STLR Link Roundup – December 11, 2009
The latest on the STLR radar:
- Judges and Facebook – Is it ok to be FB friends with lawyers? The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee says no, reports the New York Times.
- Michael Arrington and Crunchpad sues JooJoo for the joint tablet venture that so publicly went wrong, says Gizmodo.
- The Environmental Protection Agency announces that greenhouse gases pose a danger to human health and environment. New federal and possibly international regulation are expected to follow, according to the New York Times.
- Who will protect us from the robot invasion? Maybe lawyers will, a pair of scholars at Stanford University tells the San Francisco Chronicle.
- The legal implications of new technology aren’t all covered in intellectual property classes – Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government blog looks at the possible use of eminent domain to take the “wind rights” of farmers and build green-friendly windmills.
- Text messages are the new “digital lipstick on the collar” and are increasingly showing up as critical evidence in divorce cases, writes the New York Times.
- The EU drops its antitrust case against memory-maker Rambus in exchange for concessions, according to the Associated Press.
- A federal judge finalizes a $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student for sharing 30 copyrighted songs online, Wired’s Threat Level reports.
- Apple countersues Nokia for patent infringement – this is getting ugly, says All Things Digital’s Digital Daily.
- A payroll and credit card payment processing company’s failure to protect itself from massive data breach was not grounds for a securities fraud case by shareholders. Law.com discusses the New Jersey District Court ruling.