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Software Patents Coming to the Supreme Court
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
You can patent a snow plow or a new combustion engine. You cannot, however, patent an abstract idea, such as using an intermediary for escrow purposes in a...
Snippets: Online Sales Tax Cert. Denial, Frequent Flyer Arguments
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
It's been a busy early week on First Street, with the Court denying a case that affects anyone who purchases anything on the Internet, and with oral arguments...
Liberty U's Religious Objection to Employer Mandate Goes Unheard
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
This morning, the Supreme Court turned down a second appeal from Liberty University, a private religious college in Lynchburg, Virginia. And while the rejected...
Secret Service, Immunity, Protestors, and Viewpoint Discrimination
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
What's more important: free speech or the safety and security of the President? Ideally, we'd have both, but the government is arguing, in a case granted...
Court Grants Cert. in Two Obamacare Contraception Cases
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
We didn't have to be Miss Cleo or the late Sylvia Browne to figure this one out. With a widening chasm between circuit courts' opinions regarding the so-called...
The Supreme Court's Death Penalty Problem: Drugs, Vague Standards
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
How long can the status quo hold? In the face of a new wave of death penalty problems and legal challenges, the Supreme Court refused to intervene, leaving...
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