Vermont governor signs first in US GMO-labeling law to go into effectVermont will become the first state to enact a law requiring labels on foods with genetically modified ingredients after the governor signed the bill into law on Thursday afternoon. The bill will go into effect in July 2016. “I am proud of Vermont for being the first state in the nation to ensure that Vermonters will know what is in their food.
US economy is the least entrepreneurial in decadesAFP Photo / Stan Honda Entrepreneurism in American has been on the decline for at least 30 years, a new report suggests, and for the first time in three decades the number of business “deaths” in the United States exceeds that of “births.”
Federal judge orders FBI to reveal name of informantsAFP Photo / Mandel Ngan A District Court judge in Washington, DC has ordered the Federal Bureau of Information to release documents likely to reveal the identity of two confidential informants. Since 2012, photojournalist Laura Sennett has been attempting to get her hands on any and all documents the FBI has collected on her ahead of an armed raid they conducted at her Arlington, Virginia home four years earlier.
Montana Supreme Court allows lawsuit against Bank of America to proceedHELENA – Reversing a summary judgment, the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a Meagher County couple to proceed with its lawsuit in District Court against Bank of America over allegedly fraudulent dealings.
Snowden: Why hasn’t the Director of National Intelligence been punished for lying to Congress?Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, and one of the reporters who first broke the news of Snowden’s documents, Laura Poitras, received a Ridenhour Truth-Teller prize Wednesday to a standing ovation at the National Press Club.
More secret 9/11 documents identified, but FBI has yet to turn them over to judgeContradicting an earlier assertion made under oath by a senior FBI official, an attorney for the Justice Department said Wednesday that the FBI has identified four more boxes of “classified” 9/11 documents held by its Tampa field office.
Technology law will soon be reshaped by people who don’t use emailThere’s been much discussion – and derision – of the US supreme court’s recent forays into cellphones and the internet, but as more and more of these cases bubble up to the high chamber, including surveillance reform, we won’t be laughing for long: the future of technology and privacy law will undoubtedly be written over the next few years by nine individuals who haven’t “really ‘gotten to’ email” and find Facebook and Twitter “a challenge” .
Phone Company Bid to Keep Data From N.S.A. Is RejectedWASHINGTON – A telephone company asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in January to stop requiring it to give records of its customers’ calls to the National Security Agency, in light of a ruling by a Federal District Court judge that the N.S.A. program is likely unconstitutional, according to court papers declassified on Friday.
Supreme Court Refuses Challenge To NDAA Indefinite Detention Of AmericansThrows out case against provision that could see Americans kidnapped by government without charge Steve Watson Infowars.com April 30, 2014 The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal against the clause of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which, the plaintiffs argue, allows for indefinite detention of Americans by the military.
Judge, siding with accused pirate, orders ‘copyright troll’ to pay upReuters / Petar Kujundzic High-powered law firms have for decades won massive settlements from accused online pirates based on legal claims that are now in doubt. Initiating so many battles has created a lot of enemies, though, as one firm recently found out.
Florida man arrested for filming another arrestA screenshot from CBS video A Florida man is facing criminal charges after an officer arrested him – all for taping the officer as he attempted to detain another individual. The incident began on St. Patrick’s Day, when Miami-Dade Officer Michael Valdez arrived at a store in Cutler Bay in order to arrest the owner on misdemeanor traffic charges.
Supreme Court agrees to consider case on rescinding mortgage loansThe Jesinoskis’ lawsuit claims that when their loan was closed, Countrywide did not provide all of the disclosures required by the Truth in Lending Act. Their suit states that they were not provided with two copies of a “Notice of Right to Cancel” and two copies of a “Truth in Lending Disclosure Statement.”
Sharyl Attkisson paints CBS News as a bunch of cowardsInteresting things happen when Sharyl Attkisson chats with radio host Chris Stigall on Philadelphia station WPHT. It was on Stigall’s show last May, for instance, that Attkisson got into some detail about the allegedly spooky circumstances surrounding hacking breaches into her home and work computers.
Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracyA review of the best commentary on and around the world… The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Prof Benjamin I Page. This is not news, you say.
Mortgage Whistleblower Stands Alone as U.S. Won’t Join LawsuitTwo years after Lynn Szymoniak helped the U.S. recover $95 million from Bank of America Corp. and other lenders for mortgage-fraud tied to the housing bubble, the whistle-blower said the government is ignoring a chance to collect more money for identical claims against other banks. Szymoniak got $18 million when the U.S.
US insists on going after reporters who publish leaked info ‘not violation of press freedom’Announcing its third annual Free the Press campaign to highlight censorship and oppression of journalists “around the world,” the US State Department made clear it doesn’t consider press freedom issues in the United States the same way it does abroad.
Jail-breaking point: Overcrowded prisons strike White House clemency chordThe enormous outlay for overcrowded US federal prisons is forcing the White House to consider clemency and entreat non-violent, low-level felons serving terms for drug-related crimes to apply for early release. Next week the US Bureau of Prisons will make the inmates aware of the six criteria elaborated by the US Justice Department for those who deserve early parole.
What Are the Types of Meditation?“The Healthy Geezer” answers questions about health and aging in his weekly column. This is the second of three columns on meditation. Question: What are the types of meditation? Answer: Meditation is classified as a mind-body practice.
BofA Ex-CFO Agrees To Settle NY Lawsuit Over Merrill – WSJBank of America Corp’s former finance chief, Joe Price, has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the bank and its former executives of misleading investors during the lender’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street Journal reported.