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Judge Orders Woman to Decrypt Laptop, Finds No 5th Amendment Issue
By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. | Last updated on
Can criminal suspects be compelled to decrypt their laptops? Or does the Fifth Amendment prohibit such orders? They can, and it doesn't, according to a...
3 Ways the New ProView E-Reader Can Simplify Your Practice
By Andrew Chow, Esq. | Last updated on
The verdict is in on a free new e-reader, custom-designed for lawyers. The Thomson Reuters ProView app for iPad promises to make legal research easier, with...
New Evidence Seems to Confirm Apple's Poaching Lawsuit
By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. | Last updated on
Things aren't looking too great for the defendants in an antitrust class action filed by Silicon Valley's high-tech workers. The suit accuses Google, Apple,...
Megaupload Shutdown May Help SOPA's Supporters and Critics
By Andrew Chow, Esq. | Last updated on
The Justice Department's Megaupload shutdown raises questions about a pair of anti-Internet piracy bills being considered by Congress: Do the feds even need...
EA's Battefield Court Battle: 1st Amend. Right to Depict Helicopter
By Cynthia Hsu, Esq. | Last updated on
Game maker EA's Battlefield is now a court -- instead of a virtual warzone. The company has filed for declaratory relief. It wants a California court to rule...
Police Target Xbox Users for Stakeouts, Console Searches
By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. | Last updated on
First, it was computers. Then it was cell phones. And now? It's gaming consoles. Hacktivist group Anonymous recently targeted the email account of a...