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National Defense March 2006 Thomas O. Miller	Corporate Liability: Beware of Rogues And Ostriches A corporation can be liable for a criminal or Civil False Claims Act violation stemming from the conduct of "rogue employees," who are politely known as "adverse agents," and employees who are willfully blind or deliberately ignorant of ethical, legal and contractual requirements.
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Roy Mark	Tech CEOs Call For Spectrum Reform With praise for Congress, FCC and the Bush administration, the Technology CEO Council says much more still needs to be done to bring the country's spectrum public policy into the 21st century.
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Roy Mark	California Tightens Anti-Piracy Laws California tightened its anti-piracy screws Wednesday when it enacted a new law lowering the felony threshold to 100 counterfeit CDs. Previously, the threshold for a felony copyright violation was 1,000 copies.
InternetNews February 22, 2006 Roy Mark	House Widens Black Market Phone Data Probe The congressional hearings probing data brokers that sell personal phone records on the Internet have concluded, but the lawmakers' investigation continues.
ifeminists February 22, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Behind the Column: Novel Program Treats Women Who Batter Men Only time will tell whether the men's movement will become a politics of rage as the feminist movement did in the mid-70s when liberal feminism lost ideological dominance to the radical feminists.
ifeminists February 22, 2006 Leving & Sacks	California Supreme Court Takes Step Backward on Children's Rights The Brown vs. Yana decision creates another hurdle for noncustodial parents who are trying to prevent their children from being moved out of their lives.
InternetNews February 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Tech Inadvertently Helps Spy Game A new report claims that popular services such as Webmail are eroding U.S. privacy laws.
InternetNews February 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Senators Push White Space Legislation The proposed Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 would allow wireless broadband providers to operate in buffer zones between broadcast channels.
Information Today February 21, 2006 Barbie E. Keiser	Will Budget Constraints Sound a Death Knell for EPA Libraries? President Bush's American Competitive Initiative would cut $2 million that supports a network of 27 libraries. How will the work of the libraries' staffs change if these proposed budget cuts are approved?
Entrepreneur March 2006 Chris Penttila	Healing Hands Here's how some states are easing the health-insurance burden.
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