MetaFilter posts tagged with legal and brokenlink

malvo case ehxibits

hama7 — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:18:16 -0800

Scribbling for jihad. Malvo case: defendant's trial exhibits.

Job 9:12

the fire you left me — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:38:22 -0800

World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Government Procurement. "International law? I better call my lawyer. I don't know what you're talking about, about international law," the president said.

attorney general of NY investigates Verisign

sixtwenty3dc — Mon, 05 May 2003 16:46:51 -0800

This short bit of info from the lawyers who apparently are going to be investigating verisign for the New York Attorney General. many a person seems to have had issues with verisign. those in NY who have had problems with are encouraged to speak up.

Lynne Cheney parody draws White House ire

turbanhead — Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:13:35 -0800

Lynne Cheney parody draws White House ire An Internet lampoon of Vice President Dick Cheney's wife is no laughing matter at the White House, which has asked a satirist to remove pictures of her - complete with red clown noses - from his Web site. But the New York Civil Liberties Union struck back Wednesday on behalf of John A. Wooden, 31, threatening a lawsuit to protect his First Amendment rights to parody the White House and Bush officials on his site, whitehouse.org.

Journalist Bill Wyman threatened with legal action for having same name as Rolling Stones member

stevenf — Sun, 17 Nov 2002 13:08:44 -0800

Journalist Bill Wyman threatened with legal action for having same name as Rolling Stones member. Via Google News.

kingmissile — Tue, 21 May 2002 01:30:09 -0800

Good news! It's ok to "steal" golf balls again.

boltman — Wed, 08 May 2002 00:29:05 -0800

In a major policy reversal, the Justice Department has officially endorsed an individual right to bear arms. In doing so, the Justice Department has abandoned its long-held position that the second amendment is limited in scope to protecting militia activities. Does this mean the Justice Department will stop enforcing federal laws that it sees as violating the 2nd amendemnt? Should it? If there is a individual right to bear arms, how far should it extend?

milnak — Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:11:53 -0800

Is the GPL a binding legal contract? If so, who would be able to (and could afford to) bring necessary legal action against groups who choose to ignore the terms?

gluechunk — Wed, 04 Jul 2001 10:30:16 -0800

Can your own private written journal be considered obscene? A guy in Ohio is given 10 years in prison for writing fictitious tales in a 14-page journal.

dwivian — Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:47:28 -0800

Tony Blair wants to nix Double Jeopardy protection. A right that has been considered vital since the days of the Magna Carta is under threat from Labour. Blair wants to make it possible that "someone acquitted of a killing can be put on trial again if new evidence emerges". Why not just be sure of the case in the first place? This would only cause a rush to trial by unprepared prosecutors.

norm — Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:10:18 -0800

Can you buy pot online legally? That is the claim of this company. According to their site, it's against US law for customs to open any box marked as being human remains. They say they'll ship doobage from the Netherlands with a prominent "euthanized human remains" sticker on it and deliver the goods to your door. Also, if you sign up by April 20, they'll toss in a free joint.

Postroad — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:20:32 -0800

Lawyers fail to fulfill social duties Thank the good lord we do not have a similar problem in the United States!

Outlawyr — Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:54:12 -0800

Woman charged with statutory rape When laws collide. They were married too late

owillis — Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:09:01 -0800

Disney found guilty of theft? The house that Walt built loses in court to a complaint that they stole an idea. Here's the backstory to the $1.5 billion dollar lawsuit.

cCranium — Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:18:33 -0800

Man, I love Ontario. Monday afternoon, an amazingly significant court trial ruled that possession of marijuana being criminal is unconstitutional, and that new laws need to be written.

dgallo — Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:33:50 -0800

Well, it's about time that we got around to this. Imagine the freedom we have now. Also imagine the possibilities for abuse. Could a jpeg be legally binding now? We still have a long way to go, but it's a good first step...

tdecius — Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:07:57 -0800

Yahoo! is being sued. The plaintiffs claim that Yahoo!'s use of cookies violates Texas anti-stalking laws.