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Judge lifts gag order on Boston travelcard-hack
... specifying what they did. Lawyers for the MBTA could still appeal O'Toole's ruling to the US First Circuit Court of Appeals. Unless either side backs down or a settlement happens, a trial on the MBTA's lawsuit against the students and MIT will ...
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Employment - Discrimination claims - Mechanic - 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - August 20, 2008
Where the plaintiff, an African-American mechanic employed by the city of Boston, applied for a foreman's position, a selection committee - made up of two white males, one white female and one African-American ...
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Employment - Libel - Damages - 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - August 20, 2008
Where a jury found in favor of a plaintiff on a libel claim against the defendant employer, a new trial must be ordered because of the erroneous admission of irrelevant evidence at trial.
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N.H. Must Reimburse Planned Parenthood For Legal Costs In Suit Over...
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph DeClerico last week ruled that New Hampshire must reimburse Planned Parenthood of Northern New England for legal costs the group incurred when filing a lawsuit to block a 2003 ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Gets Responses in Maine Ballot Access Case
On August 19, U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter received responses from all three sides in the Maine ballot access case.
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Judge lifts gag order on MIT students
... what they did. Lawyers for the MBTA could still appeal O'Toole's ruling to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. Unless either side backs down or a settlement happens, a trial on the T's lawsuit against the students and MIT will eventually occur, ...
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Supreme Court to Decide: Amendment 5
Florida's Supreme Court set the date to hear arguments for and against the property tax cutting proposal, Amendment 5. The court schedule is as follows: August 21 - Petitioner's Initial brief August 25 - Answer ...
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Immigration - Persecution - " Withholding of removal - 1st U.S....
Where a family of Algerian citizens petitioned for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying a claim for withholding of removal, the petition must be denied given a lack of proof of persecution.
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MIT students fight to keep card hacking material confidential
... request to postpone the document-delivery deadline to allow an emergency appeal to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. The hearing is required under federal court rules because the temporary restraining order expires on Tuesday. O'Toole has the ...
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For those in the half vast readership with a propensity to wordsmithery, the title of this post is intentional - "juror" nullification vs.
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Wallace ready for next roundA recent road trip could lead to a more...
A recent road trip could lead to a more permanent one for a local judge. Fourth Judicial Circuit Judge Waddell Wallace, 55, has been selected for consideration for a seat on the Florida Supreme Court.
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Slip at fundraiser leaves mayor in a cast
Some say that politics is a dangerous business. Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline is sporting the cast to prove it.
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MIT Students Submit 30-Page Report; Judge Lets Gag Order Stand -- UPDATED
A federal judge in Boston this morning let stand for now a temporary restraining order that a separate judge had issued last Saturday against three MIT students to bar them from discussing security ...
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US stock exchanges agree to centralize insider trading regulation
Under the plan, the programs to prevent and detect insider trading will be centrally controlled by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and a section of the New York Stock Exchange [corporate websites], ...
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The roller-coaster world of crack cocaine sentencing
After pleading guilty to a crack cocaine crime, a Providence man received three different prison sentences - ranging from about 13 1/2 years to about 19 1/2 years.
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Second Judge Muzzles Boston Subway Hackers
A federal judge in Boston this morning let stand for now a temporary restraining order that a separate judge had issued last Saturday against three MIT students to bar them from discussing security ...
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Double Your Taxes, Double Your Pain
Bill Post, author of Deceit Beach, has a Viewpoint article in the current issue of the Independent News that underscores the damage done when a court issues a one-word opinion that fails to articulate any facts ...
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Union benefit lien not preempted by ERISA
A union's attempt to enforce a mechanic's lien on money that a contractor failed to pay into pension and health benefits funds was not preempted by ERISA, a Superior Court judge has ruled in a case of first ...
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Most Important Opinions for August 18, 2008
Where a defendant employer and codefendant human resources officer have been awarded summary judgment in a retaliation case, the judgment must be affirmed given the plaintiff's inability to prove that the ...
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US subway hackers still gagged
... who's representing the three students, said the EFF might appeal the judge's ruling to the US First Circuit Court of Appeals, but the timing is tight: the judge has required the students to make a good effort to provide the documents, including a ...
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