Supreme Court strikes down video game violence law on free speech grounds
Arguing that video games qualify for First Amendment protection, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that California’s video game violence law is unconstitutional.
The state law restricted the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, but the court upheld a Ninth Circuit court of appeals ruling that said the act violated the First Amendment. For the first time, the highest court in the country will give games the same legal protection that books, … Continue Reading
Game on: Winklevoss twins resume Facebook legal dispute
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have resumed legal disputes against Facebook concerning their $65 million cash-and-stock settlement with the company, reports CNET.
The original settlement centered on claims that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the Winklevoss’s idea for a social network while working for them. The legal dispute was thought to be over after statements by the Winklevoss brothers, in a filing with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, indicated that they would not ask … Continue Reading
Winklevoss twins finally finish row with Facebook
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins whose story was prominently told alongside Mark Zuckerberg’s in the movie The Social Network, have decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court concerning their $65 million cash-and-stock settlement with Facebook and Zuckerberg.
The move likely means the “Winklevi” are finally done with their long-running dispute with the world’s largest social network. Zuckerberg and the twins reached a settlement in 2008 over whether Zuckerberg stole their idea for … Continue Reading
Supreme Court decisions: Interesting, but no change to business plans
Two decisions published in PDF format today by the United States Supreme Court are carefully written to make clear that neither of the two will change the way business is done in America.
In the more strategic case, the Court declared that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002, violates the U.S. Constitution in the rules it defines for how a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board may be removed from office. The board, … Continue Reading
What boards of directors can learn from the Supreme Court
Two decisions published in PDF format today by the United States Supreme Court are carefully written to make clear that neither of the two will change the way business is done in America.
In the more strategic case, the Court declared that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002, violates the U.S. Constitution in the rules it defines for how a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board may be removed from office. The board, … Continue Reading
Making obviousness more obvious
Two decisions published in PDF format today by the United States Supreme Court are carefully written to make clear that neither of the two will change the way business is done in America.
In the more strategic case, the Court declared that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002, violates the U.S. Constitution in the rules it defines for how a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board may be removed from office. The board, … Continue Reading
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