Two sports giants settled their legal differences this week. NIKE and ex-NFL star Shawne Merriman issued statements that the agreement was amicable. Merriman had previously sued NIKE for $18 million in damages for allegedly violating his trademark line "Lights Out."
The series of lawsuits and countersuits between Fastcase Inc., a legal research firm, and online legal publisher Lawriter LLC turns the spotlight on an issue that will have serious legal repercussions for media and the law: are public laws subject to copyright?
A former priest was arrested for the murder of a beauty queen in 1960 On Wednesday, police officers arrested a former Catholic priest for having been involved in the murder of a beauty queen in south Texas in 1960.