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Judge Awards Fees In Extended Dispute Between Lawyers
In a battle over attorney fees that has been drawn out over eight years, a federal judge took a sharp tone this week in a 79-page opinion in which he expressed the "sincere hope" that it would close the dispute.Bloggers Beware: Big Brother is Reading
Blogging and instant messaging, once the domain of teenagers and geeks, are permeating the workplace. Companies have long monitored employees at work, but blogs and IMs may give them reason to worry about employees' off-duty activities as well. "Cybersmear" suits, in which companies attempt to sue bloggers and other Internet users who criticize or embarrass them, are increasing each year, but courts have responded inconsistently to attempts to get ISPs to disclose the identities of anonymous bloggers.Nonprofit Web Site Offers Free Access to Federal Judicial Records
Spell PACER backwards and you get RECAP, a no-cost alternative to the federal courts' electronic documents database. Its creator says the new service is "turning PACER around" with the goal of "build[ing] the nation's most comprehensive public archive of freely-available federal judicial records."Free Web Access to Judicial Records Gladdens Public but Worries Some Courts
More than 7,000 downloads have been made since last month's launch of RECAP, a no-cost alternative to the federal courts' electronic documents database, PACER. RECAP is an add-on or plug-in to the Mozilla Firefox browser, which, like RECAP, is a free, open-source program. That openness has federal court officials skittish about security, and several districts have posted warnings on their PACER log-in pages. RECAP's site says such fears are unfounded, and some observers are suspicious of the courts' negative reaction.Fla. Supreme Court to hear Everglades case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ? The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge to a state deal aimed at buying 73,000 acres of farmland from U.S. Sugar for Everglades restoration projects.Calif's gay marriage trial re-enacted
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped broadcasts of California's same-sex marriage trial, but that has not prevented the proceedings from being re-enacted for the Internet.Trending Stories
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