Detours and Frolics: Week of 5/11
Detours and Frolics: Week of 5/11
If you can pry yourself away from your outlines and would like a brief distraction, here's some recent legal news and miscellany of note:
- The 2d Circuit ruled that bulk data collection by the NSA was not authorized by the Patriot Act (Wired)
- A federal judge dismissed a Nebraska woman's case against "all homosexuals" (Omaha.com)
- Manny Pacquiao has been sued for failing to disclose a shoulder injury prior to his May 2 fight with Floyd Mayweather (NPR)
- A fellow named Reverend Billy attempted to exorcise King & Spalding from it's London office (Above the Law)
- A dead Greek man was sentenced to six months in jail, though the sentence was later suspended (Lowering the Bar)
Modified on December 20, 2024