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U.S. Authorities Shut Down Megaupload for Piracy
Eriq Gardner Justice department drops the hammer on Megaupload, arresting its leaders, seizing hundreds of millions of dollars in property and blasting the popular file-sharing website in a 72-page indictment...

MegaUpload v UMG 512(f) Complaint
The story so far.  MegaUpload is a file transfer site.  Various music artists got together and filmed a video of a song in support of MegaUpload.  UMG brought a DMCA notice.  MegaUopload filed a 512(f) action alleging bad faith use of the DMCA notice-and-takedown procedure...

DOJ, Universal Music Web Sites Targeted After Piracy Arrests
Updated 7:20 p.m. The U.S. Justice Department's main web page was sporadically offline Thursday for hours shortly after prosecutors announced the arrest of seven people on charges of running one of the world's largest online piracy rings...

Feds Crack Rabid Neurosis Pre-Release Piracy Group
Four high-level members of a pre-release music piracy group, “Rabid Neurosis,” including one of its leaders, were indicted on criminal copyright infringement charges Wednesday...

Browsing On A Sunday: Secret Contracts, Another Dean Goes, and Let It Snow
The story of the missing Megaupload to YouTube gets stranger as time goes on. Universal demanded of the video featuring major artists in support of Megaupload be removed. The assumption was that the takedown request was filed in accordance with...

The High Cost of Cheap Food
Late last week, six labor contractors from the Beverly Hills staffing company, Global Horizons were indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by the Justice Department in what it is calling the largest human trafficking case in US history...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Feature Film Piracy
Chinese company settles piracy suit with Hollywood studios.

Toyota Recalls 3.8 million vehicles
Biggest Toyota Recall in History

Salmonella Found in Tomotoes
57 Reported Cases in New Mexico and Texas

ConAgra Peanut Butter
Hundreds of Salmonella Cases Settled

AT&T International Roaming Charges, AT&T lawsuit
AT&T Faces International Roaming Charges Lawsuit

Third Party Mobile Content Charges Settlement
Third Party Mobile Content Charges Class Action Settlement