Elisha Strom has been sitting in Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail for two weeks. Her alleged crime? Publishing the address of an officer on the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement, JADE, task force. […] The Code of Virginia forbids publication of law-enforcement officers’ addresses or photographs with the “intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass” in §18.2-186.4. Most recently…
Category: Court
McDonald’s employee in nude pix case: dismiss complaint
In a case that started last year, Cody Hayes, a former McDonald’s employee, has responded to McDonald’s complaint that if anyone uploaded Tina Sherman’s nude pictures to the internet, it was he. According to a report in Northwest Arkansas News: Hayes’ attorney, Steven Kay, wrote in the answer that “no factual basis has been plead…
Pearl district sued over alleged Facebook incident
The family of Mandi Jackson, a Pearl High School student in Mississippi, is reportedly suing the school district for $50 million, alleging that their daughter is being shunned after a cheerleading coach read e-mails on her Facebook account two years ago and shared the emails with others. On Sept. 10, 2007, Hill allegedly asked members…
Pirate Bay facing new suit from US film giants
Disney, Universal, Warner Bros and Colombia (sic) Pictures are among more than ten major film companies behind a writ to sue Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in Stockholm District Court. The film companies demand that the court order The Pirate Bay to cease aiding the production of copies of their films and television shows….