U.S. patent office appoints AOL lawyer to top general counsel job
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has appointed a top lawyer at AOL Inc as its general counsel, the agency confirmed Wednesday.
U.S. top court rules for mother in child abduction fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it more difficult for a parent living overseas to seek the immediate return of a child abducted by another parent and taken to the United States.
‘Upskirting’ is legal, Massachusetts top court says
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man who snapped secret pictures up women’s skirts on a Boston subway train – a practice known as upskirting – did not violate the state’s Peeping Tom law, Massachusetts’ top court said on Wednesday, pointing to a loophole in curren…
Florida congressman denies shoving his estranged wife
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A lawyer for Representative Alan Grayson denied accusations on Wednesday that the congressman shoved his wife during a weekend domestic dispute and said a video recording of the incident supports his account.
Czech court allows extradition of man charged in California torture case
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Czech court has ruled that a 35-year-old man can be extradited to the United States to face charges of abducting, torturing and cutting off the penis of a California owner of a medical marijuana dispensary.
Accused Boston bomber’s lawyers call prosecutors’ claims a ‘red herring’
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber on Wednesday took issue with prosecutors’ focus on what they called a “gently mocking” comment about his confinement made by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to his sister during a jailhouse visit.
Ohio driver finds $12,000 stash of marijuana in spare tire
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio woman took the car she bought seven months ago to a dealership to replace a flat tire this week and learned she has been driving around with eight pounds of marijuana in the spare.
Facebook, Instagram crack down on gun sales on social networks
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc and its photo sharing subsidiary, Instagram, will delete posts offering to buy or sell guns without background checks, Facebook announced on Wednesday.
Pittsburgh man sought in Iowa lawmaker’s sisters murder
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pittsburgh man was charged on Wednesday with killing his neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa lawmaker, during a robbery at their home last month, and a warrant for his arrest has been obtained, police said.
Biker paralyzed in 2013 NY highway incident doesn’t blame driver
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A motorcyclist who was paralyzed when an SUV driver ran over his bike in a daytime incident on New York City’s West Side Highway last fall told NBC News on Wednesday that he doesn’t blame the driver for his condition.
