A federal judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday denied Apple‘s request for a temporary suspension of the court’s July ruling that Apple violated the Sherman Act and various state statutes in an e-book price-fixing conspiracy. Despite Apple’s continued denial of the charges, US District Judge Denise [...]
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday ruled that Samsung infringed two patents of Apple . The two patents involves the detection of users’ finger movements on smartphone touchscreens and the way its plugs detect when other devices have been plugged in. The ITC, however, rejected four other patent infringement claims against Samsung. With the [...]
President Barack Obama on Friday gave a speech proposing a four-step reform to increase the credibility and legitimacy of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) . The first step will reform Section 215 of the Patriot Act , which involves the collection of telephone records, giving the public “additional confidence [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Philippine government to act to bring the killers of three local journalists to justice and stop further violence. On July 30 unknown assailants shot and killed Richard Kho, 47, and Bonifacio Loreto Jr., 59, both columnists for the weekly tabloid Aksyon Ngayon, in Quezon City, Metro Manila. [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday criticized Vietnam for resuming the death penalty . In July 2011 the country decided to stop using firing squads in favor of lethal injections, but was unable to procure the necessary drugs largely due to EU export restrictions. In May it amended [...]
JPMorgan Chase & Co. disclosed in its quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday that it is being investigated by both the civil and criminal divisions of the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California (EDC) over sales of mortgage-backed securities to investors in the run-up to the sub-prime mortgage [...]
The Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice (OCRJ) filed a lawsuit in the Oklahoma County District Court on Thursday to block enforcement of HB 2226 , a state law limiting the availability of “morning-after” emergency contraceptives. Specifically, the law forbids pharmacists from dispensing emergency contraceptives to women younger than 17 unless they have a prescription. Pharmacists [...]
The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked a judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to stay a challenge to the state’s new abortion law , pending an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit . The DOJ appealed the injunction earlier this week. [...]
US Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr , filed an amicus curiae brief on Thursday urging the US Supreme Court to allow prayer at town meetings. The Obama administration is supporting the petitioner in the upcoming case of Town of Greece v. Galloway . The town of Greece has argued that using public, participatory prayers to [...]
The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by presidential candidate Henrique Capriles challenging the results of the March election. Capriles lost narrowly to Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela’s presidential election, which took place following the death of Hugo Chavez . Maduro was the hand picked successor of Chavez while Capriles challenged Chavez for [...]
