The Pirate Bay Will Not Appeal Order to Remove Torrents
torrentfreak.com — Last month a judge ruled that similar to Mininova, The Pirate Bay has to remove a list of ‘infringing’ torrents from their website and block access to Dutch users. Lawyers for the founders said the trio were considering filing an appeal, but according to anti-piracy outfit BREIN, that did not happen. The site now has until March 1st 2010 to comply. (Submitted by mikek814) More...
Lawyers plan class-action to reclaim
arstechnica.com — Lawyers in this year's two highest-profile file-sharing cases have joined forces, and they plan to file a class-action lawsuit against the recording industry later this summer to claw back the "$100 million" that the RIAA "stole." (Submitted by perfect007) More...
China Arrests Human Rights Lawyers to Prevent Obama Meeting
oregonfaithreport.com — At 10:13 AM (Beijing time), nearly 200 nervous-looking Public Security officials seized two Chinese human rights lawyers outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, who were trying to meet with President Obama while he was in China. The lawyers were strictly warned, "You are not allowed to meet with President Obama. We will hold you until he leaves." (Submitted by KimballO) More...
RIAA lawyers toss "a skunk in the jury box," apologize
arstechnica.com — Recording industry lawyers dodged a bullet today after the judge in the Jammie Thomas-Rasset retrial threatened to throw out the complete testimony of an important expert witness. Not disclosing new information to opposing counsel makes federal judges very, very grumpy. (Submitted by LtGenPanda) More...
Top Law Firms Paying New Lawyers "Not" To Show Up To Work
time.com — Some big law firms are responding to the recession by paying newly hired lawyers big bucks to stay away from the office -- in the hope that more legal work will materialize so these recent grads can be put to work down the road. (Submitted by openthink) More...
Karl Rove Asks Obama Lawyers for Executive Privilege
huffingtonpost.com — Subpoenaed by Rep. Conyers to testify before Congress, Karl Rove has left the debate over whether or not he is protected from testifying to Barack Obama. Rove had previously refused to appear by claiming executive privilege. With Bush out of office, Rove instructed his lawyer to ask the Obama White House whether the same privileges currently exist. (Submitted by TheEngineer2008) More...
The Craziest Stories of the Marvel Universe
comicsalliance.com — When you actually spell out the plots of the Marvel Universe, where one of the most serious stories involves a blind lawyer ninja dressed as the Devil fighting a massive Sumo wrestler with a cane that shoots lasers, they start to sound kind of insane. (Submitted by TalSiach) More...
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