A New Brunswick judge has ordered a Moncton newspaper to reveal the identity of an anonymous commenter after the person’s online post was considered defamatory by its target. The court order is a part of a growing trend of judges siding with complainants and forcing media companies to turn over the names of people commenting…
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UK: Woman fined for giving workers’ information away
A woman who disclosed personal information about foreign workers who her employers supplied to other firms has been fined £250. Nicola Read, 31, of Fryslea, Dibden Purlieu, admitted breaching the Data Protection Act while working for Totton and Gosport-based Green Personnel. Read more in the Southern Daily Echo.
Lawyers Who Won NSA Spy Case Demand $2.63 Million
David Kravets reports: How much does it cost to convince a federal judge your clients were victims of President Bush’s once-secret warrantless spy program? $2.63 million. That’s the combined payment a team of eight lawyers is demanding from the government after proving their clients were illegally wiretapped under a once-secret National Security Agency spy program…
Federal Judge Finds Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
A federal judge on Thursday found the national Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The 1996 law bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage. But U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ruled that it violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution, denying benefits to one class of married people – homosexual unions – but not…