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Splenda Not So Sweet In the Courtroom…

This week McNeil Nutritionals, manufacturer of the artficial sweetener Splenda, successfully won an injunction against a generic rival, prohibiting Heartland Sweeteners from distributing its product in packaging similar to Splenda’s.

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Scrabble Fabulous?

Everyone’s played Scrabble, or at least heard of the classic, international board game, but Facebook users are ditching tradition and playing something they find a little more fabulous. Scrabulous was

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Viacom Wants to Know: Have You Visited YouTube?

For over a year now, Viacom has been after Google to pay up the $1 billion they claim is theirs. Viacom petitions that there have been serious copyright infringements on

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DOJ Shortage for Guantanamo Attorneys

The Legal Times is now reporting that, due to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Boumediene v. Bush (Fastcase subscription required), the Department of Justice is scrambling to hire up

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DHS “Shocks” Public with Airport Security Bracelets

This week, the Aviation Security Blog of the Washington Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has been actively investigating the implementation of security ID bracelets to use in

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Justice Department Mistake Could Affect Supreme Court Decision

Last week, the New York Times revealed that a 2006 federal law declaring child rape a capital offense for the military was not included in the Justice Department’s briefing to

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Georgia Group Demands Firearms in Airport Terminal

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in favor of the Second Amendment in D.C. v. Heller last month, all eyes are on the federal loosening of gun restrictions. The states,

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eBay in Trouble Overseas

eBay found itself in hot, international, water this week as the company was held liable for millions of dollars in damages to one of the world’s largest luxury brands. Moet

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Lawdable Quotes: Abraham Lincoln

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. ~Abraham Lincoln

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Lawdable Quotes: Oliver Wendell Holmes

A law embodies beliefs that have triumphed in the battle of ideas. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

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