Meredith Heagney reports: Fathima Rifqa Bary and her parents sat in the same courtroom yesterday, about 25 feet apart. Despite the physical proximity, a reunion between the 17-year-old Christian convert and her Muslim parents seemed miles away. At the hearing yesterday morning in Franklin County Juvenile Court, Magistrate Mary Goodrich denied the request of parents…
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Yahoo! Fails Again to Stop Lawsuit Over Nude Photos
Matthew Heller reports: An Oregon judge has refused to dismiss an unprecedented breach-of-contract lawsuit, finding that a woman can sue Yahoo! for breaking a promise to remove nude photos of her from its website. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken’s decision is the latest milestone in a four-year-old case which she had previously dismissed in November…
Canada’s top court transforms press freedom with new libel defense
Kirk Makin reports: The Supreme Court of Canada transformed the country’s libel laws Tuesday with a pair of decisions that proponents say will expand the boundaries of free speech. The court ruled that libel lawsuits will rarely succeed against journalists who act responsibly in reporting their stories when those stories are in the public interest….
Former Jefferson Parish Assistant District Attorney Sentenced for Unauthorized Access to Information by Use of a Computer
As a follow-up to a breach reported in September, the Department of Justice has issued the following press release: PERRY BOOTH, IV, age 44, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court by the Honorable Helen G. Berrigan to two (2) years probation and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine for Unauthorized…