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Conflict of Interest Allegations Swirl around the New NDM-1 "Superbug" Designation

August 13, 2010 13:58

As I noted in a post a couple of days ago, the media frenzy surrounding the identification of a new beta lactamase and erythromycin inactivating enzyme in strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli was neither noteworthy nor anything to get all worked up about. For whatever reason,...

Tweeting Your Way out of a Job

August 05, 2010 19:15

Tweeting your way out of a job can happen.  See report.  The Middle Eastern editor for CNN sent a brief tweet about the passing of a Lebanese cleric who was known for being anti-American.  Octavia Nasr tweeted that the cleric was "one of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot."...

CNN features Divorce App for iPhone

May 15, 2010 21:16

CNN Headline News featured the Divorce Cost & Prep iPhone App created by Dallas Divorce Lawyer Michelle May O'Neil and Fort Worth CPA Bryan Rice.  The story originally ran on CBS11 in Dallas on Wednesday night, but by Friday The Morning Express with Robin Meade Show on CNN HLN...

Supreme Court Set To Hear Texting Privacy Case -- City of Ontario v. Quon

April 19, 2010 15:57

As highlighted by many news sources, including CNN.com and MSNBC.com, the United States Supreme Court is to hear the case of City of Ontario v. Quon today.  We provided a detailed analysis of this case here on the blog back in December and were one of several sources quoted in an Inc.com...

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Texting/Privacy Case -- City of Ontario v. Quon

April 19, 2010 15:57

As highlighted by many news sources, including CNN.com and MSNBC.com, the United States Supreme Court listened to oral argument (pdf) today in the case of City of Ontario v. Quon today. This is the case involving a police officer who claimed his employer violated his privacy when it read the...