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Panel Considers DUI, Transgender Crimes
Another bill, SB180, would expand Nevada's hate crimes laws to include crimes against transgender people. The bills are among several to be considered by the committee during a work session Thursday in Carson City.
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:54A
Reding Unveils EU Data Protection Law Update
Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, has warned that the EU will not hesitate to take legal action against websites and services that fail to uphold data privacy rules, as the European Commission
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:54A
Man who set Reservoir Road fire files legal claim against fire departments
The notice of claim could pave the way for a lawsuit later on. "I'm disappointed for our firefighters," said Loveland Fire Chief Randy Mirowski. "My concern for them is they're going to receive this in a very negative way and in some way a reflection
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:54A
Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee on DISH Network (DISH): Dish-ing Out Some Cash
Canaccord analyst says, "Earlier this week, Judge Robert E. Gerber of the US Bankruptcy Court approved a plan for Dish Network to pay $1.4 billion to DBSD stakeholders, allowing DBSD to emerge from bankruptcy with Dish taking full control of DBSD,
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:53A
Reding seeks stricter privacy on social network sites
Under the proposals, strict privacy settings would be the default option when users sign up to a social networking site or open an account with internet search engines such as Google. National data protection authorities would be given the power to
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:52A
New major amendments to criminal legislation finalized - Medvedev
Medvedev offered at the meeting “to exchange finally the views on separate kinds of crimes envisaged in the Criminal Code and the approaches to handing down the sentences and improving the criminal law policy.” “Our criminal policy should be modern and
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:52A
Sony enters into Paypal account of Geohot
After allowing the company to collect the IP addresses of American Internet users have visited the site of the hacker, the federal judge in San Francisco now allows the Japanese company to consult the PayPal account (online payment service) of GeoHot.
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:52A
Yukos whistle blower stands down as press secretary
She had famously claimed that trial judge Viktor Danilkin was pressured into giving a pre-approved verdict in the second Yukos case at the end of last year. But intriguingly Vasilieva's role was identified as a temporary position – a detail which had
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:51A
Alabama's Biggest County Teeters Closer To Financial Crisis
The county is now reeling towards what could be the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. County officials had recently projected an optimistic outlook for Jefferson's financial future. Reuters reported last week that the county was starting to
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:51A
Authorities Investigating Possible Bank Manipulation Of ARM Index
The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission as well as Japanese and British regulators are investigating if some banks intentionally provided inaccurate data to the British Bankers Association between 2006 and 2008 in an attempt to
Updated: 03/17/2011 10:51A
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