Informant To Be Kept Anonymous By D.C. Software Industry Trade Group
2/4/2012 The identity of an anonymous informant can be kept secret by a Washington-based software industry trade group. This was the decision handed down by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which effectively denied the enforcement of a subpoena asked for by a company which claimed that the John Doe defamed them. The […]
Farmers Consider Planting after Crackdown On Immigration
2/4/2012 It is not clear whether Alabama and Georgia farmers will experience employee shortage because of the tough new immigration laws that target undocumented workers. However, several producers say they have started to change their plans for planting and harvesting crops for this year. Several farmers have revealed that they intend to limit the […]
Recent Actions of California US Attorney Do More Harm than Good According to Lawyer
2/3/2012 The crackdowns on medical marijuana dispensaries in California recently by the four US Attorneys of the state, which resulted in the closures of several collectives, have dealt a huge blow to the legal medical pot industry. This was revealed by Chris Van Hook, a medical marijuana compliance lawyer in California and the founder […]
Porn Industry would have Difficulty in Moving out of State
2/3/2012 Threats made by porn firms to leave the state of California after the Los Angeles City Council passed a measure mandating the use of condoms in porn films might be difficult since such filming is legal in only two states, namely, New Hampshire and California. In a landmark 1988 case, a California Supreme […]
New Jersey Sports Betting Bill Signed by Gov. Christie Into Law
2/2/2012 A bill legalizing sports betting in New Jersey was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Chris Christie, but only after a federal prohibition on such type of gambling is overturned. The measure, which was just signed by Gov. Christie, had received overwhelming affirmative votes in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. The […]
NASDAQ Stock Market Sued by CleanTech Innovations Over Alleged Discrimination
CleanTech Innovations, Inc, announced it filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc and the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC. CleanTech Innovations claimed that NASDAQ engaged in discrimination and racial profiling against the corporation and other China-based companies. CleanTech Innovations, Inc, a […]
Advocates of Fracking in New York Likened Local Bans to a ‘Kiss of Death’
Advocates say that the state of New York stands to lose any chance of reaping the economic benefits offered by the shale-gas boom if its local governments will be permitted to disallow drilling through zoning ordinances. According to Terry Engelder, a professor of geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, New York sits on the northern rim […]
Fate of Legal Marijuana Industry to Be Placed in the Hands of Missouri Voters in 2012
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan last fall gave her approval to circulate petitions filed by Show-Me Cannabis Regulation, a political group that has been lobbying for a legal medical pot program in the state of Missouri. The organization has until May 6 this year to show 150,000 signatures in 6 out of 9 congressional […]
Conflict Brews Among Executives of the Gaming Industry Over Online Poker
1/31/2012 Anthony Marnell III, the president of M Resort, has joined Sheldon Adelson, the Chairman of the Sands Corporation, in declaring his opposition to online poker’s legalization and regulation in the United States. In a time when attempts to bring online poker back to the U.S. is under attack from the morality police, skittish […]
Issues on South Carolina Voter ID Law Takes Center Stage
1/31/2012 South Carolina is among the seven states that enacted new legislation that require government-issued photo-ID to vote. The new measures have come with some degree of controversy. Saying that such measure could keep some voters away, the Justice Department has stepped in to stop the state from implementing the new law. These laws, […]