The Associated Press reports: A federal judge yesterday blocked portions of Nebraska’s new sex-offender registry law, including provisions that sought to monitor convicted sex offenders’ computer usage and prevent them from visiting certain Web sites. Judge Richard Kopf did leave most of the law intact, saying it came close to meeting criteria set for the…
Category: Court
Taking naked pictures of sleeping teen not a crime: Swedish court
A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl’s genitals while she was sleeping. The court said that the incident was was not a punishable offense. The girl had laid down to sleep on a sofa during a New…
2nd Circuit Rejects Lawyers’ Petition for Records of Intercepted Calls
Mark Hamblett reports: The refusal of the National Security Agency to disclose whether conversations between lawyers and their clients at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility were intercepted has been upheld by a federal appeals court in Manhattan. Addressing questions of first impression, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday adopted a doctrine holding…
Pennsylvania Walmart Sued for Videotaping Employees, Customers in Bathroom
Nathalie Tadena reports: A Pennsylvania Walmart Supercenter videotaped employees and customers in a unisex bathroom, several former and current Walmart employees alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. Seven former and current employees from the Tire and Lube department at the Walmart in Easton, Pa., filed a lawsuit in county court against the Arkansas-based corporation…