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New Securities Cyber Unit Makes Progress (US News) The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission recently created a cyber unit that is already showing progress, according to U.S. News & World Report. The new unit filed its first charges in federal court against a...

Right to medical privacy after death upheld in Florida Supreme Court (US News) A widow won a victory today when the Florida Supreme Court ruled that her husband’s privacy is protected by the state constitution after death no matter the circumstances. Emma Weaver is...

Following an arrest in January of 2014 for her alleged involvement in a cocaine and prostitution ring, New Jersey woman Janice Lee brought libel claims against multiple new outlets, including TMZ Productions and The New York Daily News. A federal appeals court ruled...

Attorney who tried to sell secret lawsuits pleads guilty (Bloomberg) A former Justice Department attorney who attempted to peddled copies of two sealed lawsuits has agreed to plead guilty after he showed up at a Cupertino hotel where he planned to sell copies of the...

TMZ and New York Daily News cleared of libel claims by appeals court (New Jersey Law Journal) Following an arrest in January of 2014 for her alleged involvement in a cocaine and prostitution ring, New Jersey woman Janice Lee brought libel claims against multiple new...

Innocence Project helps man gain freedom after he spent 21 years in prison for a murder he did not commit (The Modesto Bee) After spending 21 years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, and someone else claiming responsibility, Mexico native Domingo Bustos...

Manhattan jeweler who didn't like negative reviews on Google forged a judge's signature to order the bad ones removed, faces 18 months in prison. (The Daily Beast) After forging the signature of a U.S. District Judge on court orders, the owner of the Natural Sapphire...

Deputy AG Rosenstein calls for law to require encryption backdoors (The Register) Deputy US Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expressed a desire for legislators to insist technology companies and software developers decrypt private conversations that may be relevant in...

Ex-San Diego financial consultant convicted of penny stock fraud (San Diego Union-Tribune) After it was found San Diego financial strategist Adesh Kumar Tyagi used fake news releases and illegal trading techniques to increase his company’s stock price, he is now being...