The Washington Supreme Court Thursday found an antibegging ordinance under the Lakewood Municipal Code to be unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. The court found that the ordinance restricted protected speech in a public forum...

The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Wednesday reopened a complaint by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) against mortgage giant, Freddie Mac . The complaint, based on Third Amendment grounds, was originally filed in...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the “anti-circumvention” and “anti-trafficking” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) [act,...

Yesterday the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in State v. Al-Sharif Scriven that the use of high beams on an automobile does not present enough reasonable suspicion for a police officer to stop the vehicle. The...

Software developer Bitmanagement Software GmbH has filed a lawsuit against the United States Navy in the United States Court of Federal Claims . In its complaint, the German software company claims the Navy infringed...

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen on Wednesday blocked a ballot measure proposing an amendment to the Illinois Consitution that aimed to eliminate the General Assembly's power to draw legislative district boundaries. The proposal advanced...

The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held on Wednesday that the Texas photo voter identification law, SB 14 , had a discriminatory effect on minority voters, violating Section 2 of the Voting...

A Wisconsin court on Tuesday ordered the state to allow voters who do not have identification to vote in November's general elections. Judge Lynn Alderman's order implemented an "affidavit option" sought by the plaintiffs, in which voters who are...

Acting US Solicitor General Ian Gershengorn on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider the case challenging the Obama administration's immigration enforcement program. A divided court split 4-4 in June, thereby allowing a...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday that he plans to propose a law providing for additional punishment for crimes against law enforcement officers. The proposed Police Protection Act (PPA) would extend hate crime protections to law enforcement...