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Police High-Speed Chases Lead to Fatalities and Lawsuits in Georgia

April 11, 2012
The Atlanta Journal Constitution recently described the large liabilities faced by Georgia state and county governments for the disastrous results of high-speed chases that take the lives of innocent motorists and pedestrians. Deaths resulting from high-speed chases have made headlines recently as the widow of one man killed by a police cruiser took Gwinnett County […]

FBI Infiltrates Hacktivist Groups, 5 Charged in Hacking Conspiracy

March 12, 2012
On Tuesday, the FBI announced the arrest and indictment of 5 members of the “hacktivist” collective Anonymous and related groups on charges of computer hacking conspiracy and other counts stemming from the groups’ online campaign of online security breaches, vandalism, and theft. Additionally, the August 2011 indictment and guilty plea of Hector Xavier Monsegur—a prominent […]

Georgia Attorneys File Lawsuit Alleging Abuse at Fulton County School Leading to Death of Special Needs Student

March 3, 2012
The parents of Aaron Hatcher, an 18-year-old suffering from muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy, are suing the Fulton County School District alleging abuse by the school. Though the school district is not being sued for Hatcher’s death, the conduct of school personnel seems to be implicated in it. According to Hatcher’s father, Ronald, the boy […]

Kentucky Sheriff and Deputies Charged with Federal Civil Rights Violations

February 17, 2012
On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted the Sheriff of Barren County, Kentucky, along with four of his deputies, on multiple charges stemming from the 2010 beating of a man in their custody and the cover-up that followed. The charges against the men include civil rights violations for the attack itself as well as making […]

Copyright Infringement Cases on the Rise in Federal Court

February 14, 2012
Recently, the U.S. government seized and shut down the website megaupload.com, which it accused of illegally distributing copyrighted materials to users all over the world. On the same day, authorities in New Zealand arrested the site’s founder and 3 others involved with the site. According to the Department of Justice, Megaupload was an “international organized […]

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