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Wednesday | American Lawyer

Lawyer for Prosecutor Seeks Supreme Court Review of Immunity Ruling

Federal prosecutor Daniel Zachem has a lot riding on a pro se civil suit against him that alleges he participated in a conspiracy to violate the rights of a D.C. Superior Court grand juror.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News, US Supreme Court

Wednesday Nov 25 | Workplace Prof Blog

More Support for Two-Member Board Decisions

Add another court of appeal to the list of those supporting the NLRB's power to issue two-member decisions.

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Related Topix: US News

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Westport Now

Another Appeal in FAA Airspace Redesign Dispute

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal addresses Westport's oath of office ceremony Monday night.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Westport, CT, US Supreme Court, Transportation

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Legal Times

Federal Judge Allows Class Action Over IRS Refund Notice to Proceed

Suits stem from litigation in which large corporate taxpayers successfully challenged an excise tax on long-distance telephone service Shannon P. Duffy The Legal Intelligencer November 23, 2009 Dealing another major setback to the IRS in the ongoing litigation over how it handled a massive $8 billion refund for a now-abandoned telephone excise tax, ...

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Related Topix: Tax, US News

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Legal Times

Prosecutors Argue for GPS in Drug Conviction

When federal authorities got a warrant to install an electronic tracking device to track a drug suspect, agents acted in an "abundance of caution," a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where the government is defending its ability to secretly follow suspects without judicial supervision.

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Related Topix: US News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Legal Times

Lawyers: Police Chief Ordered Mass Arrests in D.C.'s 2002 World Bank Demonstrations

Lawyers in Washington, D.C.'s Pershing Park wrongful-arrest cases say they have new evidence that former Metropolitan Police Department Chief Charles Ramsey personally ordered the roundup of protesters during the Sept.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Matter Network

DOE's Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions

As the U.S. electric industry is contemplating building new nuclear power plants for the first time in decades, the industry continues to be faced with uncertainty regarding the ultimate long-term disposal solution for the nation's spent nuclear fuel .

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Nuclear Energy

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Supreme Court rejects appeal of Washington Redskins' name

The Supreme Court on Monday spurned without comment an appeal by Native Americans challenging the Washington Redskins' team name as perpetuating offensive stereotypes.

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Related Topix: US News

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Excerpts from rulings in Guantanamo Bay cases

Case summaries and excerpts from the opinions by U.S. District Court judges for the 30 terrorism detainees ordered released from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison and the eight denied release since late 2008: ORDERING RELEASE 2008 -Oct. 9, Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered the release into the United States of 17 Guantanamo detainees from a Muslim ...

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, World News, US News

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Legal Times

GPS Data in Drug Conviction Under Attack

Antoine Jones was the target of a cocaine trafficking investigation when federal agents stuck an electronic tracking device on his Jeep Cherokee, secretly following the vehicle's every move for 24 hours a day.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, GPS, Mixed Martial Arts, Gina Carano, US News, Privacy, ACLU

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Jurist

Guantanamo detainee appealing suspension of habeas corpus proceedings

Umar Hamzayevich Abdulayev alleges that Judge Reggie Walton of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] abused his discretion in staying indefinitely his petition for habeas corpus after the Joint Task Force [official website] responsible for reviewing Guantanamo Bay detainees had approved him for transfer to ...

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, US News

Wed Nov 11, 2009

InvestmentNews

Dodd's financial reform bill would eliminate the and#8216;broker-dealer exemption'

Brokers who provide investment advice would no longer be exempt from registering as investment advisers under draft legislation unveiled today by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. The 1,136-page discussion draft of financial reform legislation circulated by Mr.

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Related Topix: Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission, US News

Mon Nov 09, 2009

National Law Journal

OPINION: A lesson from the Uighers

Detainees should not be tried in the U.S. - a judge might order them released here.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US News, Opinion

Sat Nov 07, 2009

InformationWeek

FCC To Examine Telephone Access Fees

The telephony issue that won't go away -- special access fees -- is slated to be examined by the Federal Communications Commission, according to an FCC notice.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Telecom, Sprint, IT Services, Verizon Communications

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Logistics Today

Hours of Service Under Review Again

The National Industrial Transportation League reported that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will review driver hours of service rules and issue a new notice of proposed rulemaking within nine months.

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Related Topix: US News, Truckers

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Multichannel News

NCTA, NBCU: FCC BitTorrent Order 'Shackles' ISPs

The FCC's BitTorrent order "shackles" Internet service providers in their attemps to thwart online piracy, leaves network operators guessing about what reasonable network management is, undercuts the agency's own network neutrality proposal and should be vacated by the courts.

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Related Topix: Internet Service Providers, US News, Cable & Satellite, Comcast, P2P, Science / Technology

Mon Nov 02, 2009

AOPA Pilot

AOPA seeks to be 'friend of court' in jet-ban case

AOPA on Oct. 29 requested permission from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to participate as a friend of the court in an appeal by the city of Santa Monica, Calif., of an FAA decision that the city could not ban certain jet traffic at Santa Monica Airport.

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Related Topix: US News, Santa Monica, CA

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Ars Technica

Did Congress really give the FCC power to protect the 'Net?

With the release of the Federal Communications Commission's new Internet nondiscrimination proposals , one vexing question continues to vex.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Cable & Satellite, Comcast, Internet Service Providers, P2P, Science / Technology, US News

Fri Oct 30, 2009

PC Magazine

Comcast: FCC Action Unlawful, Should Be Reversed

Given that the FCC based its decision on its Internet Policy Principles , which are not officially commission rules, the commission's decision is unlawful and the court needs to throw out the decision, Comcast argued.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, US News, P2P, Science / Technology

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Digital Post Production

Oral Arguments Set For Comcast Appeal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has set Jan. 8 as the date for oral argument in Comcast's appeal of the FCC's network management decision in the BitTorrent case.The FCC found back in summer 2008 that Comcast violated its Internet open-access guidelines by blocking BitTorrent peer-to-peer traffic .Comcast took the FCC to court over ...

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, US News, Science / Technology, P2P

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