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Sunday, February 28, 2010

“Finding Untainted Jurors in the Age of the Internet”: In Monday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak will have an article that begins, “When Enron collapsed in 2001, thousands of employees at its Houston headquarters lost their jobs and savings, and the city’s economy reeled. Much of the public’s anger was directed at Jeffrey K. Skilling, the company’s former chief executive.”

Monday’s edition of The Times of London contains an article headlined “Enron appeal argues failure is not a crime.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Former Enron CEO could see new trial.”

Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prosecutors could try 9/11 suspect despite waterboarding, experts say”: Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers has an article that begins, “U.S officials once described the confession of accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed as a gold mine of intelligence that proved his role in a litany of terrorist plots. However, now his admissions – because they were made during interrogations in which he was waterboarded 183 times – have become a liability for the Justice Department as it readies to hold him accountable in a U.S. court.”

Posted at 3:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“No doubt, the state’s high court tilts right; The court isn’t unfailingly conservative yet, but its rulings have begun to reflect the governor’s conservative philosophy; It is into that legal atmosphere that the issue of Pawlenty’s solo budget-trimming, called unallotment, will land next month”: Rochelle Olson has this article today in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Posted at 10:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Finally, an end to Justice Dept. investigation”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, law professor John Yoo has an op-ed that begins, “I’ve been under investigation for more than five years for legal advice that I gave in the immediate wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. This month, the Justice Department’s top career lawyer finally put an end to the farce.”

Posted at 10:33 AM by Howard Bashman