Wall Street Journal Law

Microsoft Not ‘Appy’ About Trademark Request

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 07:12

Quick -- what do you think of when you hear the phrase "app"?

Entire District of Arizona Recused From Loughner Case

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 05:53

Earlier Wednesday, Tucson federal judge and Law Blog all-name team Raner Christercunean Collins ordered all judges in the District of Arizona recused from hearing the criminal case involving alleged shooter Jared Loughner.

NJ Lawyer Slammed Over Alleged Fake Time Sheets, Improper Client Relationship

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 03:55

Uh oh, another episode of Lawyer Behaving Badly to get you caught up on, LBers.

Like Those Catchy Names for Statutes? Here’s a Man Who Doesn’t

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 02:38

In Wednesdays Journal, we reported on the recent epidemic of slogans, acronyms and victims names that members of Congress have been slapping on federal statutes.

Good News For Employment Lawyers: Bias Claims Way Up

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 01:39

A legal truism: When the economy goes south, employment-discrimination claims go north.

Artist’s Clash With AP Dismissed Amid Settlement Talks

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 00:20

The skirmish between the Associated Press and artist Shepard Fairey over his use of an AP photo of Barack Obama has always struck us as the kind of lawsuit that would settle quickly.

Illinois a Pen Stroke Away From Axing Death Penalty

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 22:58

Thirty-five states and the federal government currently have the death penalty. But that number could soon drop to 34.

Why Was Jared Loughner Allowed to Buy a Gun?

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 22:06

Prior to his violent rampage on Saturday, Jared Loughner, by most accounts that have emerged, was a young man struggling with mental illness. So why then was he allowed to buy a gun?

Justice Kagan Pens First Opinion, an 8-1 Win for Credit Card Companies

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 05:58

Justice Elena Kagan had a wealth of support when she delivered her first Supreme Court opinion Tuesday--even though the subject was bankruptcy.

Arizona Mulling Law to Keep Church From Picketing (Another) Funeral

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 04:18

The Westboro Baptist Church, which is at the center of one of the biggest free-speech cases at the Supreme Court in recent years, is now making a stir in Arizona with its plan to picket the funeral of the 9-year-old girl killed in Tucson Saturday.

Philadelphia Story: How to Prosecute a Deaf, Mute and Illiterate Man?

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 02:25

It's just a hunch. But we're guessing that the most interesting law-related story you're going to read this week ran Tuesday on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Insider Trading: An Analyst Pleads Guilty

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 01:46

A former technology analyst at Primary Global, an expert network firm ensnared in a wide-ranging insider trading investigation, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud.

‘The Social Network,’ Part II: Coming Soon to the Ninth Circuit?

Wed, 01/12/2011 - 00:37

By now, you've seen "The Social Network." So you know that Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook settled its lawsuit with the founders of the Web company ConnectU, which include the Winklevoss twins, over charges that Zuckerberg stole their idea.

At What Point Should Drug Companies Have to Disclose Side Effects?

Tue, 01/11/2011 - 23:38

All you securities lawyers, listen up. In the midst of the swirl of news and activity arising out of Arizona, business at the U.S. Supreme Court marched forward on Monday.

Tale of Two Lawyers: Loughner Case to Pit Pair of Prominent Names

Tue, 01/11/2011 - 22:13

The battle-lines in the Jared Lee Loughner prosecution became clearer on Monday.

On Jared Loughner and a Possible Insanity Defense

Tue, 01/11/2011 - 06:51

It's too soon to know, of course, whether Jared Loughner will invoke an insanity defense during his trial.

Arizona Federal Judges Reflect on Their Fallen Colleague

Tue, 01/11/2011 - 05:04

The 16 federal judges who serve in the District of Arizona came back to work Monday morning to a different landscape, their lives and jobs turned upside down by the death of Chief Judge John M. Roll, who was killed on Saturday in the attack in Tucson.

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