ONE FLEW OVER THE HSU NEST: Kathy Jackson asks 'Is Kathy Jackson a hero?'
VEXNEWSJanuary 31, 2012
... 2012 Last night's extraordinary claims by former ALP Administrative Committee member and HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson that her Labor government was guilty of political interference with the Fair Work Australia investigation into corruption ...more »
Former BPD employee enters plea in embezzlement case
KTVQ Billings NewsJanuary 31, 2012
BILLINGS - A former Billings Police Department administrative assistant, charged with embezzling nearly $30000, entered her plea in Yellowstone County District Court Tuesday morning. Appearing before Judge Gregory Todd, Deanna Anthony pleaded not ...more »
ITC Judge Throws Out Barnes & Noble Antitrust Claims Against Microsoft
PC MagazineJanuary 31, 2012
... which came from an ITC administrative law judge, but a one-liner on the docket says the commission approved Microsoft's motion to dismiss Barnes & Noble's patent misuse claim. In November, Microsoft asked the ITC to investigate whether Microsoft is ...more »
Rep. Dan Burton, who transformed House panel into a feared committee, to retire
Washington PostJanuary 31, 2012
From the “circus”-like investigations of the Clinton White House to the more than 1000 subpoenas he issued almost single-handedly, Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) cut an investigative path along Pennsylvania Avenue unlike almost any other committee chairman ...more »
Barnes & Noble defense narrows against Microsoft patent claims
CNETJanuary 31, 2012
by Jay Greene January 31, 2012 3:13 PM PST Follow @iamjaygreene An administrative law judge has apparently eliminated one possible defense for Barnes & Noble, a week before the giant bookseller squares off against Microsoft in a hearing over a patent ...more »
Sales of oxycodone by doctors fall in Florida
MiamiHerald.comJanuary 31, 2012
The number of pain pills sold by doctors dropped 97 percent from 2010 to 2011, as a new law took effect that bans doctors from dispensing oxycodone from their offices. By Scott Hiaasen The number of oxycodone pills sold by Florida doctors dropped ...more »
Schmidt legal fund gets one donation
Cincinnati.comJanuary 31, 2012
Sharon L. Kennedy, an administrative judge in Butler County running for the Ohio Supreme Court, raised $152, 452, according to the latest annual campaign... The Blue Wisp, recently opened in its new space downtown, is now serving food.more »
Guidance Software Expands EnCase eDiscovery Cloud Support
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)January 31, 2012
Its EnCase® platform, with more than 40000 licenses distributed worldwide, provides the foundation for government, corporate and law enforcement organizations to conduct thorough, network-enabled, and court-validated computer investigations of any kind ...more »
Two ISI agents held in Jaisalmer
Times of IndiaJanuary 31, 2012
JAISALMER: A joint team of Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday night caught two ISI agents from canal area here. These men had given money to the three spies who were caught last week in Amritsar and Ganganagar ...more »
Two Japanese Auto Suppliers Will Pay $548 Million In Criminal Fines For Bid ...
Connecticut WatchdogJanuary 31, 2012
By George Gombossy Two Japanese suppliers of automotive electrical components–Yazaki Corporation and DENSO Corporation–have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $548 million in criminal fines for their involvement in multiple price-fixing and ...more »
'Red flags' prompted investigation of lotto ticket mystery, lottery officials say
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)January 31, 2012
The criminal investigation now underway concerning a claim made last month on a $14 million winning lottery ticket was spurred by “red flags,” Iowa Lottery officials suggested on Tuesday. The comments came during a briefing before the Iowa ...more »
A Court Gone Rogue
The American LawyerJanuary 31, 2012
He became president judge in 2002, but even before then, according to several sources, he wielded outsize influence in Luzerne County, thanks to his political and business ties. His lawyer, Arthur Donato, Jr., says that Conahan often used his power for ...more »
Womble Carlyle buys S.C. law firm
Winston-Salem Journal (blog)January 31, 2012
The Columbia office will focus on campaign finance and election law, public policy, administrative and regulatory law, constitutional litigation and business litigation. Attorneys joining Womble Carlyle are: Butch Bowers, former chairman of the SC ...more »
Henry County Investigative Task Force formed
WQADJanuary 31, 2012
The task force will conduct criminal investigations and not administrative investigations or those addressing matters of internal policy. In cases it investigates, the task force will collect evidence, process leads and submit its completed report to ...more »
'Operation Chain Link' investigators decipher alleged dealers' bi-lingual lingo
The Times HeraldJanuary 31, 2012
The recent Montgomery County District Attorney's Office investigation “Operation Chain Link,” involving Spanish-speaking drug dealers, utilized two bi-lingual law enforcement monitors who worked with Narcotics Enforcement Team detectives to decipher ...more »
