In order to defuse the controversy over President Barack Obama's
birthplace, which the President said had "distracted" the nation from
important issues, the White House released President Obama's long-form
birth certificate after receiving special permission for the release
from the State of Hawaii.
A federal judge in Minnesota has granted the NFL players' request for an
injunction preventing the NFL and its individual teams from imposing a
player lockout. The judge found that, given the unique position of a
professional football player, the players would suffer irreparable harm
as a result of losing a year's worth of playing time.
In a cross-claim filed as part of the ongoing litigation surrounding
last year's oil rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP
alleges that the manufacturer of the blowout preventer designed,
manufactured, maintained and modified the preventer in a way that
rendered it "unreasonable dangerous when used as intended."
BP filed a lawsuit in federal court in Texas alleging that Halliburton's
improper conduct contributed to the oil rig explosion and resulting oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year. Halliburton provided the
cementing services for the well, and many observers believe that the
failure of the cement contributed to the original blowout of the well.
BP submitted a court filing in the ongoing litigation regarding last
year's oil rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico alleging
that the owner of the Deepwater oil rig violated the law and caused the
explosion and subsequent spill.
Apple has filed suit against Samsung over the Samsung Galaxy, alleging
that Samsung chose to "slavishly copy" the iPhone and iPad in its new
line of products. Apple claims that the Galaxy line commits widespread
patent and trade dress infringement.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra have filed a petition
for a rehearing by the entire Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after a
three-judge panel of the court ruled that the settlement agreement
between the parties and Facebook was valid and enforceable. The
Winklevosses and Narendra had challenged the agreement, claiming that
Facebook had committed fraud during the negotiations. The original
lawsuit stemmed from the Winklevosses' and Narendra's assertions that
the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, stole the idea for
the social network from them while a student at Harvard University.
Paul Ceglia has filed an amended complaint in his suit claiming ownership of Facebook. Ceglia argues that he and Mark Zuckerberg entered into an agreement for the continued development of the social networking site, but that Zuckerberg misappropriated Ceglia's interest in the resulting company. This amended complaint contains emails from Zuckerberg that Ceglia claims demonstrate Zuckerberg's intent to defraud Ceglia out of his share of the company.
The jury in the Barry Bonds case has found the slugger guilty of obstruction of justice, but was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on three counts of making false statements to a grand jury.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has found that the lower court did not
act inappropriately when it stopped enforcement of portions of Arizona's
controversial S.B. 1070 immigration law on the grounds that federal law
likely preempts certain provisions of the Arizona statute.
The 10th Circuit has granted summary judgment for a US Marshall in a case over strip searches of demonstrators that the plaintiffs alleged were unconstitutional. The court found that, at the time of the strip searches, it was not clearly established that such a search would violate the Fourth Amendment, thus the officer was entitled to qualified immunity.
The NFL's opposition to the NFL players' request for an injunction blocking the NFL's plans for a player "lockout".
Motion for a preliminary injunction filed by NFL players to stop NFL teams from engaging in a "lockout" of the players.
