Understanding the Law
Explaining court cases, statutes, and executive actions across the country, providing valuable analysis of the facts and legal impact on the public.
After experiencing the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, photojournalist Daniel Morel posted several photos of the devastation to his Twitter page in hopes of selling them to news agencies and other potential buyers. Instead, Lisandro Suero, a resident of the Dominican Republic, copied the photos and sold them to Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Getty Images as his own, in violation of Twitter’s copyright policy. The photos eventually surfaced in news sources such as The Washington Post, leading
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The disease first discovered in a wealthy Texas teenager accused of manslaughter has the potential to mutate and spread to less well-off defendants.
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Mark Cuban’s decade-long fight with the SEC is over following his being found not guilty of insider trading.
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Does the new employer healthcare mandate pass the “strict scrutiny” test, or are Obama’s carve outs too arbitrary to pass muster?
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California’s new anti-harassment law has good intentions in penalizing those who harass celebrities’ children, but may potentially target the wrong people.
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Two Virginia college newspapers emerged victorious after six long years of litigating their First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
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A U.K. court enjoins the Wall Street Journal from publishing names of those involved in the Libor Scandal, restricting the company’s freedom of speech on the internet.
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The plaintiff’s second motion for the recusal of Justice Newby is expected to come to the same end as the first: denial.
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The “Leandro” line of cases was yet again before the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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A recent medical malpractice case received a necessary privilege audit from the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
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An application of the recent Ortiz-Zape decision reveals the steps North Carolina lawyers need to take to protect their client and promote confidence in the justice system.
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An application of the recent Ortiz-Zape decision reveals the steps North Carolina lawyers need to take to protect their client and promote confidence in the justice system.
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Many businesses, including electronics companies Motorola, Lenovo, and Apple, have brought manufacturing jobs back to the United States despite the costs involved, showing that they value the benefits of the “Made in America” brand.
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There is renewed pressure on the FCC to eliminate its nearly forty year-old “sports blackout rule.”
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A string of lawsuits surrounding the internet radio leader calls into question the integrity and objectives of Pandora’s conventional radio station purchase.
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