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| Letterman Blackmail Suspect Pleads Guilty, Gets 6 Months | Robert "Joe" Halderman, the former CBS producer charged with attempted grand larceny in a scheme to extort $2 million from David Letterman, pleaded guilty this afternoon. "I feel great remorse for what I've done," Halderman said in court, according to Dow Jones. Halderman was accused of demanding Letterman pay him $2 million for a screenplay treatment he wrote about Letterman's affairs with his female employees. This prompted Letterman to call his lawyer, who wore a wire to a subsequent meeting with Halderman and gave him a phony check. Halderman was arrested after depositing it. Letterman then admitted on-air that he… |
| Attorney Firings Get Just Four Pages in Rove Memoir | The U.S. Attorney firings controversy didn't get much play in Courage and Consequences, former White House adviser Karl Rove's 520-page memoir released today. Main Justice said four pages of the book were devoted to the scandal. It reports that Rove said the White House had a minor role in the decisions to fire nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. “Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and top aides removed the attorneys after a two-year review of all U.S. Attorneys that began after the 2004 election,” Rove wrote. “They made the decision because the attorneys were not performing well or were going to leave… |
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| | Legal fallout continues from Coyotes bankruptcy - SI.com | |
| Florida $650 Million Land Bond Faces Financial, Legal Challenge - BusinessWeek | |
Jurist
| | UN rights experts urge civilian trials for 9/11 suspects | [JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website] on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to hold civilian trials for accused 9/11 conspirators, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [JURIST news archives]. Scheinin called [Reuters report] the |
| China, India agree to non-binding climate accord | [JURIST] China and India agreed Tuesday to endorse the non-binding Copenhagen Accord [text, PDF], which calls for self-imposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions [JURIST news archive]. Some 100 countries have already agreed [NYT report] to be associated with the non-binding accord, which arose |
Google law
| | Calif. analyst sees job losses under climate law - San Jose Mercury News | |
| Burma's Military to Appoint Election Commission - Voice of America | |
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