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…
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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…
Joe’s ‘Wild’ over rape claim
You can call Joe Francis a “douche,” but don’t call him a rapist. The “Girls Gone Wild” founder is vowing to sue Gawker.com for $10 million after the Web site labeled Francis “a rapist” while crowning him the winner of its “Douche of the Decade” poll. Francis received 32 percent of the nearly 9,000 votes…
Advance Equities Sues Yahoo Over Message Board Post
Matt Bartosik writes: When a financial services company read some recent comments on an Internet chat board, their reaction was far from “Yahoo!” Advance Equities, Inc. filed suit on Monday, claiming false defamatory statements were posted on Yahoo’s financial chat board on November 9, 2009. As is the nature of a chat board, the statements…