News tagged with civil court

French court says YouTube not obligated to control content

A Paris court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against YouTube filed by French television, saying the video-sharing website was not obligated to control content of uploaded material.

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Judge scolds attorneys in Oracle vs. Google patent trial

The judge presiding over a patent trial pitting Oracle against Google scolded rival attorneys on Monday as deliberating jurors grappled with subtleties of references in computer software code.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Many US police use cell phones to track: study

Many US police departments use cell phone tracking, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases, according to a study released Monday.

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created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

GPS court ruling leaves US phone tracking unclear

A US Supreme Court decision requiring a warrant to place a GPS device on the car of a criminal suspect leaves unresolved the bigger issue of police tracking using mobile phones, legal experts say.

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created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dutch court refuses to ban sales of Samsung tablet

Dutch appeals judges ruled Tuesday that Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet is not a copy of Apple's popular iPad, handing the Korean consumer electronics maker its latest legal victory over its American rival.

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Warrant needed for GPS tracking, high court says (Update)

(AP) -- In a rare defeat for law enforcement, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed on Monday to bar police from installing GPS technology to track suspects without first getting a judge's approval. The justices ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Access to legal aid depends a lot on where you live, report says

According to one estimate, half of Americans are confronting a civil legal problem at any one time.

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created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US court hears appeal in key gene patent case

A US appeals court heard arguments Monday in a closely watched case involving a pharmaceutical firm's patent of two genes linked to cancer.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Twitter users seek privacy in WikiLeaks case

Lawyers for three Twitter users asked a US judge to overturn a court order directing the microblogging site to disclose clients' data to US authorities for a probe into WikiLeaks.

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created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rulings cloud issue of school MySpace suspensions

(AP) -- Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether schools can discipline students for Internet speech posted offsite reached different rulings Thursday in two Pennsylvania cases.

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created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Judge finds Dell Inc. in contempt

(AP) -- A state court judge has found Dell Inc. in contempt of court for what the plaintiffs have alleged to be piecemeal production of documents in a civil lawsuit over the New Orleans crime camera system.

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created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows judges' backgrounds matter in high court selection

Some federal judges are tossing out civil cases based on their own opinions, a disturbing trend that makes background checks even more important in the search for a new associate justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a University ...

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1