The U.S. and Switzerland need at least five more days to negotiate settlement of a Justice Department lawsuit against UBS AG seeking the names of Americans suspected of evading taxes through 52,000 secret Swiss accounts. U.S. District Judge Alan Gold in Miami today agreed to a request by Justice Department attorney Stuart Gibson to reschedule…
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Sexting news story leads to lawsuit
Hearst Television and WLWT Channel 5 defamed a woman and invaded her privacy by repeatedly showing her picture and name on sexually suggestive stories and Internet postings featuring obscene cell phone “sexting,” she claims in Hamilton County Court. “Sexting refers to the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically between cell phones,” according…
WA AG sides with Boeing on worker privacy
A worker-privacy bill that is slated to become a major point of contention between Boeing and big labor just go thumbs down from the state’s lawyer. Big labor wants a state law that would prohibit employers from forcing employees to sit in on meetings where union issues are discussed. Big business — which in Washington…
Prosecutor denies violating rights in ID probe
Colorado authorities say they did not violate anyone’s privacy rights when they seized thousands of tax documents to investigate undocumented immigrants for identity theft. In a late Monday filing, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cook also said a judge erred in halting the probe. Read more from the Associated Press via…