If you have any interest at all in the Duke Lacrosse rape case – and if you are reading this I have a hard time imagining that you wouldn’t have at least a passing interest – I very, very highly recommend that you visit, and in fact read daily, Professor KC Johnson’s blog, LieStoppers. Professor…
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Another Surprise – Prison Sucks
So says former Survivor contestant Richard Hatch, who is doing 51 months as a guest of the federal government on a tax evasion conviction. I guess no one let Hatch in on the little secret that prison life totally sucks. Maybe that would have made him think twice about not paying taxes on his “Survivor”…
Big Surprise – Duke Lacrosse Accuser Won’t Cooperate With Prosecutors
ABC News reports that the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case has stopped cooperating with prosecutors, refusing to answer their questions. Big surprise. Could be she’s finally realized that she could be facing a perjury rap and doesn’t want to dig herself a deeper hole by continuing to perpetuate the lie. One source quoted in…
Looks Like It’s Not Just the Catholics
Seems that a Church of Christ youth minister has gotten himself into a bit of a bind for mixing business with pleasure, so to speak. Stupidity is indeed ecumenical.
FBI Abused Its Authority
Here’s a big surprise. The FBI is given the ability to obtain private information about US citizens without a warranr or judicial oversight through the use of so called “national security letters,” and abuses the privliege and violates the law. The whole notion of federal law enforcement becomes mopre and more noxious by the day.
D.C. Madam Pleads Not Guilty
I am glad to see that, after the Scooter Libby show trial (about which I will have more to say), the storm troopers in the District of Columbia are back to pursuing real criminals, making the world safe from high end prostitutes. Why do they bother with this stuff?
Vonage Found to Have Infringed Verizon’s Patents
A federal jury has found internet telphone provider Vonage liable for infringing on patents held by Verizon Communications, and ordered it to pay $58 million in damages, as well as a 5.5% royalty on its sales prospectively. Perhaps more ominously fpr Vonage and its customers, the federal district judge presiding over the case has scheduled…
Splenda and NutraSweet Headed to Trial
Federal judge Gene E.K. Pratter, in a lengthy opinion, recently denied a summary judgment motion filed by McNeil Nutritionals, the manufacturer of Splenda in a case filed against McNeil by Merisant, Inc. the manufacturer of NutraSweet. Pratter’s ruling clears the way for a trial of Merisant’s Lanham Act claims against McNeil, in which Merisant alleges…
Who Owns the Name of Your Cup of Coffee
Seems that Starbucks has gotten into a rather contentious spat with the Ethiopian government and that country’s coffee farmers over the Ethiopians’ efforts to trademark the names of certain coffee growing locations. Starbucks uses the names of some of these locations in its product names, and has resisted the effort, initially opposing the applications for…
Libby Jury Has More Questions
The Scooter Libby jury has ended its ninth day of deliberations, and apparently has still more questions. 9 days. 4 counts. I am betting hung jury.