The ruling is in about whether bloggers have the same protections as those in major media in the highly controversial Apple trade secret lawsuit and the decision is against the bloggers. sfgate.com:

He said the trio would appeal the judge’s ruling. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said the ruling affirmed the company’s view that “there is no license conferred on anyone to violate valid criminal laws.” The case has been widely watched in the fast-growing world of Web logs or blogs, Web sites that contain articles or diary entries and that recently have propelled stories into the mainstream. Kleinberg, however, ruled that no one has the right to publish trade secrets that only could have been provided by someone breaking the law.

The deep throat(s) that leaked the Apple trade secrets definitely have to be nervous now. I wonder if the surprise factor really cost Apple much money in the terms of sales, but the leak most certainly will have repurcussions against the employee(s) who broke their NDA. What a mess.