More than 100 Milwaukee police officers hit the streets shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday in Metcalfe Park and neighborhoods nearby in a blitz designed to restore order to an area of the city that has seen a major increase in shootings.
“Your job is to turn this neighborhood back to its residents,” Police Chief Ed Flynn told the officers during a police roll call at N. 28th and W.
Five suspects from the 9/11 attacks will be prosecuted in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Each of the men is accused of planning and implementing the attacks on American citizens on that day. If convicted, the death penalty will be applied for the first time by the military since 1961. Multiple charges will be filed against Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. These five men are being held at the naval base prison on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and will face trial there rather than within the United States.
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Attorney Irving Picard reached a setback in its 6.8 billion dollar case against JPMorgan. A federal judge ruled that the case could be moved out of bankruptcy court and into a federal district court. Picard has been litigating against banks and investors that he claims enabled Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Attorney John Savarese representing JPMorgan says that the case amounts to a “back-door class action suit.”
The Sacramento Bee reported this week that the California Environmental Protection Agency will move forward with the installation of additional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at its headquarters in Sacramento after an employee suffered cardiac arrest last week and a union grievance was filed.
Cal EPA had been hesitant to approve the installation of addition AEDs because of concerns about liability. The only AED in the building when an employee’s heart stopped beating last week was on the bottom floor of the 25-story building.
The article is about a music file sharing case in court. It describes the case and reports that the jury verdict of $1.5 million was reduced to $54,000 as an award to the plaintiffs. The details about the case are discussed in the article along with the name of the wrong doer who is described as a first-time willful, consumer infringer.
Read the full article here: Federal judge reduces $1.5 million jury verdict in music file-sharing case
The United States Supreme court has rejected the lawsuit filed by Abdullah al-Kidd, a U.S. citizen who became a victim of wrongful arrest and detention by the U.S. officials for 16 days. The jury said that Attorney General John Ashcroft along with other officials cannot be held responsible for the wrongful arrest. Al-Kidd was tortured in jail for many days by U.S officials but was never charged or called to testify in court.
On June 1, 2011, the New York state Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, filed a complaint against the federal government for failing to investigate the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on the Delaware River basin. A group called the Delaware River Basin Commission wants to develop natural gas resources in the area by use of fracking, and their proposal to do was approved by the federal government. The practice of fracking is controversial due to concerns about pollution.