-Caveat Lector- >Ohio Supremes Sour on Tort Reform >Ohio Court Nullifies Damage-Suit Curbs >Washington Post > >The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday struck down a law that had sharply >curtailed the ability of individuals to sue for damages, concluding that >the state legislature violated the separation-of-powers doctrine when it >passed the provision two years ago. > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/aug99/tort17.htm >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >A Blast from the Past: Seditious Conspiracy >Appellate Court Backs Convictions in '93 Terror Plot >New York Times > >Yesterday an federal appeals court panel upheld the convictions of Omar >Abdel-Rahman and nine others for plotting to blow up New York City >landmarks, validating the prosecution of terrorists under a Civil >War-era seditious conspiracy law that makes it illegal to wage war >against the government. Although the evidence showed that Abdel-Rahman >was not involved in the day-to-day planning of the bomb plot, the >government argued that his exhortations to his followers amounted to >directing the violent conspiracy. > >http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/regional/ny-terror-plot.html >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Cult or Inquisition? Let's investigate >Lawsuit claims Maryland task force is religious inquisition >CNN > >A Maryland task force studying religious cults on college campuses is >violating constitutional rights and conducting a "religious >inquisition," according to a lawsuit filed by Seventh-day Adventists and >Unification Church members. The suit alleges that the state General >Assembly has "determined that it is both unnecessary and harmful for >students to think for themselves." > >http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/17/cults.campuses.ap/ > >You've Got Mail, But No Trademark >AOL can't trademark 'You have mail' >ZDNet > >AT&T Corp. said it won the go-ahead last Friday from a U.S. court to use >slogans and service names, like 'buddy list,' 'IM' and 'You have mail', >popularized by rival Internet services provider America Online Inc., in >the latest setback to AOL's efforts to fend off competition in its >consumer businesses. > >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2315106,00.html >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Broadband Wars: Return of Preemption >FCC reasserts authority over Internet access >San Jose Mercury News > >In a long-awaited friend-of-the-court brief in AT&T's case against >Portland, Ore., the FCC argued Monday that local officials could create >"regulatory disparity" by exercising authority over cable companies >offering Internet service. > >http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/081421.htm >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Prior Restraint? Former Restraint >Judge lifts order blocking story over sealed lawsuit >Fox News > >Yesterday a Los Angeles superior court judge withdrew his order that had >blocked the Los Angeles Daily Journal from publishing a story about a >lawsuit that was mistakenly unsealed. A state appeals court had asked >for written arguments Tuesday on the legal newspaper's claim that the >order violates freedom of the press. The judge had refused last Friday >to lift another judge's restraining order that would have put the legal >newspaper at risk of contempt of court if it ran the story but >reconsidered Monday and removed the ban, according to a lawyer for the >newspaper. > >http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/national/0816/d_ap_0 >816_153.sml >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Criminal Law - Arresting Developments >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Spare Change for a Public Defender? >State agency says it can't afford to defend Nichols >Fox News > >The head of the Oklahoma state agency that appoints public defenders >told a judge yesterday that it does not have the money to adequately >defend bombing conspirator Terry Nichols. The Legislature had >appropriated $1 million last year for Nichols' defense on state murder >charges. In May, however, the Legislature withdrew $900,000 of the funds >in Nichols' case and reallocated it to help victims of tornadoes that >killed 44 people and destroyed thousands of homes. An attempt to restore >the funds failed during a special session in June. > >http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/national/0816/d_ap_0 >816_110.sml > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >FINDLAW NEWS SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION >To subscribe visit the FindLaw Legal News Page at >http://LegalNews.FindLaw.com >To unsubscribe visit >http://www.findlaw.com/lists/announceunsubscribe.html >To receive legal news in HTML e-mail with additional links, >please go to the same page and check the HTML mail option. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Create your firm's free Web site at FindLaw on >FindLaw's Firms Online at http://firms.findlaw.com >FindLaw FAX - FREE FAX to EMAIL >http://fax.findlaw.com >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >FindLaw LEGAL GROUNDS http://www.findlaw.com Tue, August 17, 1999 >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Web News Roundup with Jim Twu http://lg.findlaw.com > > >For more legal news visit: http://legalnews.findlaw.com/ >FindLaw Entertainment: News, TV, Movies and Law http://e.findlaw.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Criminal Law and Procedure Decisions of the 1998-99 Supreme Court Term > >http://sol.findlaw.com > >Summary and analysis from Solomon L. 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