Court orders Amazon to reveal identities of negative reviewers
By Chris Morran From Consumerist While courts have held that companies have to prove an online review is libelous before it can be forcibly deleted, there is still a question about whether anonymous review-writers have a right to remain unnamed….
Boy in burned-out car had been adopted months before
By Brian Platt From The Star Tyrese Sutherland, 10, was found dead with his adoptive father and brother after having finally left foster care in the spring Tyrese Sutherland lived as a foster child for years before finally finding a…
Miss Bahamas contestants shoot swimsuit calendar in Bimini
From Bahama islands info Miss Universe Grand Bahama BIMINI, Bahamas – Bimini is known for its warm summers, however temperatures were recently rising for a reason other than the sun as the contestants in the 2014 Miss World Bahamas and…
Strategic human rights litigation in the Caribbean
From Lawyers Without Borders Strategic Human Rights Litigation in the Caribbean: A Practical Workshop & Manual “As human rights lawyers and advocates, we are dealing with a special type of litigation that is likely to bring about specific challenges. Such…
Major League Baseball: Athletic Injuries on hand and upper limb
Miami, July 14th 2014– According to the latest study conducted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), more than 1.9 million individuals had a sports-related injury that was treated in the recent years. More than…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
William Hague quits as foreign secretary in UK cabinet reshuffle
From BBC William Hague has stood down as foreign secretary and will stay in the cabinet as Leader of the Commons, Downing Street has said. Mr Hague is to leave Parliament at the 2015 general election after 26 years as…
Policing for profit
From The Economist In May the Guardsman private-security group opened a new command centre in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston. Snipping the ribbon was the prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller. Looking on were her long-serving predecessor, PJ Patterson; the opposition security spokesman;…
Powell, Simpson free to race after CAS reduces bans
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday July 15, 2014, CMC – Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson are free to resume racing after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday partially upheld their appeals against 18-month doping bans. The…
Citigroup settles with US government for $7 Billion
By Brendan Pierson, from New York Law Journal New York will get $182 million out of a $7 billion settlement between Citigroup Inc. and the federal government over the bank’s activity in the subprime mortgage market, which was announced Monday….
