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Polanski Asks Court to Dismiss Child-Sex Charge

Lawyers for Roman Polanski asked a judge to dismiss the case against him based on claims of judicial wrong-doing revealed in a documentary film.

Posted Dec 02 2008, 05:02 PM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: Decisions and Verdicts, Motion Pictures, Documentary Films and Programs, Polanski, Roman

Preserving the City: Preservationists See Bulldozers Charging Through a Loophole

In a strategy familiar to preservationists, property owners rush to obtain demolition permits so their structures won’t receive landmark protection.

Posted Nov 29 2008, 07:27 AM by NYT > Home Page

Filed under: New York City, Decisions and Verdicts, Building (Construction), Buildings (Structures), Architecture, Historic Buildings and Sites, Lescaze, William, Tierney, Robert B, Hofmann, Hans, Lapidus, Morris, Demolition, Landmarks Preservation Commission, Stern, Robert A M

Mother Wants Maximum Penalty in Cyberbullying Case

Lori Drew, 49, was convicted on misdemeanor charges of accessing computers without authorization, mounting a hoax that led to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl.

Posted Nov 28 2008, 07:02 PM by NYT > Technology

Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Decisions and Verdicts, Drew, Lori, Meier, Megan, Meier, Tina

Guilty Verdict in Cyberbullying Case Provokes Many Questions Over Online Identity

The verdict Wednesday in the MySpace cyberbullying case raised a variety of questions about the terms that users agree to when they log on to Web sites.

Posted Nov 27 2008, 10:55 PM by NYT > Technology

Filed under: Computers and the Internet, Frauds and Swindling, Decisions and Verdicts, MySpace.com, Drew, Lori

Verdict in MySpace Suicide Case

A jury convicted Lori Drew of three misdemeanor charges of computer fraud, but rejected felony charges and was deadlocked on a conspiracy count.

Posted Nov 27 2008, 01:05 AM by NYT > Technology

Filed under: Decisions and Verdicts, Drew, Lori

Lawyer Is Sentenced in Wiretap Case

A lawyer for the billionaire Kirk Kerkorian was sentenced for hiring a private investigator to wiretap the phone of Mr. Kerkorian’s ex-wife.

Posted Nov 25 2008, 10:13 PM by NYT > Business

Filed under: Decisions and Verdicts, Wiretapping and Other Eavesdropping Devices and Methods, Kerkorian, Kirk

Music Patron Is Convicted of Fraud

A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday convicted Alberto W. Vilar on 12 counts of fraud.

Posted Nov 19 2008, 09:45 PM by NYT > NYTimes.com Home

Filed under: Decisions and Verdicts, Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Vilar, Alberto W, Royal Opera House

Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law

The court upheld the right of states to prohibit the sale of doctor-specific prescription drug data that is widely used in pharmaceutical marketing.

Posted Nov 18 2008, 10:21 PM by NYT > Health

Filed under: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Medicine and Health, Doctors, Decisions and Verdicts

Jury Awards $16.6 Million

A Chicago jury has ruled that subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson must pay $16.6 million to the family of a woman who died of a drug overdose after using a defective Duragesic patch as a pain killer.

Posted Nov 17 2008, 09:32 PM by NYT > Business

Filed under: Suits and Litigation, Johnson & Johnson Inc, Decisions and Verdicts, Duragesic (Drug), Defective Products