I want to start by mentioning an interesting blog, Recording Industry vs The People. It is a U.S. defense lawyers' chronicle of the music industry's continuing copyright lawsuits against internet music downloaders. Well worth a look.
Now, on to the headlines...
We've been admitedly slow with updates this week. Today's news posting should catch us up.
- Canada: Federal government won't appeal secrecy law ruling
- U.S. Courts: U.S. fights detainee access to attorney
- Canada: B.C. chief justice demands apology from B.C. Attorney-General
- Canada: Federal government announces plan to curb growing income-trust trend; Canadians victims of 'bait and switch' in Tory income trust plan: Ignatieff
- Canada: Arming border guards will carry hefty price tag, says Stockwell Day
- Ontario Courts: Brampton court staff `devastated' by union deal
- Ontario Courts: Dura Automotive says Ontario court recognizes US Chap 11: - All Canadian Proceedings halted by U.S. filing
- Ontario Courts: MD loses appeal of sex abuse case
- Technology Law: Battle for 'Net neutrality' arrives in Canada and could forever alter Internet
- Technology: UTube? - Company with similar-sounding website sues YouTube
- Technology: Internationalized Domain Names Roadmap — Progress and Future
- Technology: Microsoft Cracks Down on Counterfeit Software
- U.N.: U.N. Corruption Probe 'At Full Throttle'
- U.N.: U.N. Official Arrested on Bribery Charges
- Employment Law: Ineffective employer action enables workplace bullying
- Employment Law: Employee groped at Christmas party wins sexual harassment case
- Employment Law: Ex-analyst Reynolds sues ESPN for wrongful termination
- Employment Law: Seattle school bus driver fired after obscene gesture at President Bush
- U.S. Courts: U.S. "lite" tobacco ruling overturned; D.C. Circuit Blocks Ruling Against Tobacco Companies on 'Light' Cigarettes
- U.S. Courts: N.Y. Judge Cool to Injury Claims Over Spilled Coffee
- SCOTUS: Philip Morris tobacco appeal continues: $79.5 million punitive damages award to stand?
- SCOTUS: Supreme Court to Release Audiotape of Abortion Proceeding
- U.S. Courts: Judge Rules Against Libby - Memory expert not permitted
- U.S. Courts: Judge blocks Pennsylvaina town's ban on immigrants
- U.S. Courts: Music publishers say Kazaa deal reached
- U.S. Courts: Record Companies Sue Defendant's Kids
- U.S. Courts: Women Sue Over Birth Control Patch, Allege Side-Effects
- U.S. Courts: Judge to Weigh $6.5M Legal Fee in Blue Cross Class Action Settlement
- U.S. Courts: Ex-N.Y. Islanders co-owner gets prison for accounting fraud
- U.S. Election Law: Ohio Suspends Voter ID Law for Absentees
- U.S. Election Law: U.S. Attorney's Office: We're ready to investigate election fraud
- U.S.: Questions About Torture May Slow Military Trials
- U.S.: Ex-Judges: Detainee Law Unconstitutional
- Celebrity: Povich Seeks Gag Order in Sexual Harassment Case
- Oddities: Duct tape no substitute for babysitter, police say
- Oddities: 'SNL' Star Sues Over Bedbugs in Her Loft
- Oddities: Officers Sue Rapper for Defamation in his Arrest Portrayal
-Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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