A federal indictment unsealed today alleges that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a Connecticut resident who "was affiliated with Anonymous" brought down KISS band member Gene Simmons' web site last year. The felony charges allege that Poe and other unnamed co-conspirators used an open source software program to send…
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Tensions could reach a new high point today in the Facebook ownership claim lawsuit between plaintiff, convicted felon Paul Cegilia (inset), and Defendants Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. A court hearing today in Buffalo, New York is scheduled to consider no less than eight (8) motions with roughly eighty (80) pleadings…
Last month, Representative Don Young of Alaska introduced the DebtPatriots.Gov Act of 2011, which calls for the creation of a website dedicated to collecting donations to reduce the public debt of the United States. The website, which will be hosted at www.DebtPatriots.gov, will collect donations and publicly recognize the patriotism…
More lawyers are learning the hard way that courts will not grant social media discovery requests without first laying a foundation for access to the accounts and information being sought. A trial court judge on New York's Long Island recently granted two different motions to strike defense requests for social…
A federal judge approved a joint request by mobile telecoms AT&T and T-Mobile to put their $39 billion merger litigation with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division on hold. U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle signed off on the two companies' joint motion to stay proceedings in the…
I’m a little behind on this, but in September of this year, the AOC announced revisions to the Federal Rules of Evidence in the form of “re-styling.” The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules explains: “The revision is intended to make the Evidence Rules easier to read, and to clarify,…
A juror who tweeted during a murder trial, and while he and his fellow jurors deliberated, led the Arkansas Supreme Court to reverse the conviction of a 26-year-old death row inmate. While there were other factors that led the court to send the case back for a new trial, the…
From the Free Government Information Blog (by way of beSpacific) comes word that the Congressional Research Service issued a report on November 30, 2011, titled “Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective on Secrecy and Transparency.” The 19-page report briefly outlines the history of the tension between secrecy and transparency in Congress,…
Facebook is hacking Congress. But don't be alarmed. It's all legal. Really. Democratic and Republican lawmakers and their staffs are making nice on Capitol Hill this afternoon in a hackathon with Facebook engineers and software developers. Mark Zucerkberg's team is helping Senators, Representatives, and congressional staffers brush up on their…
Each year, on this fateful date, we remember the sacrifices of those we lost on December 7, 1941. In observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation honoring those patriots who gave their lives in defense of our nation during the attack on Pearl…