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Judicial Internet squabble is revived
Published December 2, 2008, 12:19 am, The Sacramento Bee
WASHINGTON – A former federal courts chief is demanding the impeachment or resignation of a prominent California-based appellate judge who is already facing scrutiny over raunchy Internet imagery. In a heated, 38-page complaint that resurrects an old feud, the former courts administrator alleges that 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski committed "felonies and other ...
Greece, police officer facing suit over sex
Published December 2, 2008, 12:16 am, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Suspended Greece Police Officer Gary Pignato is now facing legal claims that he forced a woman into sex in exchange for ignoring a possible probation violation that could have landed her in jail.
12-02-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE
Published December 2, 2008, 12:15 am, Eurweb
*Plaxico Burress was arraigned Monday on two separate counts of criminal possession of a handgun in the second degree after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh three days ago at a Midtown nightclub.
KILPATRICK'S EX-AIDE/LOVER PLEADS GUILTY: Christine Beatty gets jail time for lying about sex with ex-Detroit mayor.
Published December 2, 2008, 12:11 am, Eurweb
*Christine Beatty, the ex-aide to former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, will spend four months in jail after pleading guilty Monday to two obstruction of justice charges stemming from their infamous text-messaging sex scandal.
Patent Ambush Costs Qualcomm
Published December 2, 2008, 12:02 am, Law.com via Yahoo! Finance
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed Monday that Qualcomm should be punished for what has in other cases been called a "patent ambush" -- not disclosing patents to a standards-setting body and then suing adopters of the standard.
Damian Green arrest: Prime minister should defend MPs' rights
Published December 1, 2008, 11:59 pm, Guardian Unlimited
As the dust starts to settle on Greengate we can start to see more clearly who knew what. As I suggested when Damian Green's arrest first became known, it was inherently unlikely that ministers knew what the police were doing. They shouldn't and they didn't. The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, repeated the denial on TV this morning, though I missed it. Harriet Harman, a civil liberties lawyer ...
Aklan mayor, 7 others face charges over Boracay resort row
Published December 1, 2008, 11:58 pm, GMA News
MANILA, Philippines - A town mayor of Aklan province and seven others face administrative and criminal charges for allowing the construction of a hotel resort in a protected forestland in Boracay.
Gazette case rejected, with caveat
Published December 1, 2008, 11:53 pm, Billings Gazette
The Montana Supreme Court has declined to consider a petition filed by The Billings Gazette challenging a court rule that keeps some lawyer disciplinary records secret. But in an unusual move, the state's highest court invited the newspaper and the public to take part in normally closed-door meetings aimed at revising the rule at issue in the case.
State alleges Rockland woman stole $32K in wages
Published December 1, 2008, 11:43 pm, The Journal News
The state is seeking charges against a Stony Point woman who is accused of stealing $32,232 in state pay after she abandoned her civil-service job to take a position with a private business, the state inspector general said yesterday.
Ex-Greenwood magistrate clerk receives 18 months for embezzlement
Published December 1, 2008, 11:31 pm, The Index-Journal
Former Greenwood County Magistrate’s Office Clerk Toni Cole, second from left, pleaded guilty to embezzlement of public funds Monday at Newberry County Courthouse.
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