Can you buy an acre of the Moon?
If an American astronaut assaulted a Russian in the Japanese section of the International Space Station, under whose criminal law would he be prosecuted? Could anyone stop a company launching into outer space an advertisement that would be visible to large parts of the world? What about our right to privacy from satellites that can focus to within a few metres of the ground? And what nationality would a child born on the Moon have? feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
After beating, Stanford earns prison transfer
Beleaguered Houston financier R. Allen Stanford, recovering from injuries sustained in a tussle with another inmate in a Conroe jail, has been allowed to move to a federal detention center in downtown Houston. bizjournals.com |
Chief prosecutor demands curb on police cautions
The top prosecutor has demanded an end to the use of police cautions to deal with thousands of serious assaults every year amid concern that the justice system is failing to rein in violent offenders. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Cameras approved in district courts
On a test basis, cameras have been approved in Ninth Circuit federal district courts, which includes two district courts in Washington state. bizjournals.com |
Burns, White & Hickton adds two offices
Burns, White & Hickton LLC, Pittsburgh’s tenth-largest law firm, opened two new offices late last month, in Harrisburg, and in Cherry Hill, N.J., bringing its total number of sites to eight. bizjournals.com |