Sept. 6: It's unlikely the ruling against MP3.com will halt the crush of other new and seemingly illegal uses of Internet technology. The problem won't end until new copyright laws specific to the Internet are passed.
Sept. 5: Bridgestone/Firestone and Ford are in for the fights of their corporate lives, facing legal, political, financial and public relations attacks.
Sept. 1: A whole lotta headlines from the Ramseys and prosecutors may not necessarily signal a whole lotta shakin' going on in the JonBenet murder investigation.
August 29: You don't need to be a lawyer, or a rocket scientist, to understand that the government's case against former Los Alamos nuclear weapons scientist Wen Ho Lee is in trouble.
Aug. 18: With a court finding of "sufficient evidence" to try Michael Skakel for murder, CBS News Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen points out a conviction is far from assured. Foggy memories can cloud a 25-year-old case.
July 14: If the five horsemen of tobacco's apocalypse really can't afford the jury's landmark $145 billion award, their verdict will only be as good as the paper it is written on.
July 12: Inexperienced attorneys. Wrongful convictions. Dubious eyewitness testimony. All contribute to a shaky capital punishment system that could lead to the Supreme Court taking another look at the death penalty in America.
June 28: By their works, ye shall know them. That's the approach taken by Cohen as he provides a look into the legal and ideological nature of the Supreme Court as it recessed for the summer.
June 7: After Judge Penfield Jackson's decision to split Microsoft into two companies, the company's waiting game is finally over, but the appeals process could take years.
May 23: An Arkansas judicial committee's recommendation that the president be disbarred is hardly surprising. But how legitimate is it, and how likely to weather the inevitable appeals?
May 15: The Supreme Court's decision that a woman cannot sue her attacker under federal law may be perceived as anti-women, but it is based on the court's desire to defend states' rights.
May 5: Despite rulings by the judge that limit some of the testimony that can be used against her, Linda Tripp is not going to have an easy time fighting Maryland's wiretapping case against her.
April 19: While the court ruling gives Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives something to celebrate for the time being, the ongoing legal battle will only get stickier.
April 18: However the Supreme Court rules on Miranda warnings, you'll still have the right to remain silent. The question is whether the police will have to tell you so.
Dec. 20: Midnight negotiations in Miami. A Justice Department order issued and ignored. A state court says Elian goes, but a federal court says he stays—for now. Sorting out the winners and losers in a tumultuous 24 hours.
April 7: It isn't the Florida jury's verdict that is giving Big Tobacco a headache. The real worry is that the award has opened the floodgates to a punitive damages claim that could cripple the industry.
