgy, escape route. On the other hand, maybe he’s gone out of the frying pan into the fire. [New York Post]
* The McCormick legal recruiting firm sued one of its former account managers for violating a noncompete clause. Fun times were had by all no one. [Blog of the Legal Times]
* The lawyer going after The Oatmeal and the charities benefiting from the “Bear Love Cancer Bad” campaign has now subpoenaed Twitter and ArsTechica. That’s pretty impressive for just about a week of work. [ArsTechica]
* An online knitting community feels the wrath of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s intellectual property enforcement team. [Gawker]