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Did China Copy U.S. Commerce Secretary’s Laptop Computer?

A U.S. investigation is under way to determine whether China secretly copied a top American official’s government laptop computer during a trip late last year, subsequently using the information in attempts to hack into Commerce Department computers. “Surreptitious copying is believed to have occurred when a laptop was left unattended…

May 30, 2008 12:34 AM CDT

No Fifth in this Courtroom, Where NYC Cops are On Trial

It looks like an ordinary courtroom. But there’s no jury box, because there are no juries. And the Fifth Amendment doesn’t apply. That’s because those put on trial are New York City police officers, facing potential administrative penalties up to termination from their jobs for violation of their professional responsibilities,…

May 29, 2008 10:57 PM CDT

Supreme Texas Win for FLDS Moms: State Shouldn’t Have Taken 400-Plus Kids

Updated: Texas illegally removed more than 400 children from a ranch run by a religious sect that advocates polygamy and sent them to foster homes last month, a majority of the Texas Supreme Court decided today. The ruling is a stunning victory for about 40 mothers and their roughly 126…

May 29, 2008 9:15 PM CDT

New York Agencies Told to Recognize Out-of-State Gay Marriages

A directive from the governor’s office tells state agencies in New York to recognize gay marriages legally performed elsewhere. Citing a state appellate ruling, the legal counsel for Gov. David Paterson told agencies that married gay couples deserve the same protection as those in other legal unions, the New York…

May 29, 2008 10:41 AM CDT

Illicit Beer Bottle Caps Bring Feds Down on Calif. Brewer

A beer brewer in a small California town named after a founding citizen and state senator, Abner Weed, has incurred the wrath of federal regulators by his tongue-in-cheek use of the town’s name on bottle caps to help brand his product. “Try LEGAL weed,” they suggest. Around the rim of…

May 28, 2008 10:42 PM CDT

Law School Dean to be Ohio AG on Interim Basis

The governor of Ohio is replacing the state’s former attorney general, Marc Dann, with Nancy Hardin Rogers, the dean of Ohio State University’s law school. She will serve until a new attorney general is elected, taking a leave of absence from the law school in order to do so, reports…

May 28, 2008 7:37 PM CDT

Minn. AG Fires Staff Lawyer Critic

A staff lawyer who had criticized her boss, Minnesota attorney general Lori Swanson, over claimed ethics issues related to the filing of two lawsuits against mortgage foreclosure rescue companies has been fired. “Swanson dismissed Amy Lawler after the results of [an] investigation by Thomas Mengler, dean of the University of…

May 28, 2008 7:13 PM CDT

Our Client: Osama bin Laden’s Ex-Driver—and the Rule of Law

A 2004 telephone call from a law professor and a military lawyer in 2004 led to a startling shift in practice for two Seattle business litigators at Perkins Coie. Soon Harry Schneider, 54, and Joe McMillan, 48, were representing a terrorism suspect in an extremely high-profile case that has already…

May 27, 2008 3:01 PM CDT

WiFi-Sensitive Individuals Claim ADA Violation

The city attorney in Santa Fe, N.M., is investigating claims that wireless Internet signals are a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act because they can cause an allergic reaction. Arthur Firstenberg says he is highly sensitive to wireless signals and he experiences chest pain from WiFi, KOB-TV reports. His…

May 27, 2008 11:58 AM CDT

DC’s New AG Axes 10 Attorneys, Increases Oversight

The days of blue jeans and considerable lawyer autonomy are reportedly over at the Washington, D.C., attorney general’s office. Although he hasn’t decided for sure whether he’ll stay in the post after June, Peter Nickles, who took over as attorney general in December, has moved to fire 10 staff lawyers…

May 23, 2008 7:48 PM CDT

Texas to Appeal Decision Calling for Return of 468 FLDS Kids to Parents

Told by an appellate court yesterday that government officials illegally removed up to 468 children from the custody of parents living at a ranch run by a fundamentalist religious group, Texas will now appeal that ruling to the state’s highest court. The State Department of Family and Protective Services plans…

May 23, 2008 7:13 PM CDT

NYC Seeks to Discipline 7 Cops in Bell Police Shooting Case

Officials have filed administrative discipline charges against seven New York City police officers, including several who were not indicted in a separate criminal case, over the death of Sean Bell. Three detectives were acquitted last month in a controversial criminal case over the death of the unarmed Bell in a…

May 20, 2008 9:34 PM CDT

Conn. Ethics Counsel’s Fake Letter Helped Get Ethics Chief Axed

An in-house lawyer for the State Ethics Commission in Connecticut reportedly fabricated a letter purporting to be from a parking lot attendant that helped get her boss, ethics chief Alan Plofsky, fired in 2004 for claimed misconduct. Gov. M. Jodi Rell says her office will investigate former commission lawyer Maureen…

May 20, 2008 9:02 PM CDT

New Watergate Book Praises John Mitchell, Blames John Dean

A much-awaited revisionist book about Watergate is being released. But, while it shifts the blame a bit between some of President Richard M. Nixon’s men concerning their responsibility for the 1972 political break-in that eventually forced Nixon from office in 1974 and put top aides in prison, the bottom line…

May 19, 2008 7:13 PM CDT

FLDS Children Interviewed By Police Without Legal Counsel, Attorney Says

A lawyer for several of the approximately 465 children removed from a Texas ranch run by a religious sect that reportedly advocates polygamy says her clients and others throughout the state are being interviewed by authorities without their attorneys present. While that apparently may be legal, as far as child…

May 16, 2008 11:31 PM CDT

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Government

Did China Copy U.S. Commerce Secretary’s Laptop Computer?

No Fifth in this Courtroom, Where NYC Cops are On Trial

Supreme Texas Win for FLDS Moms: State Shouldn’t Have Taken 400-Plus Kids

New York Agencies Told to Recognize Out-of-State Gay Marriages

Illicit Beer Bottle Caps Bring Feds Down on Calif. Brewer

Law School Dean to be Ohio AG on Interim Basis

Minn. AG Fires Staff Lawyer Critic

Our Client: Osama bin Laden’s Ex-Driver—and the Rule of Law

WiFi-Sensitive Individuals Claim ADA Violation

DC’s New AG Axes 10 Attorneys, Increases Oversight

Texas to Appeal Decision Calling for Return of 468 FLDS Kids to Parents

NYC Seeks to Discipline 7 Cops in Bell Police Shooting Case

Conn. Ethics Counsel’s Fake Letter Helped Get Ethics Chief Axed

New Watergate Book Praises John Mitchell, Blames John Dean

FLDS Children Interviewed By Police Without Legal Counsel, Attorney Says

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