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Swartz Update: An Inside Look at the Secret Service and FOIA

A quick update on the Aaron Swartz FOIA request. There have been several court filings related to Wired magazine Poulson’s FOIA case, regarding the investigative material for the court case against Aaron Swartz. Poulson walks the talk on transparency, and provides links to all of the documents. I’m also preparing a docket sheet with links to […]

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Documents Legal, Laws, and Regs

Initial Complaints from the Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Court cases courtesy Marler Clark

Bill Marler, of Marler Clark, has posted links to court complaints the law firm has filed because of the Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak in 2011. This was one of the most significant food illness outbreaks of modern times. I could wish more law firms would post their legal filings, especially those at the state level that are difficult […]

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Critters

Horses on the Range…and in the oven

Update The Judge has issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the plants from starting, until the case is more fully argued in court. The parties will meet again in court next week. I’ll have a follow up writing next week, on both the case and the underlying issue, as well as an updated court docket with […]

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Critters Documents

Several new filings in Front Range Equine Rescue et al vs. USDA horse slaughter inspection case

update One of the new plaintiffs in the case, listed in the amended complaint, is The Foundation to Protect New Mexico’s Wildlife. It was formed by former governor Bill Richardson and Robert Redford. Well, now, this might generate some evening news coverage. — There has been a flurry of filings in the Front Range Equine Rescue et […]

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Books

New books, new writing experiences

I have been working on two books the last several months. Well, one is more of an interesting writing project than a book. O’Reilly has created an online writing tool and online book reader, named Atlas and Chimera, respectively. The online writing tool, Atlas, currently uses AsciiDoc to annotate the text, though I believe it is undergoing user […]