In a case watched closely by many members of the music and movie industries, a federal district court on March 30 held that the “first sale doctrine,” which allows consumers to legally resell CDs and DVDs, doesn’t apply to digital media.

A ruling that had been criticized for making it overly difficult for companies to dismiss shareholder derivative lawsuits—cases in which shareholders sue a company’s board members for harm those directors allegedly caused the corporation— has been overturned by the Delaware Supreme Court.

U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that police use of a dog to find drugs on the porch of a suspect’s home qualifies as a “search” under the Fourth Amendment’s definition of that term, reports ABAJournal.com.

The U.S. Supreme Court will probably not determine whether Proposition 8 is constitutional, a SCOTUS blog author opines.