Black women ‘humiliated’ after being removed from Napa Valley Wine Train for volume issues
By Richardine Bartee from Atlanta Black Star Laughing while black is a crime: If you’re not familiar with Napa Valley Wine Train, it is a restored historic train that offers a scenic wine country tour in Napa, California. Doesn’t sound…
Federal Agent pleads guilty to obstruction and money laundering In Silk Road Case
By John Biggs From Techcrunch U.S. Secret Service special agent Shaun W. Bridges of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today before the U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California to obstruction and money laundering that occurred during…
Cayman Islands robbery: WB 1 suspect arrested
From RCIPS: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 5:40 AM Police responded to a report of robbery, where a 45 year old male from West Bay reported being held up by two men with a machete in the Cruz Lane area of…
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. For Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July–6 October 2015 session, the report date of Monday, 31 August, 2015 has been…
Sanctions smack down— six years later
By Jenna Greene, From The Litigation Daily Ruling on sanctions motions that have been pending for nearly six years, a federal judge in Delaware found that Rembrandt Technologies LP engaged in widespread document spoliation, unethical payments to witnesses and fraudulent…
Inherent risk of going wild
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Who’s to blame if goats, grizzlies or floods kill? Summer vacations have turned tragic this year at national parks, with visitors killed by grizzly bears and falling tree limbs, and campers sickened…
Class-action lawsuit claims 10 automakers hid keyless ignition carbon monoxide dangers that led to 13 deaths
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist At least 13 people have died because 10 major automakers concealed the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning in more than five million vehicles equipped with keyless ignitions, a new class-action lawsuit claims. Twenty-eight consumers filed…
Facebook readies for battle over biometrics
By Ross Todd, The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. will have home court advantage in a trio of privacy class actions claiming the company violated an Illinois law governing the collection of biometric data with its “tag suggestion” feature….
Could the Ashley Madison hack have been an inside job?
By Ed Silverstein, From Legaltech News ‘The tech evidence supports the assertion it was done with local access as opposed to remotely,’ says ThreatSTOP Inc. CEO Tom Byrnes Canadian authorities continue to investigate the publication of leaked personal data from…
North Dakota cops will be first in nation to use weaponized drones
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget North Dakota’s Bill 1328 was supposed to be cut and dry. “In my opinion there should be a nice, red line: drones should not be weaponized. Period,” Rep. Rick Becker (R-Bismarck), the bill’s original sponsor,…
