Debbie Branscum is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Texas Christian University. She began her legal career by working for the Clerk of Court of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Friday ruled that the annotated version Official Code of Georgia is public record and can’t be copyrighted by the state, reversing a federal ...

You might think states would welcome the help. But when Mr. Malamud’s group posted the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the state sued for copyright infringement. Providing public access to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would decide whether states may impose copyright protection on annotated codes of law and other state and local legal materials. In Georgia v. Public ...

In one of her final rulings before retiring, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled that the Tennessee Code Annotated is exempt from Tennessee public records law. Lyle’s ruling was ...

The 5-to-4 decision featured unusual alliances and would most likely be widely felt, as about 20 other states have claimed that parts of similar annotated codes are copyrighted. “If everything ...

Open government advocates are seeking to expand access to the Tennessee Code Annotated, the comprehensive version of Tennessee state law including relevant history and judicial review notes.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday unveiled the first ever annotated version of Cambodia’s Code of Criminal Procedure, a tool they say could ultimately promote stronger ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 today that the state of Georgia can't claim copyright over its annotated code. The ruling is a victory for Carl Malamud, an open government activist who posted ...