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Ruiz' Blood Alcohol Over Legal Limit (Albuquerque Journal)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:20:00 +0000

Vehicular homicide suspect James Ruiz was nearly three times the legal blood alcohol limit the night he allegedly rear-ended a vehicle in Santa Fe Friday night, killing two teenage sisters, according to state Department of Health spokeswoman Deborah Busemeyer. A blood sample taken from Ruiz revealed that his blood alcohol concentration was 0.22 percent, well above the state's presumed level of ...

Legal challenge over Yarl's Wood protest (BBC News)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +0000

BBC East speaks to those involved in recent protests at Yarl's Wood immigration edifice as lawyers increase a legal challenge in the High Court.

Legal issues stall Syracuse building's demolition (The News-Times)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +0000

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) â" Legal issues are stalling the demolition of a crumbling downtown Syracuse building that has forced the closure of a section of interstate highway, disrupting the daily commute for tens of thousands of people.

NRZ leader in slander suit requests legal aid from city (The New Britain Herald)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:20:00 +0000

NEW BRITAIN â" A resolution that would require the city to provide Richard Marzi, president of the North-Oak Revitalization Zone, legal counsel of his choosing at city expense was tabled without any action Wednesday.

Microsoft to use legal strategy to bust botnets (MalaysiaNews.net)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +0000

Microsoft will use the same legal tactic it deployed successfully last week to strike at the Waledac botnet's command-and-control centres to go after other botnets.

Microsoft to target other botnets with legal weapon (CIO)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +0000

Microsoft has several other botnets in its crosshairs, and believes it can use the same legal tactic against them that it deployed last week to strike at the Waledac botnet's command-and-control centers.

Non-Human Life Forms to be Outed on Internet Soon

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:32:00 +0000

Start-Up Links 65 Million IP Addresses To Users, Readies Targeting Platform

By Wendy Davis, Thursday, February 25, 2010
Web users who don't want to be tracked via standard HTML cookies can opt out in various ways, including rejecting cookies at the browser level or regularly deleting cookies. Users who don't want to be tracked via Flash cookies also can delete those cookies -- though doing so isn't as easy as deleting HTML cookies.

But even the most tech-savvy users might be stymied by some of the newer, harder-to-control tracking technologies. Two years ago, NebuAd began purchasing data directly from people's broadband providers. While the company said users could opt out of its online behavioral advertising program, it's since come to light that some ISPs that tested the system never gave subscribers that opportunity.

Now, the company ClearSight Interactive is getting ready to launch a form of targeting based on users' IP addresses. ClearSight, which describes IP addresses as the bridge between users' offline and online data, has spent the last 18 months acquiring more than 100 million IP addresses -- along with email addresses and postal addresses -- from publishers. As of today, ClearSight Interactive believes it has collected enough data from publishers to reliably link 65 million "sticky" IP addresses -- typically for people who connect to the Web using cable modems -- to specific individuals, ClearSight president Tim Daly told MediaPost today during a break at the OMMA Behavioral conference.

The publishers collect a host of data from customers -- including their IP addresses -- when they register, says ClearSight . Generally, publishers ask customers if they are willing to share information about themselves with third-party marketers. If they check the box indicating yes, the publishers pass along their names, email addresses and other information -- including the IP address logged at the time. While some of those IP addresses are from work addresses, libraries, etc., others are from users' homes.

ClearSight Interactive, which hopes to launch in the next four to six weeks, intends to serve ads to visitors whom they can identify based on their IP addresses. The company's model involves working with ad networks -- who would get the IP addresses dynamically from publishers, and then serve ads to specific addresses.

For now, the plan is to target those users only by their neighborhoods (ZIP-codes plus-four) but not to append other data about individual users to the IP addresses. Not yet, anyway. CEO Tom Alison says the company will first wait to see what happens in Congress, where Rep. Rick Boucher (D. Va.) has vowed to introduce privacy legislation.

Alison also makes the debatable claim that users have opted in by agreeing to let publishers share data with third parties. But this position seems to distort the meaning of opt-in, considering that users almost certainly believe they're signing up to receive emails from third parties when they give publishers permission to share data. Surely it hasn't crossed many Web users' minds that a publisher would share its IP logs with a third-party targeting company.

Alison also says that people who have previously opted in also can opt out at the publishers' sites. Again, however, if users don't realize that someone has passed along their IP address for targeting purposes, it won't occur to them to opt out.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has devoted enormous resources to lobbying against regulation of online ad targeting. The IAB, and other ad groups, argue that the industry can on its own ensure that companies notify users about ad targeting and allow them to opt out.

But when companies continue to push the envelop on targeting -- or on fundamental matters like the meaning of opt-in -- calls for new regulations will only grow stronger.

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First-of-its-Kind Behavioral Targeting Suite Launched by ClearSight Interactive

ClearSight Interactive, one of the most robust and sophisticated behavioral targeting services offered, announced the launch of operations today. ClearSight Interactive's proprietary technology allows advertisers to improve their ability to reach target customers by evaluating their online behavior and connecting it with offline profile data, conversions and sales. With a first-of-its-kind approach, ClearSight Interactive bridges IP addresses to verified postal addresses and email addresses, to provide a solution that couples both offline and online mediums in a way that has never been done before. ClearSight Interactive's solutions help identify consumers more successfully online, evaluate which ads are being delivered effectively, optimize ad delivery to focus on the most relevant audience, and canvass consumers across multiple marketing mediums.

Foster City, CA February 26, 2009 -- ClearSight Interactive, one of the most robust and sophisticated behavioral targeting services offered, announced the launch of operations today. Founded by industry veterans Albert Gadbut and Tim Daly, ClearSight Interactive allows advertisers and publishers to more effectively target the consumer by monitoring and evaluating both online and offline demographic, psychographic and consumption behavior for the first time at this level. With a database of over 165 million permission-based online users -identified with state-of-the-art data verification and predictive data modeling strategies - ClearSight Interactive boasts one of the largest collections of online user data, making it possible to generate the most highly-targeted online ad campaigns.

The proprietary system opens new possibilities to businesses that want to save valuable marketing dollars while enhancing the effectiveness of their online and offline marketing campaigns. ClearSight Interactive's proprietary technology allows advertisers to improve their ability to reach target customers by evaluating their online behavior and connecting it with offline profile data, conversions and sales. After a consumer views or clicks an ad, the company can then monitor the users future behavior using contact information databases to determine if they later made a purchase - e.g. did someone who viewed a car ad actually visit the dealership and purchase a vehicle? By accessing this contact information database of interested parties, businesses are also able to target their current and potential consumers via multiple channels beyond banner ads such as email and direct mail to create focused, yet comprehensive marketing plans.

"We are proud to offer advertisers and publishers a lasting solution to the problems that have plagued them since the inception of the web," said ClearSight Interactive President and co-founder, Tim Daly. "These solutions will help foster innovation and increase opportunities previously unavailable to online advertisers, publishers and media buyers throughout the industry. At a time when the economy is struggling and with marketing budgets being slashed, it is a necessity for businesses to streamline their marketing dollars to ensure they are reaching their desired audience in the most effective and cost-efficient manner, rather than using a blanket, non-specific approach," he added.

With ClearSight Interactive's tools, businesses can now better track the effectiveness of a particular banner ad at reaching its target audience and driving sales for the company. As a result, campaigns that do not meet marketing objectives will be optimized in real-time or possibly eliminated and replaced by more effective media strategies that work.

With a first-of-its-kind approach, ClearSight Interactive bridges IP addresses to verified postal addresses and email addresses, to provide a solution that couples both offline and online marketing mediums in a way that has never been done before. ClearSight Interactive packages their proprietary technology and consumer insights into a suite of four products:

ClearTarget
ClearTarget offers the most complete data collection of online users and the most powerful predictive data elements for ad serving available. By limiting wasteful ad serving and improving user identification to better serve ads based on user behaviors and profile data, ClearTarget offers a new way for advertisers and publishers to run effective ad campaigns. ClearTarget is able to identify users within milliseconds to serve the most relevant ad to a user at the most appropriate time.

ClearAnalytics
Leveraging a database of over 100 million identified online users, ClearAnalytics provides insight into the demographic, psychographic and consumption traits of users. This reporting system evaluates the advertisers' target audience and how effectively their media buy is reaching them. Additionally, ClearAnalytics offers the capability to matchback offline sales to online banner impressions, providing valuable information regarding the true branding value of banner advertisements and allowing marketers to ensure their budgets are used effectively.

ClearTrigger
ClearTrigger offers advertisers an opportunity to engage and interact with prospective customers via email. With over 165 million permission-based CAN-SPAM compliant email addresses integrated into ClearSight Interactive's database, ClearTrigger allows for multiple communication touchpoints both through banners ads as well as email. ClearTrigger allows advertisers to re-engage the online user through email and speak with these users on a one-to-one basis about their product or service offering.

ClearMail
Web marketers are challenged by trying to reach a mostly anonymous audience. ClearMail allows advertisers to identify online users and match back their behavioral activities to a known postal address, therefore bridging both the offline and online mediums and allowing advertisers to communicate with their target market through multiple marketing channels.

ClearSight Interactive's solutions help identify consumers more successfully online, evaluate which ads are being delivered effectively, optimize ad delivery to focus on the most relevant audience, and canvass consumers across multiple marketing mediums. "The goal with ClearSight Interactive's suite of solutions is to eliminate errors committed in the advertising process, to not only make it more efficient, but also more productive and profitable in order to help business grow, particularly during such tough economic conditions. We want to stop advertising dollars from being wasted on non-target markets and improve ROI beyond expectations for advertisers and publishers alike," said Al Gadbut, ClearSight Interactive co-founder and Chairman.

ClearSight Interactive is currently in its Alpha stage of development and has already attracted an impressive roster of inaugural clients and development partners. To learn more about ClearSight Interactive and how their ground-breaking solutions can empower advertisers and publishers, visit www.ClearSightInteractive.com.

About Clear Sight Interactive
ClearSight Interactive provides a comprehensive range of behavioral targeting solutions for both advertisers and publishers. Taking the step forward as a pioneer in this industry, ClearSight Interactive bridges the divide between offline and online consumer marketplaces while identifying the largest volume of online users in the industry. Our proprietary technologies have intelligently identified over 100 million permission-based online users and have captured billions of behaviors concerning these individuals, from both online and offline sources. ClearSight Interactive is privately held, with headquarters in Foster City, CA and offices in New York and Philadelphia, PA.

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12 Haitian children in legal limbo (UPI)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +0000

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Twelve children flown from Haiti to Pittsburgh by a group including Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell are now in legal limbo.

Legal challenge could improve access to disabled housing (Canada.com)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +0000

A legal challenge launched Tuesday, if successful, could pave the way for new bylaws across the country to help the disabled gain equal access to housing.

Legal team wary of Jackson prosecutors (The Courier Mail)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0000

THE legal team of Conrad Murray, the doctor charged with involuntary homicide over the death of Michael Jackson, said LA prosecutors are being "suspiciously slow" in turning over documents to them, reports said today.

Toyota Sells More Cars After Accelerator Recall

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:57:00 +0000

Florida Toyota Dealer Sells More Cars the Week After Accelerator-Related Recall

North Palm Beach, FL, February 01, 2010 -- Toyota dealer Earl Stewart Toyota of North Palm Beach (FL) reports that his dealerships sold more cars this Friday, Jan. 29, than on Friday, Jan. 22 before the Toyota accelerator pedal recall was announced. The dealership sold 15 cars on Friday. "That's actually three more cars than we sold one week ago Friday," Earl Stewart said. "We've only had one bad day since the recall hit last Monday night. That was on Tuesday when we sold only six cars. But on Wednesday we sold 11 cars, on Thursday we sold 12 cars and on Friday we sold 15, better than what we normally sell on a Friday."

Stewart said the continuing good business at his dealership, which is one of the top 12 dealerships in the nation and enjoys the highest customer satisfaction rating in the entire country, is "because human beings naturally gravitate toward those companies and institutions they find they can trust during a crisis."

Earl Stewart Toyota, upon learning of the recall, immediately decided to provided free loaner cars to its customers who were experiencing trouble with the accelerator involved in the recall. Further, the dealership released to the public, through the media, a photo of the accelerator in question so that Toyota owners could easily determine for themselves if their accelerator was involved in the recall -- saving their customers from unneeded worry and from taking time off from work or leisure to bring the car to the dealer unnecessarily. The dealership also invited customers with the recalled accelerator to bring their cars into the dealership for a free inspection to determine if there was any need for concern related to their specific vehicle.

"Earl Stewart Toyota has earned the reputation of a car dealership that can be trusted and that's why we are actually thriving during this recall," Stewart said.

To interview Earl Stewart, contact Margie Yansura, Wordsmith Communications, at 561-313-5028 or call Earl Stewart directly on his cellphone at 561-358-1474

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Anyone who would like to report information related to the Toyota Recall is urged to become a Toyota Whistleblower and share their story with authorities.

Winter Olympics 2010: Slovenia to take legal action against IOC over Petra Majdic injuries (Daily Telegraph)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0000

Slovenian officials set to take legal action against IOC over safety fears after cross country skier Petra Majdic wins bronze with four broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Pyatt admits legal fees less than he estimated (Gazette.net)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0000

Total legal fees for the recent transfer of leadership in Mount Airy have shown to be, at the most, around $8,000, falling short of the $30,000 guess of Councilman Dave Pyatt.

Legal Expert: Evidence Suggests Only Casey As Suspect (WFTV 9 Orlando)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +0000

ORLANDO, Fla. -- New photos and documents that came out in the Casey Anthony case Tuesday just add to the more than 12,000 pages of evidence already released. But WFTV legal expert Bill Sheaffer says the mountain of evidence does not suggest any suspect other than Casey.

Itâs legal to carry a Taser without a permit (The Michigan City News-Dispatch)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0000

Chris YagelskiAsk a Cop Q: I work at a local liquor store and was wondering if it is legal for me to carry a Taser and if you need a permit to own one.

Mesothelioma Information Portal Diagnostics Test News

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:29:00 +0000

LegalView Updates Mesothelioma Information Portal with News of Diagnostics Test Capable of Differentiating Between Lung Cancer Types

LegalView recently reported on a new test that was designed to accurately differentiate mesothelioma cancer from other types of lung cancers. The test is expected to improve the accuracy of identifying and treating the fatal condition.

Denver, CO, January 16 -- LegalView, the most informative legal resource available on the Internet, informed its mesothelioma information blog readers of a new diagnostics test that is capable of differentiating between the deadly mesothelioma cancer and other types of similar lung cancers, thus improving expediency of treatments. The test is known as miRview meso and is, according to reports from the manufacturing company Rosetta Genomics, the only diagnostics test of its kind available for identifying mesothelioma cancer.

Individuals who suffer from mesothelioma cancer can find assistance through contacting one of the multitude of mesothelioma treatment centers worldwide specializing in research of the disease. Additionally, by contacting a mesothelioma lawyer, patients of the disease can learn about obtaining potential monetary compensation for the pain and costs associated with treating mesothelioma symptoms. By developing a mesothelioma lawsuit, an individual may receive the funds necessary to pay for chemotherapy or surgical procedures associated with combatting the illness.

Mesothelioma is caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers and asbestos dust, which are often associated with the construction industry, as it was a product commonly used during the building of homes, offices, apartment complexes, schools, universities etc. Those who develop the condition often are not suspect to the cancerous cells being produced on the interior lining of the lungs and organs until it is too late. The condition stays dormant for up to 10 to 30 years, by which time, treatment is not a successful option. Although, treatment of symptoms and signs is available to ease the pain the condition causes. Such treatment methods include the administration of chemotherapy.

In addition to mesothelioma information, LegalView offers information regarding a plethora of other legal topics ranging from information on truck accidents to the latest on crib recalls to obtaining information on the Avandia dangers.

Truck accidents are, on average, considered the most dangerous, fatal and costly vehicular accidents that can occur. Individuals who suffer from a truck accident should be treated medically whether there are signs and symptoms of an injury or not, as many truck accidents leave a victim with internal injuries that can cause severe long-term damage. Not only should a truck accident victim receive assistance from a medical professional on their potential injuries, but contacting an experienced auto accident or truck accident attorney may provide essential protection and help from the legalities surrounding such an incident.

LegalView recently updated its crib recall information portal with the latest on the Delta crib recall, which affects thousands of families as the recall is of 1.6 million Delta cribs that may have potential faulty drop-side functions leading to asphyxiation of an infant. Parents who are worried about the recall can obtain more information at http://crib-recall.legalview.info.

Finally, LegalView offers an array of information surrounding the Avandia side effects that have been allegedly associated with consumption of the type 2 diabetes drug. Avandia, from GlaxoSmithKline, was released to the public in May 1999, but since its release, several studies have been published linking the drug to such side effects as heart failure and heart disease, osteoporosis and bone fracture among women.

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Gay Marriage Not Legal In State; Same Sex Divorce Is (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +0000

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A Clark County judge ruled there is no state law against same-sex divorce. Mary Gill and Ronda Atkins of Vancouver were married a year ago in British Columbia, where gay marriages are legal.

Hiram takes legal swing at Senate today (New York Post)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0000

ALBANY -- Disgraced former Sen. Hiram Monserrate will be in Manhattan federal court today seeking to reverse his ouster from the Senate, as well as Gov. Paterson's plan to fill his seat in a special election. The legal action, delayed a day because the federal courts were closed for...

Rathore not to take legal action against attacker (Hindustan Times)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0000

A day after he was stabbed outside a Chandigarh court, former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore, the main accused in the Ruchika's molestation case, said he will not take any legal action against the attacker.

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Legal aid body 'handles money badly' (Yorkshire Post)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0000

The body that hands out more than Â£2bn a year in legal aid has poor oversight of its spending and lax financial controls, say MPs.

RAKIA Says may Take Legal Action Against Khoie (Khaleej Times)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:20:00 +0000

DUBAI - RAK Investment Authority, or RAKIA, said that it may take legal action against Frank Khoie, Chairman and CEO of Khoie Properties which had claimed in a statement on Sunday that it has filed a Dh2 billion law suit against RAKIA on 15 counts of fraud and extortion.

Court to determine legal mother of test tube baby (WTHR Indianapolis)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:20:00 +0000

The Indiana Court of Appeals will decide who is the legal mother of a child born through in vitro fertilization.

Google Keeps Privacy Snafu Quiet

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:15:00 +0000

Google Keeps Privacy Snafu Too Quiet For Too Long

By Wendy Davis, Tuesday, January 26, 2010
One of the most vexing issues concerning online privacy is that consumers often have no way of knowing whether companies are honoring their promises. Web users can opt out of being tracked, or even delete their cookies, but in many cases they then simply trust that their choices are being respected. The problem is, that doesn't always happen. Sometimes companies deliberately disregard users' privacy (as when AOL released search queries of 650,000 users), and sometimes privacy snafus occur by accident (as when an AT&T glitch allowed Facebook users to log into other people's accounts from mobile phones). Either way, it's a concern.

Now Ben Edelman, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, points to yet another privacy problem, this time with Google. Edelman found that a recent version of Google's toolbar was sending information about users' Web activity back to Google even when users thought they had disabled the toolbar.

Google said the inadvertent tracking was the result of a bug, and that it had taken care of the problem this morning. While the fix came out the same day as Edelman's report, Google had been working on it for a while.

Google also said in a statement that the glitch affected only a small number of users. "Specifically it affects those using Google Toolbar versions 6.3.911.1819 through 6.4.1311.42 in Internet Explorer, with enhanced features enabled, who chose to disable Toolbar without uninstalling it. Once the user restarts the browser, the issue is no longer present." the company said in a statement. It also released a new fix at www.google.com/toolbar.

Edelman certainly isn't a disinterested observer. He is co-counsel in a lawsuit against Google and consults with companies that compete with the search giant. But that doesn't make his report any less troubling. In fact, it raises real questions about how seriously Google takes its privacy commitments.

Yes, coding errors can happen to any company. But that doesn't explain why Google didn't alert users to the toolbar problem -- and tell people that if they enabled enhanced features (like SideWiki and PageRank) and didn't want to be tracked, they should restart their browsers rather than disable the toolbar -- as soon as Google learned of the bug.

If Web companies want to persuade consumers -- and Congress -- that no new privacy regulations are needed, the least those companies can do is inform users of potential privacy issues as soon as possible.

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Ontario lawyers end legal aid boycott (CBC Toronto)

noreply@blogger.com ((hris) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:20:00 +0000

The Ontario government and the Criminal Lawyers' Association say they have reached an agreement to end a boycott over legal aid payments.