Supreme Court ruling could spark more unintentional-discrimination cases

Dec 1, 2015 3:30 AM CST

Patent holders allege financial companies are misusing new post-grant review process for profit

Ferrum Ferro Capital, a privately held venture fund, lists its address at a mailbox rental store in Wilmington, Delaware. The company's mostly empty website describes itself as "focused on innovation, application and monetization." Four months after the company was formed in 2014, Ferrum Ferro filed for FDA approval of a…

Dec 1, 2015 3:20 AM CST

Protesters may pay the price when civil disobedience becomes costly

Michigan State University student Duncan Tarr knew he could face criminal trespass charges when he decided to protest the construction of a pipeline that would transport crude oil known as tar sands from Canada through Michigan. Tarr and Dylan Ochala-Gorka, a carpenter, put U-locks around their necks and connected themselves…

Nov 1, 2015 2:50 AM CST

Chinese companies doing business in the US build barriers to legal remedies

While an increasing number of Chinese companies are doing business in the U.S., China has nevertheless built a legal firewall around its financial services firms by refusing to acknowledge the jurisdiction of U.S. courts and regulatory agencies.

Nov 1, 2015 2:45 AM CST

A tax ruling could complicate California’s effort to battle the drought

Water conservation is so important to California that it's in the state constitution. Article X, Section 2, says that "the waste ... of water [should] be prevented, and that the conservation of such waters is to be exercised." That's especially so this year, when Gov. Jerry Brown called for urban…

Oct 1, 2015 8:25 AM CDT

Right-to-work campaigns aim at smaller jurisdictions

Oct 1, 2015 8:10 AM CDT

‘Raging Bull’ decision could rouse patent holders to sue decades after alleged infringement

Sep 1, 2015 3:00 AM CDT

States deal with religious and gay rights in the wake of same-sex marriage ruling

Sep 1, 2015 2:50 AM CDT

Courts are giving reduced terms to many child-porn defendants

U.S. District Judge James S. Gwin of the Northern District of Ohio polled a jury in February about what jurors thought a suitable sentence would be for Ryan Collins, a child pornography defendant who was found guilty of having 19 videos and 93 still images on his computer.

Aug 1, 2015 5:50 AM CDT

Wary copyright owners are cracking down on fan-created artworks

In an episode of the space-Western TV show Firefly, which aired for four months in 2002 before the Fox Broadcasting Co. canceled it, a character named Jayne Cobb got a distinctive orange and yellow ski cap from his mother. Jayne, a rambunctious tough guy, loved the cap and wore it…

Aug 1, 2015 5:45 AM CDT

Courts are reconsidering residency restrictions for sex offenders

In 2006, California voters passed "Jessica's Law," a ballot initiative that prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park. In 2011, crime analyst Julie Wartell of the San Diego County District Attorney's Office analyzed how much housing was left for those offenders. Consulting land-use…

Jul 1, 2015 5:10 AM CDT

Lawyers quarrel over tort liability after the Disneyland measles outbreak

Jul 1, 2015 3:40 AM CDT

After Ferguson and North Charleston, more police are wearing body cams

Jun 1, 2015 3:50 AM CDT

New Innovation Act, aimed at ‘patent trolls,’ would require more details in infringement complaints

Jun 1, 2015 3:40 AM CDT

Cheerleaders file labor and employment suits against the NFL

A recent spate of lawsuits by professional cheerleaders against National Football League franchises has cast an unflattering light on how the league's sideline dancers are treated and compensated.

May 1, 2015 6:15 AM CDT