Two freedom of information decisions, one in the Federal Court, the other by the Queensland Information Commissioner went against Dr Mohamed Haneef recently, adding to the mixed FOI record of attempts to access documents concerning his detention and cancellation of visa in 2007. The fact that he has ...

This gent certainly had the element of surprise on his side. The wannabe car thief was not prepared for this contingency [per The Daily Telegraph] ... Russell Stuart, 51, was asleep in his home in Dymchurch, Kent, when he heard his Peugeot 405 being started up in his driveway in the early hours o ...

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Pfizer Inc., et al.v. Mylan Inc. et al. 1:10-cv-06463; filed August 20, 2010 in the Southern District of New York • Plaintiffs: Pfizer Inc.; Pfizer Products Inc.; C.P. Pharmaceuticals ...

The information leaked to EurActiv remains the main basis for the public discussion about the communication ‘revolution’ planned by commissioner Viviane Reding for the European Commission, but the information is far from complete. The College of commissioners has discussed Reding’s communication pr ...

56% of lawyers personally maintain a presence in an online community/social network such as Facebook, LinkedIn, LawLink, or Legal OnRamp. This compares with 43% in the 2009 and 15% in the 2008. Such are the findings of the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center Survey of ABA ...

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. v. Whirlpool Corp., 2010 WL 3397358 (N.D. Ill.)Previous reporting in this case that is exploring the increasing role of materiality in false advertising cases. Whirlpool moved to exclude LG’s damages expert Mohan Rao and portions of the rebuttal expert report of LG’s ...

Yes. I'm going to vote yes to re-legalize marijuana. I mean, c'mon, seriously. We've got a chance with this initiative to take a bite out of a propaganda and law-enforcement campaign that kills and otherwise wrecks the lives of millions, costs billions to pretend that "progress" is being made, corr ...

By The Canadian Press CALEDON, Ont. – A week after an Ontario nurse went missing, human remains were discovered east of Orangeville, Ont., but police have not confirmed if they are those of Sonia Varaschin. “The coroner has attended the scene and has confirmed that the remains are huma ...

Why do we do it? How do we represent someone when we know they are guilty? This is The Question that criminal defense lawyers are asked to respond to time and again, at cocktail parties, family gatherings, walking down the street - ironically, The Question comes to me most often from other attorne ...

Paul Allen made his bundle off Microsoft as a co-founder. He then spent decades frittering money on creating tech companies that yielded little but patents. That is no small success. As any entrepreneur (or venture capitalist) can tell you, commercialization of new technology is a gauntlet whic ...