News tagged with district judge
Fed judge considers if pharmacies must sell Plan B
(AP) -- A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even in the face of religious objections by druggists who believe they destroy ...
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Feb 02, 2012 |
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US judge denies bid to block NV mustang roundups
(AP) -- A federal judge in Nevada who handed horse protection advocates a rare victory last fall has rejected their latest request to block government roundups of free-roaming mustangs in the West, saying ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Judge's order raises issue over encrypted evidence
A federal judge has ordered a woman to provide an unencrypted version of her laptop's hard drive in a ruling that raises the question of whether turning over a password amounts to self-incrimination.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Jurors deadlock in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft
(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday failed to reach a verdict in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in a case so important to the computer giant that it put Bill Gates on the ...
Dec 17, 2011 |
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Jury deliberates in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft
(AP) -- Jurors deliberating Wednesday in a Utah company's $1 billion federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. appeared confused, sending at least five questions to the judge, one of which couldn't ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Judge blocks most of SF cellphone warning law
(AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday struck down most of a San Francisco ordinance that requires retailers to warn customers about cellphone radiation and its health effects.
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Google, publishers near settlement in books case
Google and publishers told a US judge Thursday they are close to settling a lawsuit over the Internet giant's controversial book-scanning project.
Sep 15, 2011 |
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5 years in US prison for Cisco counterfeiter
The US representative of a Chinese company was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for importing counterfeit Cisco-branded computer networking equipment, money laundering and other offenses, the Justice ...
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Hacker gets 6-year sentence for 'sextortion' case
(AP) -- A Southern California man was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for infiltrating computers belonging to women and teenage girls where he found sexually explicit photos and threatening to put ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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$1.3B award against SAP overturned in Oracle case
A federal judge on Thursday threw out a "grossly excessive" $1.3 billion verdict that Oracle won against SAP in a landmark intellectual property case, possibly setting the stage for another circus-like showdown ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Record companies plan music downloading appeal
(AP) -- Recording industry attorneys are appealing a recent ruling that reduced the amount of money a Minnesota woman must pay for willfully violating the copyrights of 24 songs.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Suit against federal stem cell research dismissed
(AP) -- A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Judge nixes Winklevoss twin's Facebook lawsuit
A US judge on Friday blocked the latest courtroom campaign by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss to undo a deal they made to settle a squabble over who came up with the idea for Facebook.
Jul 23, 2011 |
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Oracle targets Larry Page in Google patent lawsuit
Oracle is asking a US judge to order Google co-founder Larry Page to undergo questioning in a patent suit pitting the business software titan against the Internet giant.
Jul 16, 2011 |
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WikiLeaks Julian Assange fights extradition
(AP) -- Lawyers for Julian Assange on Wednesday focused their fight against the WikiLeaks chief's extradition to Sweden on technicalities - trying to punch holes through the warrant seeking his arrest.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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