The News of the World phone hacking scandal just gets worse and worse. Now Nick Davies reports: The News of the World hired a specialist private investigator to run covert surveillance on two of the lawyers representing phone-hacking victims as part of an operation to put pressure on them to stop their work. The investigator secretly videoed…
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Thumbs down on stripper fingerprint plan
Tom Godfrey reports: A plan to fingerprint 1,000 exotic dancers in Niagara Region has outraged strippers who claim the precedent-setting scheme is insulting and discriminatory. The Adult Association of Canada predicted the plan, if approved by Niagara Regional Council, will be adopted in the Toronto area and other parts of the province. A proposed bylaw would…
Canadian businesses, take note: Dealing with police “Letters of Request for Information”
Kudos to Canadian lawyer David Fraser for an educational piece he wrote for Canadian businesses, “Dealing with police “Letters of Request for Information.” I hope it is widely disseminated and read by businesses who might otherwise just turn over information because they erroneously believe they have to or because they are more concerned about cooperating…
Zoeller defends Do-Not-Call law
Maureen Groppe reports: Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller told Congress on Friday to make sure a proposed loosening of federal rules to allow some automated business calls to cellphones doesn’t override tougher state telemarketing laws like Indiana’s. Otherwise, Zoeller said, Hoosiers will get the average of 12 calls a week received by families in states…