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SFGate: "Hans Reiser, the computer programmer who admitted to strangling his estranged wife, is trying to appeal his conviction and sentence on the grounds of ineffective assistance from his lead attorney."

IT Web: "License free code from us, or we'll sue, says Microsoft's IP lawyer."

Am I the only one turned off by ads touting the advantages of open source software during tough economic times?

They strike me as unsavory, like an ambulance-chasing lawyer tucking his card into the pocket of an unconscious or at least severely sedated IT industry.

Microsoft has decided to do something about piracy in China. In a country where 82% of all software is pirated Microsoft has this month decided to roll out Windows Genuine Advantage A .

This has led one Beijing ...

More time is needed to assess the competency of a man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a passenger on a bus in Canada, his lawyer said Monday.

A lawyer for the City Council accused Detroit's mayor Wednesday at a hearing that could strip him of his job of an ``incredible pattern of deception'' that threatens to bring down the nation's 11th-largest ...

Bradley Kuhn is not a lawyer, but he works at the Software Freedom Law Center and heads the Software Freedom Conservancy.

He is fun to watch and listen to because he walks the tightrope between creative, carefree developers and cautious, legally-minded lawyers.

Remember story of lawyer, whose "e-mails to developers get ignored", who asks for help in forums but is rejected?

His own quotes from Mandriva forums: "That did it! (...) it worked like a charm. Thanks!", "Thanks for the help...".

Read the story and help stop the FUD!

Network World: "I've now been writing about SCO for five years -- how time does fly when you have someone to despise.

In my first column about SCO's decision go into the lawsuit business rather than having to do all the hard work of making a product that someone might want to buy, I thought that someone would just buy the slime off.

I was wrong -- I guess there is some truth to the punch line of the old joke that "there are just some things a lawyer won't do." I guess IBM's lawyers could not stomach the idea of rewarding such repulsive behavior."

Linux.com: "Just a few years ago, getting complex legal assistance from a lawyer you never met in person would have been unthinkable..."