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RAIN 0630 Weekly Update: Legal (5)



Reuters 6/24/02
New Jersey Indicts 36 in State Document Fraud Probe
BY CARL WINTER
TRENTON, N.J. - (Reuters) - New Jersey authorities, citing homeland security concerns after Sept. 11, charged 36 people on Monday with obtaining and selling illegal driver's
licenses and identification cards, often to illegal aliens.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/nation/3534647.htm


New York Times 6/24/02
Global Is Said to Admit Files Were Shredded
By SIMON ROMERO
Global Crossing has acknowledged in discussions with lawyers for investors that documents were destroyed in its offices in Rochester, Montreal, Toronto and Minneapolis, after the company circulated an electronic message early in February explicitly telling employees not to shred any records, lawyers involved in the discussions said over the weekend. The message was sent several days after federal investigators requested documents from the company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/technology/24GLOB.html


Los Angeles Times 6/24/02
Probe Sought of Possible Shredding
Telecom: A key investor in Global Crossing asks federal agencies to look into
claims the firm destroyed documents after Chapter 11 filing.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000044137jun24.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dbusiness%2Dmanual


New York Times 6/25/02
Reports of Shredding Intensify Global Crossing Inquiry
By SIMON ROMERO
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning to step up its scrutiny of Global Crossing's business practices in light of the company's acknowledgment that employees at several of its offices had shredded documents after the Securities and Exchange Commission began investigating the company in February.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/25/technology/25GLOB.html


TechNews.com 6/25/02
Lawmaker Tries To Foil Illegal File-Sharing
By Robert MacMillan
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Copyright holders would receive carte blanche to use aggressive tactics to stop the illegal distribution of their works on online services like Morpheus and Kazaa under legislation outlined today by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.).
Berman's bill, to be introduced in the next several weeks, would attempt to minimize the illegal trading of copyrighted songs and other content on "peer-to-peer" (P2P) networks by permitting copyright holders to use technology against pirates.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43256-2002Jun25.html




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va