Annette Hurst is an attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe who represented Oracle in the recent Oracle v. Google trial. This op-ed represents her own views and is not intended to represent those of her client or Ars Technica.
The Oracle v. Google trial concluded yesterday when a jury returned a verdict in Google's favor. The litigation began in 2010, when...
Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google’s court victory might kill the GPL
Apache e-mails, shown in court, say Android “ripped off” Oracle IP
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SAN FRANCISCO—Lawyers for Oracle Corporation summoned a hostile witness to the stand today here in federal court, revealing what they surely hope will be a "smoking gun" e-mail in their copyright infringement case against Google.
One big problem: the writer of that e-mail, Stefano Mazzocchi, didn't work for Google at the time. Mazzocchi is one of three people...
Microsoft sues U.S. Justice Dept., asks court to declare secrecy orders unconstitutional
BREAKING NEWS: Microsoft is suing the U.S. Justice Department, asking a federal judge to declare unconstitutional a provision of U.S. law that lets the...
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff denies stealing Realtor.com’s secrets at contentious court hearing
Testifying in court Wednesday afternoon, Zillow...
Gravity Payments dispute intensifies as Dan Price, the $70k CEO, challenges his brother’s suit in court
Lawyers for Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price and his brother and business partner, Lucas Price, squared off in court Friday...
Idaho mom who sued Obama over illegal surveillance loses at appellate court
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The Idaho mother who sued President Barack Obama over alleged unconstitutional telephone metadata collection has lost again in court. Anna Smith had her initial case dismissed in 2014, and this week her appeal met a similar fate.
On Tuesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Smith, finding that her case was now moot in...
Supreme Court weighing whether 2nd Amendment covers stun guns
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The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the rationale behind a Massachusetts law barring stun guns. In an unsigned order, the eight-member court ruled that the Second Amendment and the high court's precedent on the topic were enough to question the legal reasoning behind the top court of Massachusetts backing the prosecution of a...
Apple lawyer claims latest FBI brief is “intended to smear” iPhone maker as court date nears
The FBI filed another brief today in its ongoing fight to get Apple’s help in unlocking an iPhone belonging to...
Parkinson’s disease: Disorder in the court
The native structure of the protein α-synuclein, which is implicated in Parkinson's disease, is controversial. In-cell nuclear magnetic resonance now shows that it remains disordered when loaded into living cells.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature16871
Court refuses to block Obama’s climate-change initiative
The sulfer-coal-burning John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia. (credit: Cathy)
A federal appeals court is refusing to block the President Barack Obama administration's climate change initiative. Two dozen states and other energy companies sued (PDF) the Environmental Protection Agency in October, on the day the carbon-emissions cutting plan became law.
The US Court of Appeals for the...
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