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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

“Komisarjevsky Prosecutors Outline Why He Should Die”: The Hartford Courant has a news update that begins, “Prosecutors seeking execution for convicted triple killer Joshua Komisarjevsky have filed a document outlining which legal reasons they will use to justify the death penalty. The penalty phase of the trial is scheduled to begin Monday.”

Posted at 8:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“How to keep courts running after terror attack”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “A new report from experts on government continuity says a terrorist attack that killed four or more Supreme Court justices would significantly hamper the ability of the entire federal judiciary to carry out its work.”

You can access at this link the report that is the subject of this AP article.

Posted at 5:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hyperlinking doesn’t constitute defamation, Supreme Court rules”: Kirk Makin of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this news update.

The Toronto Star has a news update headlined “Supreme Court ruling big victory for Internet freedom.”

The Toronto Sun has a news update headlined “Top court rules web links not illegal.”

Postmedia News reports that “Web hyperlinks aren’t publication of defamatory text, court rules.”

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Supreme Court of Canada OKs Internet Linking.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

Posted at 4:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Viacom Replaces Superstar Lawyer on Eve of YouTube Appeal; Former solicitor general Ted Olson doesn’t attend a key appeal court hearing after Viacom chooses Paul Smith to handle oral arguments”: Online at The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has this post at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog.

Posted at 11:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Citigroup wins in employees’ stock drop appeal”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court said Citigroup Inc was not liable to thousands of workers who said it should not have offered bank stock in its retirement plans because it knew the stock was a bad investment.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“Anita Hill Defends Her Legacy: Two decades after her seismic testimony, she doesn’t shy away from talking about it.” Cynthia Gordy has this essay online at The Root.

Posted at 9:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Gentle grilling of top court appointees not to everyone’s taste”: Kirk Makin has this article today in The Toronto Globe and Mail.

Posted at 9:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court decision could force Florida’s police to get a warrant to secretly install GPS trackers; Right now, they don’t have to get a warrant, but many agencies say they do anyway”: This article appears today in The South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Posted at 8:57 AM by Howard Bashman