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U.S. Banker August 2005 Karen Krebsbach	The Long Lonely Battle of David E. Welch A tiny Virginia bank and its former CFO are at the center of controversy raging over the new corporate whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley law. So much for trying to do the right thing.
U.S. Banker August 2005 Michael Dumiak	With the Whistleblower Provision, No One Wins David E. Welch, the former CFO of Virginia's Bank of Floyd, is the first person protected under Sarbanes-Oxley's whistleblower provision. His experience shows that flaws in the law put both the company and the whistleblower at risk.
InternetNews August 1, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Black Duck Searches SourceForge Style Intellectual property software firm will now allow users to search open source software repository directly for licensing conflicts.
InternetNews July 29, 2005	Microsoft Wins Google-Hire Restraining Order Microsoft's legal win delays search researcher Kai-Fu Lee's defection indefinitely.
InternetNews July 29, 2005 Brian Livingston	Michigan, Utah Impose Dreaded E-Mail Tax Two states have imposed what is effectively an e-mail tax under the guise of protecting children from spammers. These new laws will affect nearly every commercial email marketer in the United States.
InternetNews July 29, 2005 Clint Boulton	Judge: MicroStrategy More Sophisticated In the companies' latest legal round, MicroStrategy's query technology is deemed more sophisticated than similar software from Business Objects. As a result, the patent infringement case brought by Business Objects was dismissed.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Warez Warriors Wrapped Up by Feds The Department of Justice's (DoJ) crackdown on large-scale piracy continued today with the indictments of eight individuals for criminal copyright infringement. The individuals were active in the online 'warez' scene.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Betsy Feigin Befus	Is Your Company in Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act? Employers would do well to review their compliance under the current rules, which are the frequent subject of employee-initiated complaints and costly litigation.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Tim Gray	No Restraint at Black Hat Cisco and Internet Security Systems jointly filed a restraining order against the management of the Black Hat Conference and a security expert who gave a presentation claiming attackers can compromise Cisco routers.
ifeminists July 27, 2005 Wendy McElroy	On Campus, Only Some Free Speech Protected Even in a workplace, it is ridiculous to conclude that a one-time e-mail constitutes unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is especially ridiculous to apply such a policy to a working student at an institution of higher education that has a special responsibility to ensure academic freedom.
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