Supreme Court Says No Cameras In The Courtroom
In something of a repeat of the judicial system barring the videotaping and live broadcast of Joel Tenenbaum’s trial, the Supreme Court voted to bar video streaming of a controversial court case in...
View ArticleCAFC: The Rogue Patent Court, Captured By The Patent Bar, Needs To Go Away
Back in 2004, when I first read the book Innovation and Its Discontents, I was convinced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, better known as CAFC, or the “patent appeals court” was a...
View ArticleDOJ Redefines Separation Of Powers, Tells Court It Has No Power To Order...
The US government is comprised of three branches: legislative, judicial and executive. The branches are supposed to work to balance the government, with each one acting as a check against excesses by...
View ArticleTop German Judges Tear To Shreds EU's Proposed TAFTA/TTIP Investment Court...
As Techdirt has repeatedly pointed out, one of the most problematic aspects of the TAFTA/TTIP deal being negotiated between the US and the EU is the inclusion of a corporate sovereignty chapter —...
View ArticleWith So Much Public Interest In Our Judicial System, It's Time To Free Up...
Like hundreds of thousands of Americans, I am closely following the “airport cases” around the country. In order to keep abreast of the latest developments in one of the fastest-moving cases,...
View ArticleCourt Says PACER System Is Illegally Using Fees
Nearly two years ago, we wrote about an important lawsuit concerning PACER — the electronic records system of the federal court system in the US. As we’ve pointed out many, many times over the years,...
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