This afternoon, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) adopted the new digital message format for the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP ) standard. say "it would appear" because it is a bit unclear whether the 180-day clock is triggered instantaneously by the release of FEMA's notice. MORE >>

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Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet - NYTimes.com WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. MORE >>

By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: A trio of stars of Discovery's hit reality series "Deadliest Catch" have left the show. Capts. Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand (right) -- who were sued earlier this month by Discovery for allegedly not performing work on MORE >>

Lionel A. Bently, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, and Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia Law School, have published 'The Sole Right. Shall Return to the Authors': Anglo-American Authors' Reversion Rights from the Statute of Anne to MORE >>