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...North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have all instituted similar "specialty" court divisions. And Maryland's governor has formulated a study group called the Business and Technology Division Task Force, whose sole responsibility is to determine whether or not the state court system should be reorganized to include a special circuit of "high-tech" courts...
Those judges who would sit on "special" business and technology courts would need to have experience in those fields; otherwise the purpose of the court would be defeated. Do we really want to risk bringing judges to a circuit where they will have to pass judgement on former employers, coworkers and rivals? It would be incredibly foolish to risk the impartiality of the judicial system in such a fashion...
...file-sharing software is content-neutral and has significant legal uses. Although U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel has found Napster to be liable for copyright infringement and issued an injunction against the service, this injunction has been stayed until the appeal can be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this October. It would be foolish for the University to block access to a service that is currently legal to operate. Should Napster eventually lose its court battle, then the service will be shut down, and no action by the University would be required...
...case brought against the authors and supporters of the web site, the site constitutes a threat, and is therefore illegal. That jury awarded $109 million to the plaintiffs, which included four named doctors and Planned Parenthood. The ruling is currently facing an appeal, and Tuesday, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals offered both parties two days to consider a settlement agreement. Legal experts consider this case to be a shoo-in for the Supreme Court's docket...
...face is everywhere, endorsing electronic appliances, soft drinks and an airline. When the team travels the league circuit, squealing fans swarm around him. "I've never seen anything like it," says American teammate Reggie Jefferson. "He's like a rock star." Around the Lions clubhouse, there is even some grumbling that Matsuzaka is being spoiled. Last year, when the other Lions players were in fall training camp, Matsuzaka was treated to a trip to the American World Series in New York City. "I think the team is in danger of ruining him with all this special treatment," says a team...