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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: court order

court order stories: 6 news summaries

Brit Court Serves
Injunction Via Twitter

Order means days of spoof Twitter accounts may be numbered

Oct 2, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's High Court has delivered what's believed to be the first-ever injunction served via Twitter. An anonymous Twitter user who created a spoof account called "Blaney's Blarney" using the photo of lawyer and right-wing blogger Donal Blaney has been sent a message via the site telling him to stop... More »

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social networking • blogger • Britain • Twitter • court order • microblogging

(Newser) - A Minnesota judge ordered today that a teen with cancer must receive an X-ray despite his family’s religious views, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “Daniel Hauser is a child in need of protection,” the judge said, citing state law requiring parents to provide “medically necessary care.... More »

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cancer • lymphoma • Minnesota • Hodgkin's disease • court order • Daniel Hauser • religious beliefs

Bank of America Must
Name Bonus Execs

Court demands firm spills

Mar 19, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - This doesn’t bode well for AIG: A judge ruled yesterday that Bank of America must identify the Merrill Lynch executives who received $3.6 billion in bonuses ahead of the banks’ merger, reports the Wall Street Journal. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sought disclosure as part of his... More »

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Bank of America • Merrill Lynch • court • Andrew Cuomo • bonuses • court order • fiscal crisis • Ken Lewis

White House Ordered to Find Missing Emails

Judge issues last-minute bid to archive Iraq letters

Jan 14, 09 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - As current White House employees pack their bags, a federal judge today ordered the president's executive office to find and properly archive missing e-mails written by senior Bush appointees. At issue are communications that date to the period between 2003 and 2005, specifically documents that relate to the invasion of... More »

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Bush administration • Cabinet • archive • National Archives • missing e-mails • George W. Bush • court order

 Citi Suit 
 Blocks Wells' 
 Wachovia Deal 

Court order says bank must only deal with Citigroup, for now

Oct 5, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a victory for Citigroup, a New York Supreme Court judge has halted a deal by Wells Fargo to buy Wachovia until further notice, announced Citi executives. The decision prolongs Wachovia’s earlier agreement to deal only with Citigroup as it battles with Wells Fargo to purchase the sixth-biggest US... More »

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Citigroup • merger • Wachovia • Wells Fargo • negotiations • court order • financial crisis

 Thai Protests 
 Trigger Web Crackdown 

After violent protests, state hopes to quash 400 sites that threaten 'national security'

Sep 3, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thai authorities are trying to shutter 400 websites, the Guardian reports, in the wake of anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok that led the prime minister to declare martial law yesterday. The move targeted sites that were said to have “disturbed the peaceful social order and morality of the people,... More »

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national security • Thailand • state of emergency • website • martial law • Internet censorship • Thai protesters • court order

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