by Matthew Remissong | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
The proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal is a major test for the Obama administration’s positions on vertical mergers and media consolidation. Comcast has already made some commitments to aid it during the review process, which is likely to take at...
by Matthew Remissong | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
A three judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the injunction against Microsoft that goes into effect January 11, 2010. The panel also upheld the nearly $300 million in damages from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
by naomita | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary |
On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of four scientific organizations – the Association for Medical Pathology, the American College of Medical Genetics, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the College...
by Justin Schenck | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary |
Advocates of online poker breathed a sigh of relief recently, as a key provision of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 has been delayed until June 1, 2010. For those of you less keen on the trials and tribulations of online poker players, I will...
by kaburaki | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary |
Larry Hyrb a.ka. ‘Major Nelson’, the Director of Programming for XBox Live explained Microsoft’s reason for banning users who used ‘modded’ Xboxes from XBox Live. These Xboxes were altered to change the functionality of the Xbox to among...
by jacobbal | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary |
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food borne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Researchers at the USDA Economic Research Service estimate that the...
