Tag archive: appeal

Earlier this month, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board in New York ordered that a non-profit names the National Hispanics of Buffalo had to reinstate five employees that were fired due to inflammatory comments on Facebook about a co-worker. The group appealed to the board after one of the employees started a Facebook thread about receiving admonishment for not doing enough to help clients. This occurred on a Saturday when work… Read More

Though Verizon practically co-drafted the FCC's new Net Neutrality regulation, it now plans to sue the agency for overstepping its bounds. The broadband and mobile operator argues that the FCC doesn't actually have the authority to require Internet service providers to regulate how traffic flows on their networks. “We are deeply concerned by the FCC's assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband… Read More

Friday saw so-called NASA hacker Gary McKinnon lose another in his bid to avoid extradition to the US to stand trial. McKinnon, from North London, was first indicted by the US Department of Justice in November 2002, charged with damaging a federal computer system, and breaking into a total of 97 computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Department of Defense and NASA. It’s alleged he did $700,000 worth of damage… Read More