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Report warns of jury service 'trauma'

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new report by psychologists at the University of Leicester warns of the dangers of jurors facing trauma because of their exposure to harrowing and gruesome evidence.





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Gender and demographic differences are poor predictors of juror satisfaction

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Communication Theory explored the impact of gender, demographic differences, and emotion on the experience of jury deliberation. Researchers found that neither gender nor demographic characteristics affected juror satisf ...


Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case (AP)

Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case

Technology / Internet

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.


Judge in Mass. download case rules for music cos. (AP)

Minimal damages sought in Mass. song-download case

Technology / Internet

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A lawyer for a Boston University student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music urged a federal jury Friday to "send a message" to the music industry by awarding only minimal damages.


n December, the RIAA said it will stop suing people who download music illegally

US woman to pay 1.92 mln dlrs in music piracy case

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 32

A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay nearly two million dollars in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the Internet in a high-profile digital piracy case.


Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.


Lawyer: Song swapper on trial doing `what kids do'

Technology / Internet

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began.


Mass. student on trial admits sharing tunes online

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student accused of illegally swapping music online nonchalantly admitted in court Thursday that he has downloaded and shared hundreds of songs by Nirvana, Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins ...


Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case (AP)

Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry - if the big ...


Wrong medicine kills new mother

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 06, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A jury in Britain has returned a verdict of unlawful killing in the death of a woman who had just given birth at Great Western Hospital in Swindon.


Vonage Barred from Using Verizon Patents

Technology / Business

created Mar 25, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The company has said that its customers will not be affected, and in public statements, attorneys for the company have said that they anticipate getting a stay on the injunction while they appeal.



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