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11th Circuit: Georgia Can't Copyright Annotated Legal Code

The appeals court reversed U.S. District Judge Richard Story's 2017 decision that the state of Georgia could copyright its annotated legal code, which a nonprofit had posted online for free.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawsuits Say City of Statham Illegally Arrested, 'Banned' Citizens From Public Property

The federal lawsuits say two citizens who were told they were welcome on public property to visit sewer facilities were jailed and charged with criminal trespass, while another resident was hit with a lifetime ban from attending city council meetings.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Day 2 at Shorthanded SCOTUS | Justices Skirt Fee Fight in LGBT Case | Plus: Scenes from the Court

On deck at the Supreme Court for Day 2 with eight justices. Plus: the court declined to weigh into a legal-fee fight in a same-sex marriage case. This is NLJ's Supreme Court Brief.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Labor Filing Shows Sidley's Payday in Dispute Between Billy Hunter and NBPA

The firm received $3.43 million last year after representing Hunter in a lawsuit against the professional basketball players' union stemming from his 2013 ouster as its leader, according to the NBPA's annual financial filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Austin Is Exploring the Future of Blockchain Identity Solutions, but Implementation Isn't Easy

A pilot project launched in Austin, Texas, looks to provide the local homeless population with a way to access their identifying documents. But data regulations and user skepticism stand in its way.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Private Mortgage Registry Tells Pa. High Court Its Users Can't Be Held Liable for Bypassing County Offices

The arguments explored whether parties to transactions have a legal duty to report conveyances of properties to county recorders of deeds, on pain of a liability finding.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorney General Argues Against Anonymity in NRA Gun Case

The lawsuit challenges a law passed in March that increases the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Observ Institute to Help Fight Corruption in Latin America

The Observ Institute is an independent, nonprofit group that plans to create a public database for bids on government contracts and use that data to identify corruption-related issues in the bidding process.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Repeals JQC's Confidentiality Amendments

The Florida Supreme Court said no to the Judicial Qualifications Commission's bid to authorize its investigative and hearing panels to brand certain filings confidential.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Donald Trump's Tax Returns Get Their Day in the DC Circuit

Well, not the returns themselves. Because Trump hasn't released them. But there is a public-records case, set for argument Thursday in the D.C. Circuit, that seeks to force the IRS to disclose the records.
5 minute read

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