The papers, made public last
week by a federal court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provide a window into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe of what would amount to the largest collection of stolen user names and passwords.
The statement came one day after ScienceInsider reported that New York Medical College (NYMC) in Valhalla, New York, would examine a researcher who, according to internal documents released last
week by a federal court in California, put his name on a 2000 paper partially ghostwritten by employees at Monsanto, the giant agricultural chemicals company based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Not exact matches
His order was blocked
by a
federal judge — which the Supreme
Court declined to reconsider last
week, effectively keeping the program running.
«Suffice to say, I had serious misgivings, which I think have been confirmed
by the fact that he pled guilty to a felony in
federal court,» Christie said at a press conference last
week.
A decision
by a
federal appeals
court this
week dealt another blow to supporters of an Obama - era rule intended to protect retirement savers.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan revealed in
court papers Friday that Cohen, whose office and residences were raided
by the FBI last
week, has been under investigation for months.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, in his last
week on the job, is taking the government to
court in a bid to have Ottawa release information about the impacts on
federal jobs and services from $ 5.2 billion in cuts announced in last year's budget.Photo
by Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press / Files
In a filing submitted to
federal Bankruptcy
Court last week, attorneys for Digital First signaled the company's intention to bid by requesting that the court push back the deadline to submit initial bids for Freedom's assets from Friday to Feb
Court last
week, attorneys for Digital First signaled the company's intention to bid
by requesting that the
court push back the deadline to submit initial bids for Freedom's assets from Friday to Feb
court push back the deadline to submit initial bids for Freedom's assets from Friday to Feb. 12.
Los Angeles Times: Rabbi who refused to testify freed after seven months in prison A Brooklyn orthodox rabbi who was jailed after refusing to answer questions before a
federal grand jury, saying his religion forbid him from testifying against other Jews, was ordered freed this
week by a district
court judge in Los Angeles, the rabbi's attorney said.
The case was subsequently removed
by the defendants to
federal court and about three
weeks ago it was voluntarily dismissed
by Mr. Smith.
The form 48 contempt suit was filed at the
Federal High
Court, Lagos last
week by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumui «following the service on Mr Malami and Alhaji Idris of the certified true copy of the judgment of 24 March 2016
by Justice Muhammed Idris.»
The panel charged with redrawing the Albany County political map struck down
by a
federal judge last
week will meet Tuesday for the first time — two
weeks before a
court - ordered deadline to draft new lines that don't dilute minority voting power.
But between Aug. 17, when a
federal district
court judge in Albany revived Pidot's candidacy
by ordering the new election, and the appellate
court's overruling of the district
court two
weeks ago, Martins and Pidot raised and spent money.
On this
week's Gazette: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 2015 corruption conviction has been overturned
by a
federal appeals
court, the city of Albany partners with the Nature Conservancy on a carbon agreement and we speak with a Democrat challenging Republican Congressman Elise Stefanik of New York's 21st District.
New York Republicans are preparing to file a lawsuit in
federal court this
week that would force Democratic Gov. David Paterson to call a special election for the seat vacated
by former Rep. Eric Massa (D - N.Y.).
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of
Federal High
Court 6 then adjourned the case to Wednesday last week for ruling on the two issues being sought by both prosecution and defence but the court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges by the National Judicial Institute (
Court 6 then adjourned the case to Wednesday last
week for ruling on the two issues being sought
by both prosecution and defence but the
court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges by the National Judicial Institute (
court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges
by the National Judicial Institute (NJI).
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed 14 charges against a
Federal High
Court judge, Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, who was cleared and reinstated
by the National Judicial Council last
week.
SILVER was sentenced in Manhattan
federal court by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni who also presided over the five -
week jury trial.
The
Federal High
Court sitting in Awka presided over
by Justice Muhammed Salihu, Friday, set aside the interim order made on Monday last
week, which directed...
When Manhattan's
federal appeals
court vacated Silver's corruption conviction last
week, it left open the door to a new trial
by unanimously rejecting Silver's claim that the feds didn't present enough evidence to prove he took «pay - to - play» kickbacks.
According to recently unsealed NY state
court documents, Rechnitz was a recruiter for a $ 70 million Ponzi scheme involving Jason Nissen, a former math teacher busted last
week and charged
by Manhattan
federal prosecutors with duping investors of his wholesale ticket business.
The Manhattan
federal court class - action, filed
by a former waiter this
week, alleges the famously snooty French eatery and its owner Marco Maccioni, son of founder Sirrio Maccioni, snub state labor laws.
The Department of Environmental Conservation violated
federal law
by allowing manure control plans to be certified
by the same private experts hired
by farmers to craft the plans, and
by keeping plans confidential from the public, according to a ruling in Albany this
week by Acting State Supreme
Court Justice David Weinstein.
The campaign will be aided
by a
federal court ruling last
week that said donors can contribute unlimited sums to Super PACs after tossing out New York's $ 150,000 limit on individual contributions.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's one - time top adviser Joseph Percoco was convicted Tuesday on three counts of soliciting and taking bribes
by a Manhattan
federal court jury after an eight -
week trial.
In
court papers filed last
week,
federal prosecutors say Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota repeatedly protected Walsh from several investigations
by County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco, a former protégé of Walsh's.
He said that notwithstanding that «the motion for stay of execution of the judgment of the Honourable Justice Nnamdi Dimgba (of the
Federal High
Court in Abuja) delivered last
week in the case of Senator Ovie Omo - Agege v The Senate has not been heard and determined
by the
Federal High
Court, the Senate resolved yesterday to comply with the terms of the judgment».
«Thus, in a press statement credited to the National Assembly last
week, it was reported that «The
Federal High
Court has ruled that the National Assembly has the power to increase or review upward the budget estimates laid before it
by the executive».
One
week after they were granted bail
by a
Federal High
Court in Abuja, a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibola and his wife, Stella, are yet to regain their freedom from Kuje Prison, findings have shown.
Some biomedical research watchers are feeling blindsided
by a
federal appeals
court decision last
week that reversed a lower
court's rejection of a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration's stem cell policy.
A panel of judges from the U.S. Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals is expected to rule this
week on whether a temporary halt placed on the order
by a
federal district judge should be kept in place.
Last
week, Marco Antonio Bogaski was found guilty
by the First
Federal Court of Mato Grosso of illegally extracting mahogany from the Guapore Valley Indian reserve.
Jian - Yun Dong of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston was named in two
federal indictments filed 5 months ago and released this
week by the U.S. district
court in Charleston.
Australia's Full
Federal Court this week began proceedings in an appeal of an earlier decision that upheld the validity of breast cancer diagnostic tests developed by Myriad Genetics — the same tests that were the subject of oral argument before the U.S. high court earlier this
Court this
week began proceedings in an appeal of an earlier decision that upheld the validity of breast cancer diagnostic tests developed
by Myriad Genetics — the same tests that were the subject of oral argument before the U.S. high
court earlier this
court earlier this
week.
The U.S. Supreme
Court last week let stand a lower - court decision finding that Arizona school districts could be sued for damages in federal court, in a case brought by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to stud
Court last
week let stand a lower -
court decision finding that Arizona school districts could be sued for damages in federal court, in a case brought by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to stud
court decision finding that Arizona school districts could be sued for damages in
federal court, in a case brought by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to stud
court, in a case brought
by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to students.
Washington — The U.S. Supreme
Court last week agreed to review a federal appeals court's nullification of the agency - fee provisions of the contract negotiated in 1982 by the Chicago Board of Education and the city's local chapter of the American Federation of Teac
Court last
week agreed to review a
federal appeals
court's nullification of the agency - fee provisions of the contract negotiated in 1982 by the Chicago Board of Education and the city's local chapter of the American Federation of Teac
court's nullification of the agency - fee provisions of the contract negotiated in 1982
by the Chicago Board of Education and the city's local chapter of the American Federation of Teachers.
Last
week, the Viennese nonprofit Archiv Franz West accused the Gagosian of damaging the late artist's legacy
by planning to use «unauthorized» versions of his work in the exhibition, according to a Manhattan
Federal Court lawsuit.
It was an unusual intervention
by the Supreme
Court, given that a powerful appeals court had just weeks ago turned down a request by dozens of states and their allies in the fossil fuel industries to impose a stay on the new federal regula
Court, given that a powerful appeals
court had just weeks ago turned down a request by dozens of states and their allies in the fossil fuel industries to impose a stay on the new federal regula
court had just
weeks ago turned down a request
by dozens of states and their allies in the fossil fuel industries to impose a stay on the new
federal regulation.
A simple search of published
court decisions shows that Wikipedia is frequently cited by judges around the country, involving serious issues and the bizarre — such as a 2005 tax case before the Tennessee Court of Appeals concerning the definition of «beverage» that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, just this week, a case in Federal District Court in Florida that involved the term «booty music» as played during a wet T - shirt con
court decisions shows that Wikipedia is frequently cited
by judges around the country, involving serious issues and the bizarre — such as a 2005 tax case before the Tennessee
Court of Appeals concerning the definition of «beverage» that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, just this week, a case in Federal District Court in Florida that involved the term «booty music» as played during a wet T - shirt con
Court of Appeals concerning the definition of «beverage» that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, just this
week, a case in
Federal District
Court in Florida that involved the term «booty music» as played during a wet T - shirt con
Court in Florida that involved the term «booty music» as played during a wet T - shirt contest.
Fastcase released 40 volumes in its first
week, with over 300 more
by the end of their first month, including advance sheets for each state,
federal circuit, and U.S. Supreme
Court.
The case argued before before the high
court this
week, Altria Group v. Good, raises the question of whether smokers» state - law claims against tobacco giant Phillip Morris are preempted
by federal law.
Litigation Department Co-Chair David Lender and Antitrust Litigation partner Eric Hochstadt have been named «Litigators of the
Week»
by both The AmLaw Litigation Daily and Global Competition Review for securing a complete defense jury verdict for C&S Wholesale Grocers following nine days of trial in an antitrust class action in Minnesota
federal court.
Most significant has been last
week's decision
by Justice Russel Zinn of the
Federal Court in Construction and Specialized Workers» Union, Local 1611 v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration).
Defended pharmaceutical manufacturer against breach of contract and fraud claims asserted
by a drug broker in Ohio
federal court that settled after one
week of trial.
By: Jessie K. Reider and Amanda T. Alameddine Last
week, a
federal court ruled that mandatory arbitration provisions in lengthy mobile application Terms of -LSB-...]
The Georgia Supreme
Court issued a major decision last
week in Moreland v. Austin which effects Georgia car accident victims
by holding that HIPAA, the
Federal law protecting the privacy of your medical records, preempts the Georgia State law saying that your doctors can talk to the defense attorney without your knowledge.
In U.S. v. Lawson, on the other hand, the
federal Fourth Circuit addressed at length the reliability concerns presented
by reliance on Wikipedia.32 The issue arose when, despite the trial
court's explicit instruction not to conduct research on the internet or otherwise, a juror reviewed, during deliberations, a Wikipedia definition of an element of the crime with which the defendant was charged.33 The juror no longer had the original Wikipedia entry but obtained a printout two
weeks later in anticipation of his appearance before the
court on complaints of juror misconduct.
There was an amusing
Federal Court of Canada decision last
week covered today
by The Star.
After a four
week trial and a detailed analysis of the evidence presented
by both Access Copyright and York University, the
Federal Court found that despite York's claims, York did not have the licences or permissions to copy most of the works it used.
The
Federal Court decision released this
week (in French only) said that the government's assumption that national security interests would be compromised
by individual rights was erroneous.