Connectu v. Facebook (and vice versa)

While prosecuting computer hackers, the federal government also may itself have been utilizing hackers to help gather overseas intelligence information, court documents suggest. Hector Xavier Monsegur, a cooperating witness known as Sabu in a federal case over Anonymous-related hacking, acted in 2012 to coordinate hundreds of intrusions on foreign websites,…

A Philadelphia lawyer committed suicide last week to avoid arrest as the mastermind of a slip-and-fall insurance scheme, District Attorney Seth Williams claimed at a Wednesday press conference. He accused Andrew H. Gaber of using runners, many of whom were former clients, to recruit new clients to act as victims…

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the amount of restitution due to child pornography victims whose images are viewed by thousands over the Internet.

Lawyers for a former Blackwater guard charged in a fatal shooting in Iraq want the federal government to pay their legal fees now that a judge has dismissed the case against him.

The trend toward prison and criminal sentencing reform has implications for employers, as states and local ­governments begin to restrict the use of criminal background checks in hiring.

Although available in various designs and colors, the shape of a hookah's water container is not copyrightable, according to a federal appeals court.

[JURIST] The Senate of Brazil [official website, in Portuguese] on Tuesday passed a bill [press release, in Portuguese] that puts limits on the metadata that can be collected from Internet users in the country. The law [materials, in Portuguese] also eliminates Internet service providers' liability for content published by their users and requires providers to remove offensive materials following court orders. President Dilma Rousseff signed the bill into law on Wednesday. Recent events such as allegations that the National Security...

[JURIST] The Council of Europe [official website] released [press release, PDF] Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks's observations on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan on Wednesday revealing human rights issues including: freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association and the right to property. The observations follow his report [text, PDF] on the country published in August. Muiznieks was highly critical of journalist repression and reiterated the recommendations that he previously made in his report. Recent journalist arrests reinforced...