The next time someone says "well, what we REALLY need is tort reform!", I'm pulling this back out.

"The “new journalism” is great. I’m all for the new journalism. But just like the old journalism, the new journalism needs a moral compass. If that moral compass occasionally needs to be un-stuck via a high-profile lawsuit, then that’s fine. That

An absolutely must read. Fantastic story.

Will Hines on filming in public spaces in NYC. "I don’t know the law, and my beef is not really one of civil legality. It’s one of innate rights to tell a story and form one’s own opinion."

Fully aware of the fact that they had no case whatsoever, Massachusetts prosecutors have dropped the charges against Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens for installing Aqua Teen Hunger Force Mooninite Lite-Brites all over the city of Boston.

“Three years of legal education has been wasted because of an unmoderated message board.” Comments here are a complete and utter trainwreck.

In this article we highlight twelve of the most important US laws when it comes to blogging and provide some simple and straightforward tips for safely navigating them.

"So there you have it: at the moment, there is no evidence whatsoever supporting the theory that violent video games played a part in this horrific tragedy."

Lawyers for two men charged with illegally ejecting two people from a speech by President Bush in 2005 are arguing that the president’s staff can lawfully remove anyone who expresses points of view different from his.

Peter's open letter to his state representative about their attempts to ram through anti-game legislation.

In a recent interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lawyer Jason Schultz explains the need for patent reform and describes the dangers of broad patents like the one granted to Blackboard.

"The public has a right to believe that prosecution decisions are made on legal, not political, grounds."

"The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists."

Microsoft threatened to dump the Macintosh version of Office 10 years ago during talks with Apple because the move would “do a great deal of harm” to its rival, according to a memo made public in a recently-settled antitrust case.

"The D.C. Circuit today criticized the FBI for failing to use Google in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, which requires government agencies to release information unless "reasonable efforts" show that the information is not availab

Jury duty summons read "Jew York". Hilarity ensues.

An old copyright fight, but an amusing read. Via Andy Baio.

"New York's right-to-privacy laws prohibit the use of someone's likeness for commercial purposes without the person's permission. But if the likeness is deemed to be art, the commerce restrictions do not apply."

Shorter Suw: "40,000 terabytes of useless, illegal communications traffic surveillance data, paid for by you, the surveilled."

"Thank you Google Maps, you rule."

Jobs has a surprisingly well explained position.

We all knew this was coming.

"Since involuntary manslaughter brings, on average, anywhere from 0 to 36 months' incarceration, one might well question the morality of going harder on those who trade files than on those who negligently cut short the lives of fellow citizens."

Unintentional after-effect of the Schiavo case?

Fantastic resource I've been referring to all day.

via joi

The most fair and balanced lawsuit ever.

Let's hope they win. via Romenesko