YouTube/Google battle another step towards thinking "after piracy"?

It was a happy morning to wake up and find out I was not the onlyone destined to have an aggravating first day back to work. Seemslike the legal teams and front offices of these two web gorillas willbe pretty...

Five at Guantanamo to face capital charges

After many years, it would appear charges are being brought against alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks. "A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men for allegedly conspiring in the...

Chelsea gunman was a top barrister who was a rising star

The armed man who died in Chelsea, London, was a high-flying lawyer, who had a bright future and a beautiful wife.He tried to send a message to his wife Elizabeth, just before he was killed. He threw a white box...

Britney To Visit Her Kids For Longer

A Los Angles court has allowed Britney Spears for spending more time with her child. She has been fighting a case for expanded visit with her two young sons.   "Britney Spears has been given the chance to spend...

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Victims Reach Settlement

Vicitms of Minneapolis bridge collapse last August have reportedly reached a settlement with the State of Minnesota, bypassing the original liability cap."A key negotiator says a deal has been reached to...

Pension Fraud Led to Increased State-Aid for School Districts

"A dozen attorneys around the state who may have received credits for state pensions improperly but did not actually collect any money have been offered preliminary settlements by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's...

ACORN Files Lawsuit Against Missouri Officials

The intent of a 1993 federal law is clear: take voter registration drives to the people, especially those who use government assistance offices (welfare, food stamps) as well as driver's license offices. Now, however, ACORN, the umbrella activist group, says that Missouri...

Texas Custody Hearing for Sect's Children Ends Quickly

What a mess! There are so many lawyers involved in this case, it can't end well."A court hearing to decide the fate of hundreds of children seized from a polygamist retreat was off to a chaotic start Thursday, as...

Justice Trapped in the Legal System

This man, Alton Logan, has been in prison for 26 years. Attorneys for the man who committed the crime have come forward. Mr. Logan was sentenced in 1982. He is now 54 years old.When the attorneys...

A Legal Filing Alleges a Detainee Was Abused

SALIM AHMED HAMDAN was Osama bin Laden's personal driver and bodyguard was formally charged by The Department of Defense with conspiracy, for trial by military commission under the President’s Order of...

Ex-PM Hasina appears before graft court

"Hasina was admitted to the hospital on March 11 for ear and eye ailments. She was also suffering from high blood pressure following her arrest in July last year."

Who or What Will Decide the Democratic Presidential Nomination?

" LOS ANGELES —  "The complaints have already been drafted," my friend — a prominent Florida lawyer — told me, and I'm certain that's true. If they haven't been, they will be. In recent days, it...

Who said there is no free lunch in Wall Street ?

" Most banks are trading lower with the notable exception of JPMorgan. Current increase in market cap after the Bear deal: around $11 billion I will add that this number happens to be very close to Bear Stearns book value."It is actually more like 13B by the end of the...

Will You Still Love Me, when I'm 64? Apparently Not !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYes, the song made famous by the Beatles, coincidently Paul Mccartney was 64 when divorce proceedings reared it's Love or Money between Mills and Mccartney.  Who...

8-year old passes Law Entrance Exam

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly food for thought when Immigrants to Canada do not understand why their University Degrees from Non Western Countries are not accepted by Federal Authourities...

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