Judge Nixes Internet Child Porn Law in Pa.
689433
A federal judge threw out on Friday a Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites containing child pornography, saying the tools to do so also cause "massive suppression" of constitutionally protected speech.
154891
federal court struck down a Pennsylvania law yesterday, ruling that the state could no longer force Internet service providers to block customers&#39; access to Web sites thought to be distributing child pornography.
52518
A U.S. magistrate judge urged a federal judge yesterday to order the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, rejecting arguments by the Bush administration.
716054
A lawsuit against MySpace has been dismissed by a U.S. District Judge who declared the social-networking site protected under the Communications Decency Act.
558014
A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a California voter initiative that increases monitoring of sex offenders and limits where they can live.
672221
By Wu Jiao  A revised judiciary rule from the Supreme People's Court, which came into effect on Friday, bans reprinting Internet material without obtaining preliminary approval from the copyright holder.
635620
A recent federal judge rejected the Justice Department's request to force a defendant to cough up his PGP passphrase. We unsuccessfully asked the agency to elaborate.
307326
A federal judge on Thursday ruled  against the government's ban on so-called partial birth  abortions, saying the measure signed into law last year by  President Bush was unconstitutional.
468092
A judge ruled against the BitTorrent site in its case against the MPAA this week, accusing it of tampering with evidence.
461197
A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.
27942
Simply using computer equipment to view child pornography is not a federal crime, a federal appeals panel ruled Friday in reversing the conviction of a Florida man.
650252
A U.S. law designed to prevent  children from viewing pornography online would undermine the  free speech of millions of adult Internet users, opponents of  the measure said on Monday.
300448
Stay offline or face 18 months in jail, $10,000 fine Convicted sex offenders who used websites to help them commit their crimes are to be banned from using the internet under a tough new measure signed into New Jersey law yesterday.â¦
347962
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - An Arkansas circuit judge on  Wednesday threw out the state's ban against foster parenthood  by gay couples or by households that include a gay adult.
347593
Closing arguments have completed in a trial aimed at overturning a 1998 law aimed at curbing pornography. While proponents of the law saw it is necessary to prevent children from viewing objectionable material, opponents say it hurts free speech.
218821
A federal judge Thursday rejected the federal government's request to block Oracle's  (ORCL) &#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft (PSFT), removing a major hurdle to one of the biggest mergers in Silicon Valley history.
280863
A federal judge rejects a bid by Wired News and other media outlets to unseal whistle-blower papers in a lawsuit over surveillance of Americans. In 27B Stroke 6.