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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has expressed concern about the government’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records. The judges are questioning whether it could be extended to bank and credit card records as well. Questions ...
Read More »Man shot, killed after opening fire at NY court
MIDDLETOWN — A man killed in a gunfight with security officers at a courthouse Wednesday was angry at the city mayor and facing charges he menaced the mayor’s daughter last year, according to authorities and court documents. Timothy Mulqueen, of ...
Read More »High court undoes Scalia’s pro-tobacco order
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia exercised a rarely used power last fall to let Philip Morris USA and three other big tobacco companies delay making multimillion-dollar payments for a program to help people quit smoking.
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Read More »Supreme Court: E-Verify mandate not preempted by federal law
A state law imposing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and mandating the use of the federal E-Verify database is not preempted by federal immigration law, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting.
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Read More »Appropriation art back in court
The latest in a line of decisions interpreting what constitutes fair use under copyright law came from the Southern District of New York in March in the case of Cariou v. Prince and is now on appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Read More »What’s in a title? You be the judge
Judges judge and justices administer justice. Judges may also administer justice while justices judge. And which one you call the person wearing the robe behind the bench in court won’t matter much to most, but there is a difference.
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Read More »Court to focus on veterans issues
CENTRAL ISLIP — Officials on eastern Long Island are opening a special court dedicated to legal problems affecting veterans. Congressman Steve Israel and others were expected to attend the formal dedication ...
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Read More »iPad’s day in court
Apple’s tablet computer hasn’t even been on the market a month, but a few lawyers are already putting it through its paces. Weighing in at only 1.5 pounds, the iPad has lawyers raving ...
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