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District Attorney And Major TV Network Sued Over Stupid Reality Show

The most tragically stupid decision was greenlighting a reality show about lawyers. No one cares about watching real-life lawyering. That’s why Nancy Grace exists — to boil salacious cases down to sound bites so viewers don’t have to watch real lawyers.

Senate rejects GM food labeling amendment to farm bill

Bernie Sanders of Vermont says he will continue to push for declaration on packaging of genetically modified ingredients

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods.

New Bill Would Stop Patent Trolls From Hiding Behind Shell Companies

We've talked in the past about how patent trolling operations love to use shell companies to hide who actually owns the patents. Intellectual Ventures has thousands of shells, but it's even worse in many cases when it's smaller trolls, where no one has any idea who's actually behind the trolling.

Outcry from Chicago teachers as city votes to close 50 schools

Officials say closures are necessary to improve standards but teachers union president calls it 'a day of mourning'

The Chicago board of education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help defin

Intellectual Property Commission: Pass CISPA Now

A bipartisan and independent commission studying corporate espionage's impact on the American economy recommended passing the controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its report released Wednesday.


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First Hand Account Of Judicial Smackdown Of Prenda In Minnesota

I am not an attorney. I attended today's hearing out of curiosity and convenience. I happened to have an appointment across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center today and decided that it would be interesting to see the wheels of justice in motion first hand.

Ditto Turns To Indiegogo For Help Battling Patent Lawsuits (Including One From 1-800-Contacts)

Ditto, a startup that helps users virtually try on different pairs of eyeglasses, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to help fight a big threat the company says it's being sued by 1-800-CONTACTS and another company called Lennon Imaging Technology.

Bankia compensation qualms signal loss of faith in Spain's banks

MADRID (Reuters) - Many duped savers at Spanish lender Bankia are shunning a state-supervised compensation scheme in favor of expensive lawsuits, prolonging a mis-selling scandal and complicating efforts to restore faith in the banking system.

Sorry, Larry Page: Tech-Industry Viciousness Is Here To Stay

Nerval's Lobster writes "At this week's Google I/O in San Francisco, Google CEO Larry Page stood onstage and took unscripted questions from an auditorium of conference attendees. That's an unusual move for any chief executive, the sort of thing that risks giving their PR people a heart attack.

Guatemala's victory for human rights highlights a major US failure Amy Goodman

The US should extradite officials complicit with genocide in Guatemala, whose former dictator was convicted last week

Guatemala's former de facto president, Efrain Rios Montt, was hauled off to prison last Friday.