According to a report in The Chronicle-Telegram, Kurt Oehlstrom Sr., and his wife, Stephanie Oehlstrom, accepted a plea deal Thursday to misdemeanor charges for hacking into an Amherst police dispatcher’s personal e-mail account in 2006. Oehstrom was an Amherst police officer at the time. They both pleaded guilty to attempted unauthorized use of property, which…
Category: Court
Court: Homeland security can’t rely on God
Courthouse News posted an interesting court case in Kentucky. Following 9/11, the Kentucky legislature created the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. The provisions of the statute required certain statements to be posted publicly, including a provision to “[p]ublicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the…
ABA files suit over FTC Red Flags Rule
The American Bar Association filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Trade Commission, seeking an injunction to block the application of the so-called Red Flags Rule to practicing lawyers. As the BLT previously reported, the bar association has been lobbying for months to exempt lawyers from…
White House sued over free speech violations in healthcare battle
The Office of the President and other White House officials are defendants in a free speech lawsuit filed by a prominent physician group, and a non-profit advocate for inner-city poor, according to a new press release. The White House has “unlawfully collected information on political speech,” thereby illegally using the power of the White House…