An independent counsel on Thursday referred to a local prosecutor evidence that New York Gov. David Paterson may have lied to a government agency investigating his reception of tickets to an October 2009 World Series game at Yankee Stadium. Judith Kaye, the state’s former chief judge, concluded that the governor’s testimony before the state Commission on Public Integrity about his intention to pay for the tickets was “at a minimum …

In a courtroom electric with pride from colleagues on the bench and leaders of the Filipino legal community, California chief justice nominee Tani Cantil-Sakauye was confirmed Wednesday by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. If further confirmed by the electorate in November, she will become the 28th leader of the state’s judicial branch. Cantil-Sakauye, whose parents cut sugar cane in Hawaii and harvested crops in California, would give the Supreme Court a female majority and its first Filipino-American justice.

The Federal Trade Commission has no authority to lump lawyers in with creditors in the enforcement of regulations that govern the prevention of identity theft, attorneys for the American Bar Association said in court papers filed Friday in the D.C. Circuit. The ABA brief responds to FTC papers that argue that lawyers should be held to comply with so-called “red flag” rules that require financial institutions and creditors to develop identity theft prevention programs.

What’s in a name? A Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, if you’re not careful. Just ask BCI Telecom Holding Inc

Twitter’s announcement that it agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of inadequate privacy and information security practices illustrates some simple mistakes companies can make. If the consent decree is approved, Twitter will have to live with 20 years of FTC oversight.