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The judge ruled that the $4 billion real estate developer Larry Silverstein received in a 2007 settlement with World Trade Center insurers fully compensated him for any damages he could have claimed.
Read More »LinkedIn customers allege company hacked email accounts
The customers allege LinkedIn Corp. appropriated their identities for marketing the site without their consent by hacking into their external email accounts and downloading contacts’ addresses.
Read More »Apple iPhone’s fingerprint ID privacy questioned by senator
Al Franken, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, says the use of fingerprint identification with the iPhone 5S raises substantial privacy questions.
Tagged with: Apple Inc. iPhone
Read More »Ex-House leader DeLay’s money laundering conviction tossed
Tom DeLay was convicted in 2010 of violating campaign-finance laws requiring that corporate and individual donations be kept separate and used only for approved purposes.
Tagged with: Money Laundering
Read More »N.J. judge’s comedian job no laughing matter, court rules
Vincenzo A. Sicari may get laughs on stage from self-deprecating jokes about his sex life and his Italian family, but the New Jersey Supreme Court isn’t amused.
Read More »Employee benefits extended to gay spouse by Labor Department
Individuals in same-sex marriages will be entitled to the employer benefits of their spouse even if they live in a state that doesn’t recognize their union.
Tagged with: Labor Department same-sex marriage U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »California fuel standard doesn’t discriminate, court says
California’s low-carbon fuel standard doesn’t discriminate against Midwest ethanol producers, a federal appeals court ruled.
Read More »Facebook ‘Like’ is protected speech, Fourth Circuit says
In Wednesday’s ruling, the court said the use of the “Like” button was both “pure speech” and symbolic expression.
Tagged with: Facebook First Amendment
Read More »U.S. secret court upholds NSA phone-records spying in ruling
A U.S. court says the government has shown that the program doesn’t violate the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Read More »Ex-coach Sandusky set to argue unfair trial to appeals court
Jerry Sandusky is seeking to reverse his conviction, claiming he didn’t get a fair trial.
Tagged with: sexual abuse
Read More »Sarah Palin, Political Committee Sued Over Use of Sept. 11 Photo
The picture is of three firefighters, covered in soot, hoisting the flag while standing amid the ruins of the World Trade Center the day of the attacks.
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