The Courts Stories for 2014

Doppler Radar Used By Police To Determine Home Occupancy 139
United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info 349
Aereo Gets OK From Bankruptcy Court To Auction Technology Assets 42
Sony Hack Reveals MPAA's Big '$80 Million' Settlement With Hotfile Was a Lie 117
Drunk Drivers in California May Get Mandated Interlock Devices 420
Prosecutors Raid LG Offices Over Alleged Vandalism of Samsung Dishwashers 87
Federal Judge: Facebook Must Face Suit For Scanning Messages 48
Google Motion Denied In Lawsuit Against Mississippi Attorney General 23
'Citizenfour' Producers Sued Over Edward Snowden Leaks 163
Argentine Court Rules Orangutan Is a "Non-Human Person" 187
Judge: It's OK For Cops To Create Fake Instagram Accounts 209
Google Sues Mississippi Attorney General For Conspiring With Movie Industry 114
T-Mobile To Pay $90M For Unauthorized Charges On Customers' Bills 51
All the Evidence the Government Will Present In the Silk Road Trial Is Online 52
Colorado Sued By Neighboring States Over Legal Pot 484
Google Strikes Deal With Verizon To Reduce Patent Troll Suits 20
Sony Leaks Reveal Hollywood Is Trying To Break DNS 388
Apple Wins iTunes DRM Case 191
Sony Demands Press Destroy Leaked Documents 250
The GPLv2 Goes To Court 173
Former iTunes Engineer Tells Court He Worked To Block Competitors 161
Apple Antitrust Case Finds New Consumer Plaintiff 39
Once Again, Baltimore Police Arrest a Person For Recording Them 515
Canadian Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Warrantless Cellphone Searches 105
California Sues Uber Over Practices 139
Court Bans Sale of Xiaomi Smartphones In India 40
Apple DRM Lawsuit Loses Last Plaintiff, but Judge Rules Against Dismissal 71
Comcast Sued For Turning Home Wi-Fi Routers Into Public Hotspots 291
Microsoft To US Gov't: the World's Servers Are Not Yours For the Taking 192
Court Orders Uber To Shut Down In Spain 280
Microsoft Files a Copyright Infringement Lawsuit For Activating Pirated Software 268
French Publishers Prepare Lawsuit Against Adblock Plus 699
Civil Case Uses Fitbit Data To Disprove Insurance Fraud 99
Cisco Slaps Arista Networks With Suit For "Brazen" Patent Infringement 96
GCHQ Does Not Breach Human Rights, Judges Rule 81
Apple DRM Lawsuit Might Be Dismissed: Plaintiffs Didn't Own Affected iPods 141
New Effort To Grant Legal Rights To Chimpanzees Fails 341
Apple Accused of Deleting Songs From iPods Without Users' Knowledge 250
10-Year-Old iTunes DRM Lawsuit Heading To Trial 246
Football Concussion Lawsuits Start To Hit High Schools 233
Supreme Court To Decide Whether Rap Lyric Threats Are Free Speech 436
Kim Dotcom Faces Jail At Bail Hearing 166
Kim Dotcom Says Legal Fight Has Left Him Broke 117
Clarificiation on the IP Address Security in Dropbox Case 152
Hacker Threatened With 44 Felony Charges Escapes With Misdemeanor 219
Kim Dotcom Regrets Not Taking Copyright Law and MPAA "More Seriously" 151
Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting 1128
Class-Action Suit Claims Copyright Enforcement Company Made Harassing Robo-calls 67
Judge Unseals 500+ Stingray Records 165
Judge Approves $450M Settlement For Apple's Ebook Price Fixing 69
Aereo Files For Bankruptcy 137
Swedish Court Refuses To Revoke Julian Assange's Arrest Warrant 243
Harvard Students Move Fossil Fuel Stock Fight To Court 203
US Gov't Seeks To Keep Megaupload Assets Because Kim Dotcom Is a Fugitive 173
Court Shuts Down Alleged $120M Tech Support Scam 129
City of Toronto Files Court Injunction Against Uber 169
Court Rules Google's Search Results Qualify As Free Speech 137
FCC Says Net Neutrality Decision Delay Is About Courts, Not Politics 60
Overbilled Customer Sues Time Warner Cable For False Advertising 223
GNOME Project Seeks Donations For Trademark Battle With Groupon 268
Manslaughter Conviction Overturned For Scientists Who Didn't Predict Earthquake 139
Computer Scientists Ask Supreme Court To Rule APIs Can't Be Copyrighted 260
Undersized Grouper Case Lands In Supreme Court 251
Court Order: Butterfly Labs Bitcoins To Be Sold 66
Australian Courts Will Be Able To See Your Browsing History 182
Virginia Court: LEOs Can Force You To Provide Fingerprint To Unlock Your Phone 328
Pirate Bay Founder Gottfrid Warg Faces Danish Jail Time 89
Stan Lee Media and Disney Battle For Ownership of Marvel Characters 152
FTC Sues AT&T For Throttling 'Unlimited' Data Plan Customers Up To 90% 179
EU Court Rules Embedding YouTube Videos Is Not Copyright Infringement 68
Italian Supreme Court Bans the 'Microsoft Tax' 353
Judge Says EA Battlefield 4 Execs Engaged In "Puffery," Not Fraud 95
Microsoft, Ask.com, Oracle Latest To Be Sued Over No-Poach Deal 47
Manga Images Depicting Children Lead to Conviction in UK 475
Florida Supreme Court: Police Can't Grab Cell Tower Data Without a Warrant 114
Court Rules Parents May Be Liable For What Their Kids Post On Facebook 323
Tech Workers Oppose Settlement They Reached In Silicon Valley Hiring Case 54
Federal Government Removes 7 Americans From No-Fly List 124
National Security Letter Issuance Likely Headed To Supreme Court 112
Open Invention Network Grows Despite Patent Troll Death Knell 16
Chimpanzee "Personhood" Is Back In Court 385
US Says It Can Hack Foreign Servers Without Warrants 335
Twitter Sues US Government Over National Security Data Requests 57
Study Weighs In On the Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony 102
NASA Asks Boeing, SpaceX To Stop Work On Next-Gen Space Taxi 139
Samsung Paid Microsoft $1 Billion Last Year In Android Royalties 93
Apple To Face $350 Million Trial Over iPod DRM 135
Silk Road Lawyers Poke Holes In FBI's Story 191
Google Threatened With $100M Lawsuit Over Nude Celebrity Photos 225
CEO of Spyware Maker Arrested For Enabling Stalkers 195
Court Rules Nokia Must Pay Damages To Buyers of Faulty Phones In Mexico 25
Anonymous Peer-review Comments May Spark Legal Battle 167
NY Magistrate: Legal Papers Can Be Served Via Facebook 185
Dealership Commentator: Tesla's Going To Win In Every State 156
Court Rules the "Google" Trademark Isn't Generic 159
Navy Guilty of Illegally Broad Online Searches: Child Porn Conviction Overturned 286
NSA Metadata Collection Gets 90-Day Extension 73
Justice Sotomayor Warns Against Tech-Enabled "Orwellian" World 166
Software Patents Are Crumbling, Thanks To the Supreme Court 118
Windows Tax Shot Down In Italy 421
Microsoft Agrees To Contempt Order So It Can Appeal Email Privacy Case 123
Microsoft Takes Down Slideshow-Building Tool After Getty Images Lawsuit 81
Feds Say NSA "Bogeyman" Did Not Find Silk Road's Servers 142
Silicon Valley Fights Order To Pay Bigger Settlement In Tech Talent Hiring Case 200
Deadmau5 Accuses Disney of Pirating His Music 137
NVIDIA Sues Qualcomm and Samsung Seeking To Ban Import of Samsung Phones 110
Appeals Court Clears Yelp of Extortion Claims 63
First US Appeals Court Hears Arguments To Shut Down NSA Database 199
Deputy Who Fatally Struck Cyclist While Answering Email Will Face No Charges 463
Microsoft Defies Court Order, Will Not Give Emails To US Government 419
Judge Allows L.A. Cops To Keep License Plate Reader Data Secret 108
US Government Fights To Not Explain No-Fly List Selection Process 248
Australian Consumer Watchdog Takes Valve To Court 139
Judge Lucy Koh Rejects Apple's Quest For Anti-Samsung Injunction 30
Google Wins $1.3 Million From Patent Troll 35
Ross Ulbricht Faces New Drug Charges 102
Oregon Sues Oracle For "Abysmal" Healthcare Website 212
Calif. Court Rules Businesses Must Reimburse Cell Phone Bills 161
$125,000 Settlement Given To Man Arrested for Photographing NYPD 231
Adam Carolla Settles With Podcasting Patent Troll 63
Financial Services Group WCS Sues Online Forum Over Negative Post 112
Larry Rosen: A Case Study In Understanding (and Enforcing) the GPL 191
Judge Rejects $324.5 Million Settlement For Tech Workers, Argues For More 268
California Man Sues Sony Because Killzone: Shadowfall Isn't Really 1080p 286
Apple and Samsung Agree To Drop Cases Outside the US 46
Algorithm Predicts US Supreme Court Decisions 70% of Time 177
Hack an Oscilloscope, Get a DMCA Take-Down Notice From Tektronix 273
EFF: US Gov't Bid To Alter Court Record in Jewel v. NSA 78
Ex-Autonomy CFO: HP Trying To Hide Truth 59
Ross Ulbricht's Lawyer Requests Suppression Of Silk Road Evidence 54
Apple $450 Million e-Book Settlement Wins Court Approval 93
Judge: US Search Warrants Apply To Overseas Computers 502
Ford, GM Sued Over Vehicles' Ability To Rip CD Music To Hard Drive 317
Sony Agrees To $17.75m Settlement For 2011 PSN Attack 66
Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Rests On Battery Drain Claims 175
Activist Group Sues US Border Agency Over New, Vast Intelligence System 83
New York Judge OKs Warrant To Search Entire Gmail Account 150
Appeals Court Affirms Old Polaroid Patent Invalid 45
$10 Million Lawsuit Against Wikipedia Editors "Stragetically" Withdrawn 51
Manuel Noriega Sues Activision Over Call of Duty 83
French Blogger Fined For Negative Restaurant Review 424
Court Rejects Fox's Attempt to Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish's Hopper 67
Obama Administration Says the World's Servers Are Ours 749
Aereo Embraces Ruling, Tries To Re-Classify Itself As Cable Company 147
Microsoft Settles With No-IP After Malware Takedown 83
Judge Shoots Down "Bitcoin Isn't Money" Argument In Silk Road Trial 135
Tor Project Sued Over a Revenge Porn Business That Used Its Service 311
Climate Change Skeptic Group Must Pay Damages To UVA, Michael Mann 497
Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails 346
Encryption Keys For Kim Dotcom's Data Can't Be Given To FBI, Court Rules 149
Amazon Sues After Ex-Worker Takes Google Job 272
Baton Bob Strikes Back Against Police That Coerced Facebook Post From Him 203
Court Allowed NSA To Spy On All But 4 Countries 242
Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains 495
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal By Google Over Street View Data Collection 113
Fox Moves To Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish Streaming Service 210
Want To Resell Your Ebooks? You'd Better Act Fast 72
Bye Bye Aereo, For Now 93
What To Do If Police Try To Search Your Phone Without a Warrant 286
NYC Loses Appeal To Ban Large Sugary Drinks 532
Mass. Supreme Court Says Defendant Can Be Compelled To Decrypt Data 560
Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant 249
Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo Streaming Service 484
Wikipedia Editors Hit With $10 Million Defamation Suit 268
Federal Judge Rules US No-fly List Violates Constitution 276
Venture-Backed Bitcoin Miner Startup Can't Deliver On Time, Gets Sued 120
US Court Dings Gov't For Using Seized Data Beyond Scope of Warrant 63
Court Releases DOJ Memo Justifying Drone Strike On US Citizen 371
Supreme Court Upholds Most EPA Rules On Greenhouse Gases 109
Red Hat Assistant General Counsel Analyses Supreme Court's Patent Ruling 43
Emails Show Feds Asking Florida Cops To Deceive Judges About Surveillance Tech 251
The Supreme Court Doesn't Understand Software 263
Judge: $324M Settlement In Silicon Valley Tech Worker Case Not Enough 150
US Supreme Court Invalidates Patent For Being Software Patent 220
Canadian Court Orders Google To Remove Websites From Its Global Index 248
LinkedIn Spam Lawsuit Can Continue 50
Man Arrested For Parodying Mayor On Twitter Files Civil Rights Lawsuit 163
Appeals Court Finds Scanning To Be Fair Use 34
Canadian Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win For Internet Privacy 112
The Government Can No Longer Track Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant 173
Teacher Tenure Laws Ruled Unconstitutional In California 519
NSA's Novel Claim: Our Systems Are Too Complex To Obey the Law 245
Netflix Trash-Talks Verizon's Network; Verizon Threatens To Sue 364
Kim Dotcom Offers $5 Million Bounty To Defeat Extradition 253
After Trademark Dispute, Mexican Carriers Can No Longer Use iPhone Name In Ads 53
$57,000 Payout For Woman Charged With Wiretapping After Filming Cops 216
GM Names and Fires Engineers Involved In Faulty Ignition Switch 307
Web Browsing Isn't Copyright Infringement, Rules EU Court of Justice 79
Life Sentences For Serious Cyberattacks Proposed In Britain 216
UK Seeks To Hold Terrorism Trial In Secret 240
EFF Tells Court That the NSA Knowingly and Illegally Destroyed Evidence 269
Local Police Increasingly Rely On Secret Surveillance 146
Patent Troll Ordered To Pay For the Costs of Fighting a Bad Patent 191
Oregon vs. Oracle: the Battle of Blame Heats Up 83
Zazzle.com Thinks Depictions of Pi Are Protected Intellectual Property 264
German Authorities Lack Evidence To Prosecute Anyone For NSA Spying 107
Federal Court Pulls Plug On Porn Copyright Shakedown 136
Iran Court Summons Mark Zuckerberg For Facebook Privacy Violations 304
After Knocked-Down Damages Claim, Apple Again Seeks to Ban Some Samsung Phones 114
US Gov't Seeks 7-Month Sentence For LulzSec's Sabu 76
FCC Gets Go-Ahead For Plan To Expand Rural Internet Access 156
German Court Rules That You Can't Keep Compromising Photos After a Break-Up 334
Japanese Court Rules Against Restarting Ohi Reactors 75
Blizzard Sues Starcraft II Cheat Creators 252
Zenimax Sues Oculus Over VR Tech 97
Kaleidescape Settles With DVD CCA But No Victory For DRM 76
Apple To Face Lawsuit For iMessage Glitch 238
Apple and Google's Motorola Unit End Patent War 46
Pedophile Asks To Be Deleted From Google Search After European Court Ruling 370
EU Court Backs 'Right To Be Forgotten' 153
EU Court of Justice Paves Way For "Right To Be Forgotten" Online 199
Plaintiff In Tech Hiring Suit Asks Judge To Reject Settlement 215
Court Orders Marvell To Pay Carnegie Mellon $1.5B For Patent Infringement 85
SpaceX Injunction Dissolved 98
Court: Oracle Entitled To Copyright Protection Over Some Parts of Java 303
Jury Finds Apple and Samsung Infringed Each Other's Patents 49
Pirate Bay Sports-Content Uploader Faces $32m Lawsuit 149
Washington Files First Consumer Protection Lawsuit Over Kickstarter Fraud 47
Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over Default Search on Android Phones 221
SpaceX Wins Injunction Against Russian Rocket Purchases 166
Supreme Court Makes It Easier To Get Lawyers Fees In Patent Cases 51
SCOTUS Ends Novell's Anti-Trust Cast Against Microsoft 174
DOJ Complains About Getting a Warrant To Search Mobile Phones 178
American Judge Claims Jurisdiction Over Data Stored In Other Countries 226
Texas Family Awarded $2.9 Million In Fracking Lawsuit 146
Former US Test Site Sues Nuclear Nations For Disarmament Failure 165
Apple, Google Agree To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Hiring Conspiracy 108
Aereo To SCOTUS: Shut Us Down and You Shut Down Cloud Storage 342
Supreme Court OKs Stop and Search Based On Anonymous 911 Tips 461
Supreme Court Upholds Michigan's Ban On Affirmative Action In College Admissions 410
General Mills Retracts "No Right to Sue" EULA Clause 88
VA Supreme Court: Michael Mann Needn't Turn Over All His Email 348
Oracle Deflects Blame For Troubled Oregon Health Care Site 163
Click Like? You May Have Given Up the Right To Sue 216
5-Year Suspended Sentence For S. Africa's First Online Pirate 45
Lavabit Loses Contempt Appeal 128
Student Records Kids Who Bully Him, Then Gets Threatened With Wiretapping Charge 798
Wi-Fi Problems Dog Apple-Samsung Trial 80
'weev' Conviction Vacated 148
MA Gov. Wants To Ban Non-Competes; Will It Matter? 97
Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law 1116
European Court of Justice Strikes Down Data Retention Law 77
U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance 141
FCC Orders Comcast To Stop Labeling Equipment Rental a Service Fee 97
Details You're Not Supposed To See From Boston U's Patent Settlements 130
Judge Overrules Samsung Objection To Jury Instructional Video 232
Supreme Court Skeptical of Computer-Based Patents 192
Emails Reveal Battle Over Employee Poaching Between Google and Facebook 132
UN Court: Japanese Whaling "Not Scientific" 188
Typo Keyboard For iPhone Faces Sales Ban 205

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