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Gawker lawyers try to invoke shield law in police seizure of computers at editor’s house

donal brown April 27, 2010

The furor continues over tech blog Gizmodo’s acquisition of a next-generation iPhone which it bought from someone who found it in a bar in Redwood City. To find out how Gizmodo got the iPhone, police seized the computers of an editor for Gawker, Gizmodo’s parent company. Gawker hired a First Amendment lawyer to fight the police action. -db Legal Pad A Cal Law blog April 26, 2010 By Zusha Elinson Police seized computers from a

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Legislators introduce bill to soften impact of recent Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate campaign spending

donal brown April 26, 2010

House members have introduced a bill that would force disclosure of corporate expenditures on elections and ban foreign companies, federal contractors and bailout beneficiaries from spending on political campaigns.-db The Huffington Post April 20 2010 By Arthur Delaney Democrats hoping to blunt the impact of a recent Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate spending on campaign advertisements can now call it a bipartisan effort, at least in the House of Representatives. On Monday evening, Rep.

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California district court rules medical board correctly published information on doctor’s disciplinary action

donal brown April 26, 2010

A former doctor lost his lawsuit against the Medical Board of California for publishing information about his case after he agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine. The district Court of Appeal ruled that the board complied with California law in releasing information about a malpractice judgment against him in Orange County and the surrender, retirement, and indefinite suspension of his medical licenses in Florida, New York and Louisiana. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise April 26,

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Supreme Court to consider California law barring sales of violent video games to minors

donal brown April 26, 2010

After the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court found California’s law banning the sale of violent video games to minors a violation of the First Amendment, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court who agreed to hear the case in the next session beginning in October. State Senator Leland Yee, know for defending the First Amendment and open government, had sponsored the law. -db Joystiq Analysis April 26, 2010 By Ben Gilbert The U.S. Supreme

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California: Manager for nun’s infirmary sues after fired for whistle blowing

donal brown April 26, 2010

A manager for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Midwest Community claims she was fired for reporting that a nun who refused to supply her nursing license allegedly administrated morphine on her own authority effectively euthanizing patients. -db Courthouse News Service April 26, 2010 By Maria Dinzeo SACRAMENTO (CN) – A manager claims the Sisters of Mercy fired her for reporting well-founded suspicions that a nun took morphine and euthanized patients while working as an unlicensed

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