«Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of Free Press»: With Gawker recently departed, this story about Hulk Hogan and
his trial against the website has the promise to engage the role of media when going up against money.
Not exact matches
In a paper titled «Governing Seasteads: An Outline of the Options,» published on the Seasteading Institute's
website, research associate Brad Taylor argues that «attempting to anticipate concrete rules is pointless and
against the spirit of seasteading, since we will only learn what works through
trial and error.»
Combine that with huge profit - seeking pharmaceutical corporations, fly - by - night supplement companies that have active lawsuits being filed
against them for fraud, millions of dollars in advertising and promotions on TV and the internet targeting vulnerable people, and endless layers of
websites full of contradictory information about scientific
trials, clinical tests, and potentially bogus health promises, and it's no wonder why people end up confused and frustrated.
Terrie Best points to a
website, www.Fija.org (Fully Informed Jury Association) where the public is encouraged to read about jury nullification, its history and why our forefathers set up the jury of twelve peers
trial system in order to protect
against tyranny of government.
I see there is a recent 304 paragraph decision in B.C. — Newman et al v. Halstead et al, 2006 BCSC 65 — in which the court awarded damages totalling $ 681,000
against an individual defendant (who did not appear at the
trial, hence there was no defence per se) for her liability in making defamatory statements on her
website, chat rooms and email about various teachers in which she made allegations of misconduct and allegations that the School Board mishandled or covered up this activity.