Emails burn Facebook founder in real estate dispute
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN JOSE — A Santa Clara County judge sent a contract suit against Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg toward trial Thursday, ruling that emails from Zuckerberg, his assistant and his financial adviser raise the…
BP gets ‘Punishment it deserves,’ Feds say in record $20B settlement
By Mike Sacks and Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal BP PLC has agreed to pay $20 billion in fines—the largest in U.S. history—for the Deepwater Horizon disaster spill and cleanup of 3.1 million barrels of oil that spilled…
Pluto’s largest moon
The Big Picture: NASA shows off Pluto’s largest moon By Richard Lawler From engadget As the long, slow download of data from the New Horizon’s mission continues, NASA has posted some new high-res enhanced color pictures of Pluto’s largest moon,…
Original rude gal Grace Jones taught me how to live
By Naomi Jackson From ELLE In Grace Jones, novelist Naomi Jackson finds inspiration and permission to break the mold of the proper Caribbean woman she was expected to become. Two hours into Grace Jones’ electrifying performance at AfroPunk this August,…
Isle of Man ranked number three in the world as a centre for commercial satellite filing
By James Qualtrough From Isle of Man News According to independent research just released, the Isle of Man now ranks as the third biggest player in the world, behind only the UK and the USA, as the jurisdiction of choice…
colorful circulating $1 coin
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issues colorful circulating $1 coin By Jeff Starck , Coin World 2015 commemorative joins list of colorful circulating coins The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in October is issuing a limited number of colorful circulating commemorative $1…
Internet exchange points critical to the Caribbean digital economy, says BVI minister
From Caribbean News Now ROAD TOWN, BVI — Caribbean nations need to strengthen their Internet infrastructure if the region is to take full advantage of the global digital economy. This was the view expressed by Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) vice…
Judge tosses $7.3M award, grants new trial in Lady Gaga Case
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal The producer credited with launching the career of Lady Gaga has been granted a new trial after he was ordered to pay $7.3 million to a talent scout who introduced him to…
Grenada joins regional call at UN for action on climate change
From UN News Centre 2 October 2015 – A framework for climate change “cannot wait,” Grenada’s Foreign Minister said today, joining other leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean calling for urgent action in the United Nations General Assembly. “The…
The O.J. trial and the lethal paralegal, 20 years later
By Jenna Greene, From The Litigation Daily It’s all coming back: the white Bronco, the too-small glove, the bloody, size 12 Bruno Magli shoe prints. On Saturday, it will have been 20 years since a Los Angeles County Superior Court…