In a rapidly changing world where social media and technology permeate nearly every facet of day-to-day life, the courts are forced to grapple with the new frontier of litigation. Some of this year’s most interesting, bizarre and important cases deal with the rapidly changing high-tech world. Of course, 2014 also saw its share of cases dealing with timeless themes of greed, lust, murder, sex, racism, violence and corruption. And sometimes, there was an obvious overlap.