12/8/2010 One of the world’s largest file sharing network will be shutting down by the end of 2010. Limewire, whose platform allowed people around the globe to share music and movies over the internet for free, said that it would

12/8/2010 The Washington Cannabis Association, a new trade organization for the medical pot industry opened for business a couple of weeks ago. It now has around two dozen dues-paying members comprised of individual growers, dispensaries, as well as patient cooperatives.

12/8/2010 Rambus filed lawsuits against six semiconductor firms for allegedly copying their technology. The multiple suits were filed late Wednesday in a Northern District of California court. The respondents of the lawsuits were Broadcom, Freescale, LSI, MediaTek, NVIDIA, and STMicro.

12/7/2010 An investigation on insider trading is causing confusion among a number of investors and is also disrupting the “expert network” industry. For their part, securities lawyers, as well as law professors, say that such investigation is unlikely to modify

12/7/2010 A California-based research university has filed a lawsuit against technology giants for infringement. The California Institute of Technology (CalTech) claim that LG Electronics, Nokia, Pantech, and a number of other chip manufacturers infringed upon some of its patents. CalTech

12/7/2010 A bill that aims to crack down on human trafficking, which have been referred to as modern-day slavery, was passed unanimously by the Ohio Senate. Sen. Teresa Fedor, a Democrat from Toledo, told her colleagues, “It is here .

12/6/2010 The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, has backed a metered-broadband Internet pricing system. This happened Wednesday as he officially made public the rules that will defend against possible traffic interference by Internet providers. Genachowski stated that

12/6/2010 The Governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon, has accepted the offer of the pharmaceutical industry to pay for the system that will track pseudoephedrine sales. The new computerized system, Gov. Nixon stated, will help the fight against methamphetamine labs by

12/3/2010 Looking at Luis Perez, one would perhaps see an individual who could become an exemplary citizen or a role model in the future. However, Perez is actually a classic example of how broken the American immigration system is. How

12/3/2010 For a long time, law students have always banked on the belief that their 6-figure student loan debt can be compensated by a 6-figure starting salary when they later graduate and have a license. Although great amount of time

12/3/2010 Several municipalities in Northern California are pushing for the establishment of government-authorized pot plantations that will help supply retailers of medical-marijuana retailers. This developed as a number of cities hope to gain more revenues for the government by levying

12/2/2010 The electronics retailer Call2Get revealed that Cyber Monday is in for a big surprise. Call2Get’s spokesman, Paul Frank, however adamantly declined to give out any details of the surprise, stating that secrecy is absolutely necessary with regards to any

12/2/2010 A design of a miniature Christmas tree caused a wreath-making company in Maine to file a lawsuit against its competitor. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine, by Worcester Wreath Co. owner, Morrill Worcester,

12/2/2010 An unknown holding company in New York is claiming full patronage over the “Daytona Beach Bike Week” name and has manifested its intention to “take all legal actions to protect its rights.” This plan, should it come to fruition,

12/2/2010 More than 100 rules have been drafted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in compliance with the requirement of the Dodd-Frank Act. This was made possible despite the vacancy of a top level position. The Commission has been