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'Jihadist' Filmmaker Arrested at George Bush Airport
Talk about irony, a Hindu filmmaker from India was arrested at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas for allegedly carrying Muslim jihadist literature in his luggage. He was freed from Harris County jail and then taken into federal .
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Tony Blair on Late Princess Diana: I was Worried for Her
In his new memoir, former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks out about the late Princess Diana , revealing that he was "worried for her" after she split from Prince Charles and began seeing multi-millionaire Dodi Fayed."I was worried for her, frankly," ...
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New rule to tighten controls on Chinese mobile phone-users
CHINESE MOBILE phone-users have to register their personal details to buy a SIM card under a new government rule, which Beijing says will crack down on spam and porn but which some see as an invasion of privacy.
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Discovery Channel Attacker James Lee Killed
Earlier today, September 1, an armed man walked into the offices of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland and took hostages. It has been reported now that the Discovery Channel attacker has been shot by police. The man is...Continue ...
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Business vs. Obama? Maybe Not
Tony West: ``Events will hijack your agenda. '' Photo by Jayms Ramirez These are not the best of times between the Obama Justice Department and the business community. But even the worst times are not as bad as they might seem, according to a panel at ...
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MediaDailyNews: New Young's McDermott Wants New Contract, Back Pay
As Deborah McDermott negotiates a new contract to continue as president of the former Young Broadcasting, she filed court papers this week to protect her interests, just in case a deal can't be reached. That move was unexpected; the new owners of the ...
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Obama administration appeals stem cell research block
JURIST] The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed last week's ruling by the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] that granted a preliminary injunction [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] blocking federal funding for embryonic ...
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Shooting, Hostages Reported at Discovery Channel Offices
As of this writing, NBC Washington reports, via Twitter, law enforcement has confirmed the name of the armed suspect they say walked into the Discovery Channel offices in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. The believe the man holding hostages in the... ...
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Five Years After Katrina, New Orleans Legal Community Is Finding Its Way
Four months after Hurricane Katrina hit, 5,352 attorneys had offices in New Orleans. Since then, that number has dropped by 19 percent, to 4,342, as attorneys moved elsewhere to make a living. Even so, membership in the New Orleans Bar Association now ...
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MEPs call for 'better' EU-US security after Dutch arrests
Flaws in the US anti-terror system exposed by the recent arrest in Amsterdam of two suspected terrorists flying from Chicago pushed MEPs from the two main parties in the European Parliament to ask for "better" rather than "more" security checks ahead ...
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Investigation Broadens in Egg Recall
The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella, the FDA chief said.
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The McCourt show: from bling to bitterness
The pace is slow, but admission is free and the cast includes enough lawyers to field a baseball team. It occurred to me Tuesday, as I watched Boston transplants Frank and Jamie McCourt slog it out in court, that maybe being rich is not worth the hassle.
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Wikileaks moves into nuclear bunker under Stockholm
One hundred feet under The Wikileaks whistleblowing website has reportedly moved its server hosting to a Cold War bunker deep under the streets of Stockholm.
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Law Hits the Road
Click graphic to enlarge. Graphics by Adam Weiskind The mobile movement of work onto handheld devices and wireless connections has swept up the legal profession in its path, the 2010 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report shows. From e-readers and netbooks ...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Trailblazer
If there's an area where our attitudes and behaviors have changed more radically in my lifetime than gender equality, I can't think of it.
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John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling
American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and anotherMuslim inmate have asked a judge to order a federal prison to allowthem and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block topray as
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The FCC's War on TV Curse Words: Misguided and Tiresome
In this age of cable TV and the Internet, it makes no sense to obsess over what appears on a few broadcast television stations
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Chief of New Mexico's educational pension board steps down after disclosure of $350K loan
The chairman of New Mexico's educational pension fund has resigned after it was disclosed he borrowed $350,000 from a man whose son shared in millions of dollars in finder's fees from investments by the fund and another state agency.
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ACLU hits proposed Oak Harbor High School cell phone policy
Watched by FOX and KIRO TV television cameras, the Oak Harbor School Board Monday night unanimously approved the second reading of its revised cell phone policy, which allows school administrators to confiscate and search a student's cell phone if they ...
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S.F. supe hopeful owes $20,000 in back taxes
BART board member Lynette Sweet, who is running for supervisor in San Francisco this fall, owes the federal government at least $20,000 in back taxes and penalties, records show. The Internal Revenue Service slapped a lien on Sweet's home in the ...
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ACTA Officials Firm on September Completion Time
Earlier this month, we noted that officials working within ACTA are saying that September is when the negotiations will be finalized. Another report has surfaced that seems to confirm these intentions. ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) has had ...
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Europe rights court reviewing Russia freedom of assembly complaint
JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] has begun considering a lawsuit filed by three Russian activists alleging their right to freedom of assembly has been violated, their lawyer said Tuesday. The court is reportedly ...
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Journalist At Center Of Bogus Laredo Ranch Story Accused of Plagiarism
If you spend enough time getting to know bloggers, you'll find that plenty of them have a story or two to tell about their uneasy relationship with traditional media outlets. Most of the time, the story will be about how some obscure writer took on an ...
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Hague lashes out at 'rumours'
UK foreign secretary William Hague said today that he and his wife decided to go public with details about their private life because of untrue allegations circulating on the internet.
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Solicitor who lost 2.4m on shares is suspended
A DUBLIN solicitor who confessed that he gambled and lost 2.4 million of client funds on the stock exchange has been suspended from practising.
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Un-Google That
Illustration by Viktor Koen At the fairness hearing for the Google Books settlement, an overflow crowd filled U.S. District Judge Denny Chin's Manhattan courtroom and spilled into a separate room where spectators watched a video feed. ``Voluminous ...
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Legal Briefing: Need a Job? Sue Over Patent Marking
In Wednesday's legal news, the Texas Attorney General has appealed a judge's decision to grant a divorce to two men who were married out of state; the SEC vows to pursue overseas ratings fraud; and companies that incorrectly claim their products are ...
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Man tied to four deaths sought by police
Police in Hercules, California, were searching Wednesday for a man whose elderly father was bludgeoned to death -- possibly by a suspect in three other homicides in the same area.
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Patent Claims Dog Product Makers
Recent court rulings could pave the way for hundreds of lawsuits -- and potentially massive awards -- against major companies over expired patents.
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Gulf Residents Hope for Quick Compensation
Gulf coast residents affected by the BP oil spill must convince one man that they deserve compensation: Kenneth Feinberg. The administrator of the BP Oil Spill Victim Compensation Fund says he can't solve everyone's problems, but has promised timely ...
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