After Thursday's mass phone book exodus--our citizenry opted out of nearly 60,000 phone books altogether--Dex filed a temporary restraining order against the ordinance making it possible, saying their first amendment rights were being violated. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart denied that request, saying that the injunction is not in the public interest (in fact, "privacy and waste reduction," according to court documents, are "competing public interests") and because the "Plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of their First Amendment claim." more ›

After years of swatting away (or paying up) those pesky patent infringement cases, Microsoft finally got stung by the court system. more ›

The other week we were talking about ex-Seattle Weekly reporter Philip Dawdy taking on Big Pharma on his blog Furious Seasons. more ›