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California appeals court allows publication of courtroom photos

donal brown August 10, 2010

The California Court of Appeal ordered a Superior Court judge to reverse her ban barring the Los Angeles Times from publishing the courtroom photos of a murder suspect. -db Los Angeles Times August 9, 2010 By Andrew Blankstein The California Court of Appeal ordered a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Monday to abandon her order barring the Los Angeles Times from publishing images of a man accused of a quadruple homicide or show a

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Texas cities’ online checkbooks let residents see where tax dollars are going

FAC August 9, 2010

Cities across Texas are starting to open their books to the public by posting their check registers online. The Dallas Morning News August 9, 2010 By Ian McCann Open government advocates applaud the trend, though they note that in many cases the way the information is provided makes it difficult for the public to scour the books. “It is still too early to tell the effectiveness because it’s so new,” said Keith Elkins, executive director

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Lawyer: Finance firms’ suit not free-speech attack

FAC August 9, 2010

A ruling forcing a website to delay releasing the research findings of financial firms is not an attack on free speech and would not lead to widespread attacks on the media, a lawyer for financial companies that sued the website told federal appeals court judges Friday. AP August 9, 2010 By  Larry Neumeister NEW YORK —Attorney Bruce Rich told a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that several financial services firms

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California appeals court upholds conviction for fake e-mails

donal brown August 9, 2010

A California appeals court showed little sympathy for a woman who sent fake e-mails to herself in an attempt to influence a court proceeding in a family law dispute. -db Technology & Marketing Law Blog August 08, 2010 By Venkat People v. Heeter, B213696 (Cal. Ct. App.) (Aug. 2, 2010) Background: In a criminal prosecution stemming from false evidence used in a family law dispute, a defendant was convicted of sending fake emails to herself

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Great Britain: Oil firms may sue for false rumors on websites

donal brown August 9, 2010

Two small British oil firms say they are not after legitimate anonymous postings but want to rein in postings on private investor websites that contain “calculated lies”  that manipulate share prices. -db Yahoo! News August 9, 2010 By Myles Neligan and Rhys Jones (Reuters) Two small British oil firms on Monday said they were considering legal action against individuals they accuse of spreading false rumours about them on popular private investor websites. Nighthawk Energy and

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