Former bin Laden driver 1st test of Gitmo trials
By MIKE MELIA
Associated Press Writer
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) _ Salim Hamdan is a small player with a big role. A former driver for Osama bin Laden, he is about to become the first Guantanamo prisoner to be tried for war crimes in a major test of the U.S. system for prosecuting alleged terrorists.
Hamdan [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Yesterday, 12:44pm
Jury rules Bratz dolls conceived at Mattel
By DANNY POLLOCK
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Barbie and Bratz dolls are sisters, a jury has decided in a major victory to Mattel Inc., the world’s largest toymaker, in its copyright infringement lawsuit against rival MGA Entertainment Inc.
The federal jury decided Thursday that the designer of MGA’s Bratz characters conceived the idea for the [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Yesterday, 12:42pm
Merck to start Vioxx settlement payouts in August
By LINDA A. JOHNSON
AP Business Writer
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Merck & Co. will start cutting checks for former users of its withdrawn painkiller Vioxx next month after announcing Thursday that it will fund a $4.85 billion settlement expected to resolve roughly 50,000 lawsuits.
The decision marks the beginning of the end of the four-year legal saga, [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Yesterday, 12:41pm
Sullivan and Thacher Proffitt benefit from US mortgage woes
The Lawyer, Yesterday, 5:55am
"Can the RNC Forbid The Use of an Elephant or "GOP" To Identify Republicans?"
The Trademark Blog, Jul 17, 10:06pm
Lawyers are being hit by Internet scams
By: LISA R. WILSON
Internet scams happen everyday, but one latest scam is targeting lawyers, specifically attorneys who handle debt collections.
This Internet scam starts with a solicitation, primarily through e-mail, from a seemingly legitimate foreign company looking for legal representation for their North American customer(s). Once an attorney agrees to take on such work, [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 17, 8:17pm
2 elderly women get life for insurance killings
By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Two homeless men befriended by a pair of elderly woman needed only food, water and shelter, a judge said. Instead, said Superior Court Judge David Wesley, they were killed because of the women’s greed.
For that, Wesley on Tuesday handed down two life terms each without the possibility [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 16, 11:25am
Ex-Samsung boss avoids prison
By JAE-SOON CHANG
Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ Former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee saw the suspension Wednesday of his prison sentence in a tax-evasion conviction, a move that confirmed South Koreans’ view that tycoons are immune from jail.
The Seoul Central District Court convicted Lee for failing to pay tens of millions of dollars in [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 16, 11:15am
Attorney: Lohan on track with sentence compliance
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Lindsay Lohan’s attorney says the star is on track after pleading guilty last year to drunken driving.
Lohan’s attorney, Blair Berk, gave an update Tuesday on how the actress is complying with her sentence for misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges.
Berk told the judge that Lohan is “completely on track with [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 16, 11:04am
Brain Injury Association of New Jersey - TREK 2008
The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey has scheduled it's annual Together in Recreation, Exploration & Knowledge (TREK) residential camp program for August 17-23, 2008. The weeklong camp will be held at the YMCA Camp Ockanickon, located in Medford, New Jersey. Read more...
Brain Injury Lawyer, Jul 16, 10:21am
How Much Should Brand Owners Spend On Trademark Lawyers?
In yesterday's decision in Tiffany v eBay, the Court noted: Read more...
The Trademark Blog, Jul 15, 9:59pm
YouTube, Viacom agree to mask viewer data
By ANICK JESDANUN
AP Internet Writer
NEW YORK (AP) _ In a nod to privacy complaints, Viacom Inc. won’t be told the identities of individuals who watch video clips on the popular video-sharing site YouTube.
Viacom and other copyright holders have agreed to let YouTube mask user IDs and Internet addresses when Google Inc.’s online video site hands [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 15, 12:45pm
US: Delay unwarranted in 1st Guantanamo trial
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Bush administration says a civilian judge has no authority to delay the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay.
In court documents filed late Monday night, the Justice Department said a federal judge should deny a delay sought by Salim Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden.
Hamdan wants the judge to [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 15, 12:41pm
Appeals court upholds $15M award to LAPD officers
By PAUL ELIAS
Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $15 million award to three officers who accused the Los Angeles Police Department of wrongly arresting them and making them scapegoats during the notorious Rampart scandal.
The massive corruption scandal led to the investigation of 82 incidents involving 50 officers [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 15, 12:39pm
Breaking! EBay Prevails Over Tiffany in SDNY - Text of Decision
From the decision: Read more...
The Trademark Blog, Jul 14, 9:56pm
Sudanese president charged with genocide in Darfur
By MIKE CORDER
Associated Press Writer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) _ The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed genocide charges Monday against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation.
The filing marked the first time prosecutors at the world’s first [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 14, 11:09am
E-mail public documents get erased, disappear
By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Associated Press Writer
HONOLULU (AP) _ Laws in all but a handful of states give the public access to government e-mail. But what if that e-mail was intentionally deleted or routinely purged?
In Hawaii, Gov. Linda Lingle’s office allowed e-mails of her top aide to be purged. In North Carolina, Gov. Mike Easley’s administration allegedly [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 14, 10:53am
Family: Woman with 5 dead spouses obsessed by cash
By MITCH WEISS
Associated Press Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy — and name herself the beneficiary.
“She told me that people of our stature have insurance policies on each other,” he said. “That way, if something happens to you, you [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 14, 10:46am
Diagnosing Patients Wit Traumatic Brain Injuries in Emergency Rooms
Neuroattorneys and clinicians have long recognized that emergency room physicians often fail to diagnose a patient who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. In the March 2008 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, doctors from the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at the University of Washington conducted a study to determine how often emergency department patients meeting the CVC mild traumatic brain injury criteria were diagnosed with a mild TBI by an emergency room physician. Read more...
Brain Injury Lawyer, Jul 11, 9:29am
Diagnosing Patients With Traumatic Brain Injuries in Emergency Rooms
Neuroattorneys and clinicians have long recognized that emergency room physicians often fail to diagnose a patient who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. In the March 2008 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, doctors from the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at the University of Washington conducted a study to determine how often emergency department patients meeting the CVC mild traumatic brain injury criteria were diagnosed with a mild TBI by an emergency room physician. Read more...
Brain Injury Lawyer, Jul 11, 9:29am
'This Book May Not Be Sold'
WSJ.com: "As Textbooks Go 'Custom.' Students Pay: Read more...
The Trademark Blog, Jul 10, 9:58pm
IDEA Sues PETA For Copyright Infringement
Institute for the Development of Earth Awareness sues People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals alleging unauthorized copying of 'The Dreaded Comparison,' book concerning treatment of anmals. Read more...
The Trademark Blog, Jul 10, 9:57pm
Former Ala. trooper to face trial in 1965 shooting
By PHILLIP RAWLS
Associated Press Writer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ A former Alabama state trooper is scheduled to go on trial in October for a slaying that occurred on darkened streets during a historic civil rights demonstration in Marion in 1965.
Circuit Judge Tommy Jones declined to dismiss an indictment against former trooper James Bonard Fowler and scheduled [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 10, 12:29pm
Finding JonBenet’s killer remains ‘final goal’
By CATHERINE TSAI
Associated Press Writer
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) _ The family of Jon Benet Ramsey still holds out hope the 6-year-old beauty queen’s killer will be found, her aunt said Thursday, a day after prosecutors cleared the girl’s father, brother, and deceased mother in her slaying.
“We still don’t have our killer yet. That’s our final goal, [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 10, 12:11pm
Christie Brinkley settles NY divorce case
By FRANK ELTMAN
Associated Press Writer
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) _ Christie Brinkley’s lurid divorce trial came to an abrupt end Thursday when lawyers for the former supermodel and her fourth husband reached an out-of-court settlement that gives her custody of their two children.
The settlement was reached at 6:15 a.m. after an all-night session that resolved all [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 10, 11:17am
Lawyer: Mass. senator in legal trouble is bipolar
By GLEN JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) _ A Massachusetts state senator accused of sexually harassing four women in one day has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an attorney said Wednesday.
Sen. James Marzilli pleaded not guilty to attempting to commit indecent assault and battery, annoying and accosting people of the opposite sex, disorderly conduct and [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 9, 6:54pm
Prosecutor: DNA clears JonBenet Ramsey’s family
By CATHERINE TSAI
Associated Press Writer
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) _ Prosecutors cleared JonBenet Ramsey’s parents and brother Wednesday in the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old beauty queen, saying they were “deeply sorry” for putting the family under a cloud of suspicion that hung heavy for more than a decade.
New DNA tests, which focus on skin cells left [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 9, 6:48pm
Growing Pains for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
I recently read a very interesting article in the June 13, 2008 issue of Science published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The article is entitled “Growing Pains for FMRI.” Read more...
Brain Injury Lawyer, Jul 9, 9:06am
FCC Proposed Rule Making Re Product Placement
We solicit comment on the relationship between the Commission’s sponsorship
identification rules and increasing industry reliance on embedded advertising techniques. Due, in part, to recent technological changes that allow consumers to more readily bypass commercial content, content providers may be turning to more subtle and sophisticated means of incorporating commercial messages into traditional programming.
As these techniques become increasingly prevalent, it is important that the sponsorship identification rules protect the public’s right to know who is paying to air commercials or other program matter on broadcast televisionand radio and cable. Accordingly, we seek comment on current trends in embedded advertising and potential changes to the current sponsorship identification regulations with regard to embedded advertising. Read more...
The Trademark Blog, Jul 8, 9:57pm
Fighting an uphill battle:Vioxx verdicts are being overturned
By: LISA R. WILSON
The latest slew of overturned verdicts against Merck, the makers of the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, is yet another indication of the increasing difficulty that plaintiffs’ lawyers are experiencing in winning lawsuits against big drug companies. The latest ruling overturned a $26 million jury verdict against Merck in Texas based on the [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 8, 4:57pm
Programmer facing sentencing leads cops to a body
By MICHELLE LOCKE
Associated Press Writer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) _ A body was removed from a remote area of the Oakland hills after a prominent computer programmer about to be sentenced for killing his missing wife led investigators to the site, authorities said Tuesday.
Hans Reiser’s attorney said the body is believed to be that of his estranged [...] Read more...
LawInfo Weblog, Jul 8, 10:57am