On Thursday, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan addressed whether the government may call as a witness a man whose identity was revealed by the former Osama bin Laden bodyguard, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, when he was subjected to “extremely harsh interrogation methods” by the CIA. Ghailani moved to suppress the statements that led to the discovery of the witness in April.

On Thursday, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan addressed whether the government may call as a witness a man whose identity was revealed by the former Osama bin Laden bodyguard, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, when he was subjected to “extremely harsh interrogation methods” by the CIA

Secondary actors such as attorneys can only be held liable for false statements in private damages actions under the securities laws if the statements are attributable to them at the time they are disseminated, a federal appeals court decided Tuesday. Ruling in a civil suit brought against Mayer Brown and former partner and now prison inmate Joseph Collins in connection with the Refco securities fraud and financial meltdown, the 2nd Circuit rejected civil liability for both.

Failure to make a prima facie case that an anonymous e-mail was defamatory is grounds to quash a subpoena seeking the writer’s identity, a New Jersey appellate court says.

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