Major law firms issue statement denouncing voting restrictions
Dozens of the largest law firms in the US signed on to a statement on Monday denouncing efforts to restrict Americans’ ability to vote. Leaders of 62 of the nation’s 100 largest law firms added their names to the statement, which called “laws that impose unnecessary obstacles and barriers on the right to vote and [...]
Canada Supreme Court rules Google must remove website from its global search results
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld an order on Wednesday that directed Google to block a company's website from is global search results. The ruling stems from a suit brought by a...
Europe court rules The Pirate Bay directly infringes copyrights
The European Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that the BitTorrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay (TPB) , is directly infringing on copyright laws. TPB allows users to share and download movies, television shows and...
Federal appeals court permits music companies to pursue copyright infringement claims
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday ruled that music companies that previously composed EMI Group, Ltd. can pursue copyright infringement claims against an old online music storage company and its CEO,...
Google and Viacom not liable for tracking children's online activity: Third Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday held that Google and Viacom are not liable for planting "cookies" on children's computers to gather data for advertisers. In a class...
Australia court orders ISPs to disclose information about illegal downloaders
The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ordered six Internet service providers (ISPs) to hand over information about alleged illegal downloaders of the US film Dallas Buyer's Club. The case was filed by the US company...
The Authors Guild filed an appellate brief on Friday, renewing its complaint that Google is violating copyright laws with its mass book digitization project. The brief, filed with the US Court of Appeals for...
Supreme Court allows Lanham Act claim in copyright infringement case
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a unanimous ruling in Lexmark v. Static Control Components holding that Static did not lack standing to assert a Lanham Act claim in defense of a copyright infringement...
Google's YouTube and Viacom settle copyright-infringement suit
Viacom and Google on Tuesday settled a copyright infringement lawsuit originally filed by Viacom in 2007. The media conglomerate Viacom is known for its television networks including Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and VH1. In the...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted review for ABC, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. , to decide the legality of Aereo's online service that streams and records publicly broadcast television programming without...
