This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. This week also marks a watershed ruling by a federal appeals court striking down the controversial Texas voter ID law as violating that landmark civil rights ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2015
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The Supreme Court is staying out of a long-running legal battle between technology giants Oracle and Google over copyright protection for a computer program that powers most of the world's smartphones and computer tablets.
Business
Jun 29, 2015
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New rules that treat the Internet like a public utility and prevent companies from blocking or slowing down some online traffic took effect Friday.
Telecom
Jun 12, 2015
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A US appeals court Thursday declined efforts to put a temporary halt on "open Internet" regulations that prevent broadband providers from separating online traffic into slow and fast lanes.
Telecom
Jun 11, 2015
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A federal appeals court has declared illegal the National Security Agency program that collects data on the landline calling records of nearly every American. The ruling Thursday, the first of its kind by an appeals court, ...
Security
May 8, 2015
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Investigators do not need a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower location records in criminal prosecutions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a closely-watched case involving the rules for changing technology.
Telecom
May 5, 2015
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A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal courts can hear a dispute over Colorado's Internet tax law. One justice suggested it was time to reconsider the ban on state collection of sales taxes from companies outside ...
Internet
Mar 3, 2015
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A US judge Monday expressed doubt towards the government's e-book antitrust case against Apple, saying the tech giant was challenging "predatory" pricing from rival Amazon.
Business
Dec 15, 2014
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It's a First Amendment test for the Supreme Court in a case being heard Monday.
Internet
Dec 1, 2014
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Supreme Court justices are vigorously debating the Digital Age question of where the line should be drawn between free speech and illegal threats.
Internet
Nov 30, 2014
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