The Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland ruled Friday that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) violated the law in February 2009 when it ordered UBS to disclose information to the US on more than 250 of the bank’s clients. FINMA issued the order after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) accused UBS of assisting…
Category: Court
Order to Shut Down Websites Critical of Apex Technology Group is Dangerous and Wrong
Kurt Opsahl of EFF writes: Over the holidays, a New Jersey court issued an order requiring upstream providers to shut down three anti-H1-B websites that is deeply dangerous and wrong. The order not only tries to remove allegedly defamatory messages but also requires a complete shutdown of the websites and even purports to require the…
OH: Ninety-Month Sentence for Man Who E-Mailed Threats to a Columbus Company, Florida Legislator
Kyle Jeffrey Tschiegg, 39, of Sarasota, Florida was sentenced in United States District Court here today to 90 months’ imprisonment for e-mailing threats, including threats to cause a candidate to drop out of a race for statewide office in Florida; hacking into e-mail accounts of individuals and companies; and using stolen identity information to commit…
Ca: Suit alleges secret sex tapes
Jane Seyd reports: A West Vancouver man is suing his former lover — a North Vancouver teacher — for making a secret sex tape of them, and then showing it to her ex-husband, who then brutally beat the boyfriend in his own home. In a civil lawsuit, filed in B.C. Supreme Court Dec. 29, the…