Steve Schwaid, Director of News and Digital Content for CBS Atlanta has published an unabashed apology for the station’s poor taste in airing a video yesterday as part of its coverage of the arrest of Lishan Wang for shooting a Yale University doctor. That story did not appear on PogoWasRight.org, as it was not a…
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Without Scalia, whither anonymity?
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog has a recap of oral arguments in John Doe No. 1 v. Reed, the case where petition signers want their names kept private: Justice Antonin Scalia, using history, sarcasm and political taunts, laid down a barrage of objections Wednesday to a plea that the Supreme Court create a new constitutional right…
Apple asked for ‘lost’ iPhone criminal probe (update 9)
Mary Duan reports: The criminal investigation into the purported theft of an apparent iPhone prototype came at the request of Apple Inc., officials said Tuesday. Investigators said they have identified and interviewed the person who took the phone from the Gourmet Haus Staudt on March 18 after it was left there by Apple engineer Gray…
Women’s Clothing Retailer Talbots and its Telemarketer to Pay Total of $161,000 for Violating FTC’s Robocall ‘Opt-Out’ Requirements
Women’s clothing retailer Talbots and its California marketing company have agreed to pay penalties totaling $161,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they illegally delivered prerecorded “robocalls” that failed to give consumers proper notice of their right to opt out of receiving telemarketing calls. Talbots operates stores in 587 locations in 47 states, the…