SPECIAL COVERAGE: IRAQ AFTERMATH & THE WAR ON TERROR

• Fatah Islam: Obscure Group Emerges As Lebanon's Newest Security Threat

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• Justices Rule Against consumers In Suit Against Phone Companies
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• Private Equity Buyouts Raise Issues
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LEGAL COMMENTARY

• A Look At The Rise In Civilian Deaths In Afghanistan, Caused By Taliban-Instigated Suicide Bombings

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• Music Downloads Not Subject to Performance Royalties, Judge Rules

CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS

• MySpace Agrees To Share Sex Offender Data With U.S. States

LEGAL LITE

• Hershey Sues Man Who Made Pot Candy
* Drug Crimes

SPECIAL COVERAGE: IRAQ AFTERMATH & THE WAR ON TERROR:

Terror Takes A New Name
FATAH ISLAM: OBSCURE GROUP EMERGES AS LEBANON'S NEWEST SECURITY THREAT
(Associated Press) - The shadowy militant group Fatah Islam, whose leader has been linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq, has quickly emerged as the latest security threat to Lebanon...[The terrorist group's leader] was sentenced to death in absentia in 2004 by a Jordanian military court for his involvement in a plot that led to the assassination of a U.S. diplomat there. Read more...

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Check Your Rates, Folks
JUSTICES RULE AGAINST CONSUMERS IN SUIT AGAINST PHONE COMPANIES
(Associated Press) - The Supreme Court on Monday sided with the largest U.S. local phone companies in a lawsuit by consumers alleging anticompetitive business practices. Read more...

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Private Equity M&A Frenzy
PRIVATE EQUITY BUYOUTS RAISE ISSUES
(Associated Press) - Judges in Delaware's famed business court are keeping a close eye on legal issues cropping up amid the recent wave of private equity buyouts of public corporations. Read more...

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LEGAL COMMENTARY:

Afghanistan's Victims
A LOOK AT THE RISE IN CIVILIAN DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN, CAUSED BY TALIBAN-INSTIGATED SUICIDE BOMBINGS
(FindLaw Columnist Joanne Mariner) - The six-fold increase in civilian deaths in Afghanistan, resulting from Taliban-instigated suicide bombings, and the warning signs that Afghanistan may become a second Iraq. Read more...

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Royalities Rebuffed
MUSIC DOWNLOADS NOT SUBJECT TO PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES, JUDGE RULES
(Andrews Publications) - AOL and other online services do not have to pay royalties to members of one of the major U.S. performance-rights management organizations on music downloaded over the Internet, a New York federal judge has ruled in a case of first impression. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS:

A Prudent Move?
MYSPACE AGREES TO SHARE SEX OFFENDER DATA WITH U.S. STATES
(Associated Press) - Faced with legal demands from state attorneys general, MySpace.com said Monday it will release data on registered sex offenders it has identified and removed from the popular social networking Web site. Read more...

LEGAL LITE:

"Who Can Take the Sunshine? Sprinkle It With Dew..."
HERSHEY SUES MAN WHO MADE POT CANDY
(Associated Press) - It was a big enough bummer for Kenneth Affolter when he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for making pot-laced treats and soft drinks. Now he faces the wrath of a candy giant. Read more...

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• Drug Crimes