Gary's Legal News

Swiss defend tipping the US to Polanski’s arrival GENEVA (AP) – Swiss authorities say they acted correctly when they tipped off the United States and set in motion the arrest of Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case.

San Francisco supes approve new immigration policy SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Undocumented youths arrested on felony charges in San Francisco would have to be convicted before police could turn them over to federal immigration officials under a new policy approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

EU: breakthrough on online music rights By AOIFE WHITE AP Business Writer BRUSSELS (AP) – The EU’s top antitrust official on Wednesday described a deal among Apple Inc.’s iTunes, music companies, distributors and online licensing groups as a “great breakthrough” that would roll out more Internet music sales across Europe.

Dems eye insurance industry’s antitrust protection By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) – Top Senate Democrats intend to try to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws as part of the debate over health care, according to congressional officials, the latest evidence of a deepening struggle over President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

Group tries to blunt right wing on closing Gitmo By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Aiming to break through congressional opposition to White House plans to shutter the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a group of retired generals and war veterans have launched a national campaign to rally support for closing the prison.

Charges dropped against Ill. teen in beating death By KAREN HAWKINS Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) – First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student that was recorded in a cell phone camera video.

• Derrion Albert Beating Death: 3 Teens Charged With Murder (huffingtonpost.com)

Associate of balloon boy’s father questioned By P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press Writers

Former Yale lab tech due in court NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – The former Yale lab technician charged with killing a graduate student last month is scheduled to appear in a Connecticut courtroom. Raymond Clark III is due in New Haven Superior Court on Tuesday. His lawyer says he will plead not guilty after deciding whether waive his right to a probable cause hearing.

• Murder suspect had lab access until arrest: Yale (ctv.ca)

Feds worried about Blagojevich TV appearance By MIKE ROBINSON AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) – Prosecutors said Monday they are worried about what ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich might say on Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” TV show that could taint the jury pool for his federal corruption trial.

US scientist accused of trying to sell secrets By LARRY MARGASAK and DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) – Prosecutors say a scientist who worked on the cutting edge of moon exploration has been caught trying to sell classified secrets to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence agent.