| Hold the front page (lawyer’s request) Journalism is changing faster than at any time in its history but still not as frequently as the law. The editors of McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists need to revise their textbook roughly every two years which, since an up-to-date edition is required reading for media students, must be fine for royalties but involves constantly beating deadlines. As journalists turned academics they should feel comfortable with that. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Councils get ‘Al Capone’ power to seize assets over minor offences Draconian police powers designed to deprive crime barons of luxury lifestyles are being extended to councils, quangos and agencies to use against the public, The Times has learnt. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Lawsuit filed challenging new regs for diesel dump trucks A lawsuit has been filed seeking to nullify state regulations that require the owners of older diesel dump trucks to retrofit their vehicles with costly air emission filters. bizjournals.com |
Broadcom Charges Dropped A judge dismissed criminal fraud charges in the stock-options backdating case against Broadcom's co-founder and its former CFO. feedproxy.google.com |
US lawyers persuaded Lord Goldsmith to change his mind on Iraq war Tony Blair only got the “green light†to invade Iraq after his Attorney General visited Washington and was told by US lawyers that he was wrong to oppose the war. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |