The petition of the day is: Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com 17-571 Issue: Whether the “registration of [a] copyright claim has been made” within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. § 411(a) when the copyright holder delivers the required application, deposit, and fee to the Copyright Office,...
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists. Monday’s order list was a fitting one as the nation approaches the Thanksgiving holiday: It began with a flurry of excitement, followed by torpor. The excitement came, of course, from the fact that the court granted review in three relisted cases, all...
The Times of India reports that an Indian crew member has mysteriously gone missing from a Carnival cruise ship while in transit from Mexico to Los Angeles since November 9th. Symron Santana Almeida, age 33, a resident of Cuncolim, India reportedly was employed as a...
Arthur Brown, 66, was freed from jail Tuesday in Chicago after serving nearly 30 years on a double murder conviction in connection with an arson fire that he had steadfastly insisted he did not set, reports the Chicago Tribune. Brown was ordered released after Cook...
As authorities in Brazil tackled crime earlier this decade, opening Rio de Janeiro’s hillside favela slums to tourists seemed like a winning idea, says the Associated Press. The views are breathtaking, the slum residents could cash in, and foreign visitors would see another part of...
Cressida Dick, the new top cop at Scotland Yard, says she wants to “reset the relationship” between her officers and the media, suggesting that they were often “working towards the same goals,” reports The Telegraph. In a speech to the Society of Editors in Cambridge,...