Just in time for November’s congressional elections, the Supreme Court today handed down a 5-4 ruling (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission [PDF]) that decrees that the Government may not restrict corporations from spending as much money as they want to influence political campaigns, particularly with the production and airing of ads. The decision reversed [...]

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After two years of bullying, a court has ordered that Milka Budimir, French seamstress, cede her Web site www.milka.fr to Kraft Foods, which owns the Milka chocolate brand. The U.S. food company, now enjoying an episode of corporate personhood, accused Budimir of “cybersquatting,” and said that she “made unjustified use of the registered trademark Milka [...]

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