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US Supreme Court: more time for gay marriage case

March 4, 2013 13:05
The US Supreme Court said Monday it has decided to lengthen a hearing later this month for oral arguments in the much-anticipated case challenging a federal law that bars gay marriage. The US high court added 50 minutes to the hour that had already been allotted to hear arguments in the March 27 hearing of United States v. Windsor, on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The DOMA law defines marriage exclusively as being between a man and a woman.

US Supreme Court to revisit campaign finance

February 19, 2013 22:15
The US Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to again take up campaign finance by reconsidering caps on individual donations, three years after controversially removing limits for unions and corporations. The 2010 Citizens United ruling -- which allowed unlimited donations by such entities based on the constitutional right to free speech, could inform the upcoming ruling on aggregate individual contributions.

RPT-ANALYSIS-Wider legal rights at stake in U.S. gay marriage cases

February 17, 2013 13:15
(Repeats story filed Sunday with no changes to text) * Supreme Court to hear two cases in late March * Administration deadline to state views is Friday By Lawrence Hurley

FACTBOX-Major copyright infringement cases

January 19, 2013 04:30
AUCKLAND, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kim Dotcom, founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload, who is accused of online piracy, plans to launch on Jan. 20 a new online file storage system. Here are some major copyright infringement cases: Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (1984) Universal City Studios unsuccessfully sued Sony Corp in a U.S. court for copyright infringement over Sony's video cassette recorders.

UPDATE 3-US top court to weigh weapons law in spurned lover case

January 18, 2013 17:15
By Jonathan Stempel and Terry Baynes Jan 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a new appeal by a woman convicted under a federal law intended to combat chemical weapons in a case where she admitted trying to poison a former friend who had an affair with her husband. At the center of the case is a 1998 U.S. law banning the use of chemical weapons other than for a "peaceful purpose."
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