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Indian Supporters File Amicus Briefs in Montana Voting Case
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Indian tribes in Montana say that the time and cost associated with voting infringes on their right to vote. Last year, 15 Indians from the Crow, Northern...
Ninth Circuit Backtracks on DMCA Safe Harbors in isoHunt Case
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The Ninth giveth, and the Ninth taketh away. Seven days after releasing the Veoh decision, which buttressed the DMCA Safe Harbor protections by extending...
isoHunt First Search Engine to be Liable for Inducing Piracy
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Before you can understand the latest file-sharing case, it might help to understand how Bittorrent works. Let's say you want to download a pirated movie (or a...
Hayat Decision: Reactions and Future Proceedings
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Here's what we know about the Hamid Hayat case. Hayat isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. As we covered in our discussions of the majority decision and the...
Hayat Dissent: Anticipatory Prosecution, Court's Rulings Unjust
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Last week, the Ninth Circuit upheld the conviction of Hamid Hayat, a man with a seventh-grade education who confessed to attending a terrorist training camp...
Despite Biased Juror, Questionable Rulings, Terror Case Upheld
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
This should have been a fascinating case. It has support of terrorism, juror bias, FBI informants, and the government's strategy of using preemptive...