Thomas Francis reports: A Boca Raton man has entered a guilty plea in a Kansas court to charges that he was part of a conspiracy to defraud investors across North America. The case against John Persaud started the moment that one of his firm’s junk faxes arrived in the Wichita, Kansas, office of the U.S….
Category: Court
Wikileaks Under Fire For Publication of Court-Protected Information
Chris Burke writes: Wikileaks, a whistle blower website, encourages and advertises anonymous tipsters to upload confidential documents to its site. But what if that document, or a portion of that document, were privileged by a court order? Such a scenario could be heading for a disaster with Wikileaks at the helm. Wikileaks is widely known…
Do police need warrants to search cell phones?
James Nash reports: Police may be able to take cell phones from people they arrest, but that doesn’t give them the right to scroll through call logs in search of incriminating information without a warrant, a defense attorney told the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday. Justices questioned the lawyer on whether it was necessary for police…
UK lawyer threatens Facebook, mulls action against ISPs to block defamation
The lawyer who has threatened Facebook with a defamation suit on behalf of boxing promoter Frank Warren has said that he may take action against internet service providers (ISPs) for US-published defamation. Taylor Heath said that boxer Amir Khan had considered taking action but was withdrawing any intention to act. He said that no decision…