The “Occupy the Courts” group has been denied permission to demonstrate outside a Manhattan courthouse as part of a national day of protests near federal courthouses over Citizens United, which prohibits the government from limiting independent spending for political purposes by corporations and unions.

A federal district court judge in Houston has acquitted John O’Shea, the former general manager of the U.S. subsidiary of global manufacturing giant ABB, of charges that he bribed officials at a Mexican state-owned utility.

Lee Paige, the federal drug agent who accidentally shot himself in the leg during a videotaped talk with children, has lost his appeal in a suit that alleged the government illegally released personal information. The D.C.

A patent licensing and enforcement company has settled an infringement case against the U.S. government over patents for identification cards with embedded electronics. Leighton Technologies has announced that the government took a license.

A patent licensing and enforcement company has settled an infringement case against the U.S.