Colombian rebels are reeling from a string of defeats inflicted by government forces. A new report from the Center for International Policy analyzes the geopolitical significance.
A California appeals court has ruled that an employer was not negligent for hiring an employee with a sealed juvenile record and cannot be held liable for the actions of that employee, who beat a customer with a lead pipe.
A landmark New York City restaurant, Tavern on the Green, has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a harassment claim brought by the government, which said the harassment was severe and pervasive.
A “network of networks” still doesn’t exist to tie together the United States’ disparate food-safety information resources. Two researchers criticize the government for not providing the leadership to make it happen.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reports that better cooperation among nations is the only way to combat a rising tide of Internet malware.
Substandard antimalarials are not only killing the afflicted but are also producing highly resistant strains of the disease, reports a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Federal employees can sue the government for retaliation stemming from age discrimination claims. The Supreme Court found that federal law does not prohibit such claims.
A bill (H.R. 3916) that would encourage the development of new border security technology—especially with regard to unmanned aerial vehicles, technology to detect tunnels, and an anticounterfeiting program—has been approved by the House Science and Technology Committee. (The bill has also been approved by the Homeland Security Committee.) The House of Representatives must take up the measure for it to proceed.
The House of Representatives has approved a bill (H.R. 4279) that would increase penalties for theft of intellectual property. The Senate has announced that it will consider the measure.
The bill would enhance criminal penalties for dealing in counterfeit labels or packaging. It would also enhance penalties for causing serious bodily harm or death while dealing in counterfeit goods or services.
A bill (H.R. 1662) that will provide funding for site security at some federal facilities has been included in an appropriations bill funding the Department of the Interior. The bill has been singed into law (P.L. 110-229).
A bill (S. 1965) designed to protect children from indecent online content has been approved by the Senate and is now pending in the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
A bill (H.R. 2352) that would provide grants to schools to purchase security equipment has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee. The House of Representatives has not announced whether it will consider the measure.
A new West Virginia law (formerly S.B. 340) requires that any individual or company that owns or licenses computerized data containing the personal information of others provide notice of security breaches. The law requires notification of anyone whose unencrypted and unredacted information was accessed, or was believed to be accessed, by an unauthorized person.
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has signed a law (formerly H.B. 2677) prohibiting the state from complying with the federal REAL ID Act of 2007. Arizona is the 27th state to outlaw the act, which requires that states issue federally regulated ID cards.
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