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  • September 2008

    • Great White to Pay $1M Over Deadly R.I. Stage Fire

      Associated Press  |  Sep 2, 08 5:18 PM CDT

      Great White to Pay $1M Over Deadly R.I. Stage Fire

      (AP) - The 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island has agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives. The settlement offer from Great White was revealed in court papers today. Roughly $175 million has now been offered by dozens of defendants to settle lawsuits over the blaze in February 2003 at the jammed club in Warwick. More »

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      accident  • settlement  • rock music  • fire  • accidental death  • courts  • nightclub

    • Fla. Law Changes Terms to Make Divorce Less Toxic

      Tampa Tribune  |  Sep 1, 08 7:18 AM CDT

      Fla. Law Changes Terms to Make Divorce Less Toxic

      (Newser) - Divorcing parents won't be making deals on "custody" and "visitation" in Florida in the future; a new law scrubs the terms from its legal code in a bid to reduce acrimony and give kids a better shot at continuing relationships with both parents. Starting next month, custody will be renamed “shared-parental responsibility,” and visitation becomes “time-sharing.” More »

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      children  • Florida  • divorce  • parenting  • law  • courts

  • March 2008

    • Tiffany Presses eBay to Police Forgeries

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 26, 08 8:26 AM CDT

      Tiffany Presses eBay to Police Forgeries

      (Newser) - A legal battle between Tiffany & Co and eBay could change the face of online auctioneering forever, the Wall Street Journal reports. The jeweler says eBay should be responsible for checking its millions of listings for counterfeit goods, while eBay maintains that it's up to the trademark holder to flag the fakes—especially since eBay itself never holds the items. More »

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      Internet  • eBay  • copyright infringement  • online auction  • courts  • jewelry  • counterfeit  • forgeries  • trademarks  • Tiffany

    • Serbs Storm UN's Kosovo Courthouse

      AFP  |  Mar 15, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Serbs Storm UN's Kosovo Courthouse

      (Newser) - Hundreds of Serbs smashed down gates at two United Nations-run courthouses in northern Kosovo yesterday and stormed the buildings, AFP reports. The mob, opposed to Kosovo's independence, hauled down the UN flag and hoisted the Serbian one. They clashed with UN police, pelting them with rocks and metal objects. NATO's secretary-general condemned the violence as an unacceptable provocation. More »

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      United Nations  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Kosovar independence  • courts  • Ethnic Serbs

  • November 2007

    • Socialite's Son Faces Criminal Charges

      New York Times  |  Nov 27, 07 11:25 AM CST

      Socialite's Son Faces Criminal Charges

      (Newser) - The son of the late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor has been indicted, along with a former family lawyer, the New York Times reports. The exact charges are unknown, but the case stems from years of accusations that Anthony Marshall took advantage of or defrauded his aging mother as her financial caretaker. Several transactions look fishy, and handwriting experts say some signatures on Astor’s will look forged. More »

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      courts  • Brooke Astor

    • Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

      CNN  |  Nov 21, 07 9:41 AM CST

      Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

      (Newser) - The husband of the Saudi gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail blamed one judge's vendetta—and not the Saudi judicial system itself—for her treatment "as a guilty person who committed a crime." He told CNN his wife has been a severely depressed, ill, "crushed human being" since the attack in 2006, when they were engaged. She's given up her education, and is too fragile to speak publicly. More »

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      rape  • Saudi Arabia  • courts  • Islamic Sharia law  • Saudi rape victim  • justice

    • Boy George Charged With Chaining Up Male Escort

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 13, 07 11:47 AM CST

      Boy George Charged With Chaining Up Male Escort

      (Newser) - Demonstrating endless imagination in running afoul of the law, Boy George has been charged with false imprisonment after a male escort told police the eccentric pop star chained him to the wall of his London flat. Police originally arrested the singer in April, when a 28-year-old Norwegian complained that George, 47, had grabbed and chained him after inviting him home to pose for photos. More »

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      celebrity trials  • courts  • Boy George

  • September 2007

    • Fujimori Will Be Extradited to Peru

      Reuters  |  Sep 21, 07 11:50 AM CDT

      Fujimori Will Be Extradited to Peru

      (Newser) - A Chilean court ruled today to extradite Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori to his former country to face corruption and human rights abuse charges, Reuters reports. Judges cited evidence from two massacres linked to Fujimori’s war with Maoist faction Shining Path as the key to their decision. Fujimori has been detained in Chile since late 2005. More »

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      Chile  • Peru  • extradition  • courts  • international law  • international court  • Alberto Fujimori

    • Bush's AG Pick Has History With Terror Trials

      New York Times  |  Sep 20, 07 2:08 PM CDT

      Bush's AG Pick Has History With Terror Trials

      (Newser) - Before America was paying attention, Judge Michael Mukasey tried a landmark terrorism case. The 1995-96 trial of blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, convicted with nine others of plotting a massive "day of terror" at three New York sites, forced Mukasey, now President Bush's nominee for US attorney general, to navigate issues of secrecy, security and civil liberties.  More »

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      George W. Bush  • terrorism  • Michael Mukasey  • law  • courts  • civil liberties

  • August 2007

    • Supreme Court Slays Patent Trolls

      MIT Technology Review  |  Aug 21, 07 6:38 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Slays Patent Trolls

      (Newser) - Technology Review looks at three recent Supreme Court decisions—taken together, "historic"—that crack down on "patent trolls," unscrupulous companies that file thousands of patents and just as many lawsuits, aggressively hunting for license fees. The new rulings make it harder to launch these licensing campaigns, and easier for courts to deny injunctions and patents. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • courts  • patents  • patent trolls

    • Judge May Have Sued His Own Pants Off

      Washington Post  |  Aug 8, 07 6:42 PM CDT

      Judge May Have Sued His Own Pants Off

      (Newser) - Roy Pearson, the DC judge who sued his dry cleaners for $54 million after they lost his pants, may need to start tailoring his resume. A city commission informed Pearson yesterday that his reappointment is in jeopardy, reports the Washington Post. Though the pants trial made Pearson a national laughingstock, it's only one of many questions about his record. More »

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      lawsuit  • judge  • courts  • pants  • Roy Pearson

  • July 2007

    • EU Court Protects File Sharers

      Ars Technica  |  Jul 18, 07 5:53 PM CDT

      EU Court Protects File Sharers

      (Newser) - European ISPs cannot be forced to hand over identities of illegally-downloading subscribers in copyright infringement suits, an advocate general for the EU's top court ruled today. Such information could only be procured in criminal, rather than civil, proceedings. The court most often sides with such opinions, though they are not legally binding. More »

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      European Union  • music industry  • music downloads  • courts

  • June 2007

    • Teen Sex Case Takes a Turn

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jun 11, 07 6:10 PM CDT

      Teen Sex Case Takes a Turn

      (Newser) - A judge ordered a 21-year-old Georgia man freed from prison today, ruling that his 10-year sentence for aggravated child molestation—receiving consensual oral sex from a 15-year-old when he was 17—was "cruel and unusual" and that keeping him incarcerated would be a "miscarriage of justice." The attorney general promptly announced his intention to appeal, stalling Genarlow Wilson's release. More »

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      Georgia  • prison  • Jimmy Carter  • courts  • child molestation  • oral sex  • Genarlow Wilson

  • March 2007

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