Claude Solnik reports: The publisher of The Wall Street Journal is going to court to overturn a 31-year-old court ruling that blocks public access to Medicare records containing evidence of fraud. Dow Jones & Co. filed papers in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Tuesday, seeking to overturn an injunction…
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UK: Dentist hacked into fiancee’s laptop to show she was a fantasist
Nick Britten reports: A dentist loaded spyware onto his fiancee’s laptop to gather evidence against her as their relationship collapsed, a court has heard. Mark Singh was accused of “somewhat lacking in gentlemanliness” by infiltrating his former fiancee Moira Walsh’s computer. Mr Singh’s “disgraceful behaviour” landed him with legal costs or around £130,000, even though…
Ex-Minn. governor sues over body scans, pat-downs
Amy Forliti of Associated Press reports: Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction…
Lawsuit over Hilton sex tape
From New Magazine in the UK: Paris Hilton’s infamous sex tape is at the centre of a new lawsuit as porn bosses battle to keep the film away from illegal downloaders. The socialite hit headlines back in 2004 when a porn video called 1 Night in Paris surfaced on the internet. The film, which features…