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STLR Link Roundup – March 19, 2010

STLR — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:56:26 +0000

The latest on the STLR radar:

The Department of State’s annual Human Rights Report turns the spotlight on internet freedom in China and Iran, from ZDNet Government.

The US District Court in Delaware stays the patent litigations between Apple and Nokia, pending decisions by the International Trade Commission, says The Register.

A California appeals court rules that cyberbullying threats are not protected free speech, reports Wired.

Also from Wired, the Supreme Court agrees to review a Ninth Circuit decision on privacy rights in the context of background checks on government workers.

The FCC announces that it will recommend the sale of 500 megahertz of spectrum to meet the needs of mobile broadband users, from the Washington Post.

Programmers in trouble over financial misdeeds: two programmers who developed code for Madoff are charged with fraud (The New York Times, The Register) and the Securities Exchange Commission files a complaint against a one-man Russian investment company for hacking into online portfolios to “pump and dump” stocks (Switched, Wired).

From E-Commerce Times: TiVo wins its long running patent infringement case against digital video recorder rivals.

Spicy IP reports that Brazil seems set to invoke WTO intellectual property cross-retaliation provisions for the first time, against the US.

The European Parliament threatens to bring a legal challenge against the European Commission if it fails to disclose details of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), writes Outlaw (see our post on the controversial treaty here).

Also from Outlaw: Net Neutrality in the UK: Ofcom to probe broadband providers’ management of web traffic.

STLR Link Roundup – December 11, 2009

STLR — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:05:44 +0000

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.