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Congress Cracks Down on (Its Own) File-Sharing

Marisa Taylor, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 19, 2009 at 7:48 am PT

The use of peer-to-peer networks for sharing files has come under fire during recent months, including the dismantling of Swedish BitTorrent site Pirate Bay, but it turns out even members of Congress need to be kept in check over their file-sharing practices.

Barring 11th-Hour Reprieve, Nacchio to Report to Prison Tuesday

Ashby Jones, Editor, Law Blog, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 14, 2009 at 11:56 am PT

When we last used our waterfall metaphor in regard to Joe Nacchio, the former Qwest CEO convicted two years ago on insider-trading charges, an inquiring reader asked if we’d bring Nacchio back up the fall if and when the Supreme Court reversed his conviction. Our answer: absolutely.