Hacker News
- MX Technologies, Financial Data Aggregator of Aggregators, Hit with Class Action [pdf] https://pdfserver.amlaw.com/legalradar/48675699_complaint.pdf 2 comments
- Lavabit appeal confirms original ruling [pdf] http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/lavabit-usca4-op.pdf 53 comments
- 3rd Circuit vacates Weev's conviction [pdf] http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/auernheimer-op-usca3.pdf 130 comments
- 23andMe was hit with a data breach class action lawsuit yesterday. The plaintiffs allege the disclosure of users' private information "includes almost one million people of Ashkenazi heritage." https://pdfserver.amlaw.com/legalradar/pm-50918384_complaint.pdf 8 comments law
- Megathread: Appeals court maintains suspension of Trump immigration order http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/ca9_trump_20170209.pdf 5808 comments politics
- 2nd Cir. rules against government in Microsoft case: Stored Communications Act "does not authorize courts to issue and enforce against U.S.‐based service providers warrants for the seizure of customer e‐mail content that is stored exclusively on foreign servers." (pdf opinion) http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/microsoft_ca2_20160714.pdf 3 comments law
- Fed District Court in Wyoming vacates BLM fracking regulations; "Bureau of Land Management lacked Congressional authority to promulgate the regulations" http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/wyoming_fracking_20160621.pdf 8 comments law
- Fed district judge pulls no punches in opinion finding that DOJ lawyers lied to avoid immigration injunction: "it is hard to imagine a more serious, more calculated plan of unethical conduct" (pdf opinion) http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/texas_order_20160519.pdf 68 comments law
- Court permits Star Trek copyright infringement case to proceed, but declines to consider whether made-up language of Klingon can be copyrighted. http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/ca/Star-Trek.pdf 23 comments law
- Unsealed letter submitted by Apple in iPhone encryption case lists 12 other pending cases where DOJ is seeking Apple's help under All Writs Act to break into iPhones/iPads (pdf letter) http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/apple_allwrits_list.pdf 5 comments law
- DC District Court orders production of Fast & Furious docs withheld due to executive privilege: "under the specific and unique circumstances of this case ... the qualified privilege invoked to shield material that the [DOJ] has already disclosed has been outweighed by a legitimate need" (opinion) http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/1-19-16%20opinion%20fast%20and%20furious.pdf 2 comments law
- Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, & other third party candidates file suit alleging anti-trust violations against RNC, DNC, and the Commission on Presidential Debate (pdf complaint) http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/Johnson%20complaint%20presidential%20debates.pdf 11 comments law
- CA6 reverses District Court, reinstates Juggalos' suit against DOJ, FBI re: criminal gang designation (pdf opinion) http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/ICP_ca6_20150917.pdf 4 comments law
- 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that ruled that police can access phone location data without a warrant http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/DAVIS_CA11_20150505.pdf 15 comments law
- Journalists arrested while covering ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown was killed by a police officer have sued the St. Louis County police under 42 USCA 1983. (pdf warning) http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/Devereaux%20v%20St%20Louis%20-%20Ferguson%20arrests.pdf 33 comments law
- Texas federal judge enjoins implementation of Obama administrations' 2014 executive actions on immigration (i.e. DAPA, which would defer deportation for some). http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/texas_immigration_20150216.pdf 21 comments law
- 6th Circuit upholds Michigan's ban on gay marriage; creating split with 4 other circuit courts that the Supreme Court will now almost certainly have to resolve http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/sixth%20circuit%20opinion.pdf 32 comments politics
- Utah judge declares mistrial after defendant shot multiple times in presence of the jury. http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/Angilau%20mistrial%20order.pdf 6 comments law
- Lavabit lost its appeal [link to court ruling] http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/lavabit-usca4-op.pdf 84 comments netsec
- ZGNX Massachusetts ban has been lifted. http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/zogenix-mass.pdf 8 comments stocks
- How many law students actually get BigLaw? http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/goto%20law%20schools_main.pdf 53 comments law