Courthouse News Service January 31, 2011 By Ryan Abbott A trade group of for-profit colleges is filing a Freedom of Information Act complaint for documents it says will show that the Department of Education leaked documents of a critical GAO report to investors who then short-sold their stock in the colleges. -db
Courthouse News Service January 28, 2011 By Chie Akiba A class action suit is pending that accuses Intelius of publishing false criminal records through its Date Check app. -db
The Baltimore Sun January 29, 2011 By Mary Gail Hare A federal district judge found a Baltimore law unconstitutional for requiring faith-based pregnancy counseling centers to post signs announcing that they don’t promote abortions or birth control. -db
A Texas congresswoman had introduced a bill to make it a crime to display nooses to intimidate or harass others. -db First Amendment Center January 28, 2011 By David L. Hudson Jr. For the fourth straight year, a congresswoman from Texas has introduced a bill that would criminalize the display of nooses with the intent to intimidate or harass others. Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee introduced the Noose Hate Crime Act of 2011, H.R. 221,
The New York Times January 28, 2011 By Eric Lipton Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California wants to promote transparency by collecting the names of citizens requesting copies of federal government documents, but while ordinarily embracing transparency and Issa’s goal of making agencies respond fairly and expediently, civil libertarians are worried that the information could be used against the citizens making the requests. -db