Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Bill O'Reilly lashes out at 'Law & Order' executive producer
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly lashed out at "Law & Order" franchise creator/executive producer Dick Wolf Thursday night. The bombastic host, upset over how he was recently characterized on the long-running NBC drama, called the "far left" Wolf a "despicable human being" whose show is "out of control."
Sparking O'Reilly's ire was an episode of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" that aired earlier in the week, in which a crazed anti-immigration activist set out to murder the children of illegal immigrants. In one scene, a character named Randall Carver, played by veteran actor John Larroquette, is sitting on a park bench talking to Fin, the detective played by Ice-T. In defending the actions of the man who killed the immigrants’ children, Larroquette's character says, "Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, all of 'em, they are like a cancer spreading ignorance and hate...They've convinced folks that immigrants are the problem, not corporations that fail to pay a living wage or a broken health care system..."
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gets chance to make his case against SEC
By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning Newsetorbenson@dallasnews.com
Mark Cuban's claim that the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against him for personal reasons will get another day in court.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater last week granted Cuban's attorney's request for discovery in the aftermath of the insider trading case filed by the SEC.
Cuban wants to prove the SEC maliciously filed the case against him. That would enable him to recover his legal costs.
The SEC said in court filings that it filed its case on sound law after investigating Cuban's actions related to Mamma.com.
Cuban sold his stake in the search engine after learning of a new stock offering that would have diluted his holdings.
Fitzwater threw out the case because the SEC failed to prove Cuban had entered into a binding contract not to trade his shares despite learning insider information about Mamma.com's plans. Cuban contends the SEC knew its case was flawed but filed it because of a grudge against him.
The SEC has declined to re-file against Cuban, though it still may appeal the ruling.
Cuban's attorneys will get limited right to discovery, as will the SEC. Cuban will have until Feb. 1 to make his case.
Cuban had previously said that e-mails from Jeffrey Norris of the SEC questioning Cuban's patriotism were behind the civil suit's filing, a claim the SEC has denied.
Mark Cuban's claim that the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against him for personal reasons will get another day in court.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater last week granted Cuban's attorney's request for discovery in the aftermath of the insider trading case filed by the SEC.
Cuban wants to prove the SEC maliciously filed the case against him. That would enable him to recover his legal costs.
The SEC said in court filings that it filed its case on sound law after investigating Cuban's actions related to Mamma.com.
Cuban sold his stake in the search engine after learning of a new stock offering that would have diluted his holdings.
Fitzwater threw out the case because the SEC failed to prove Cuban had entered into a binding contract not to trade his shares despite learning insider information about Mamma.com's plans. Cuban contends the SEC knew its case was flawed but filed it because of a grudge against him.
The SEC has declined to re-file against Cuban, though it still may appeal the ruling.
Cuban's attorneys will get limited right to discovery, as will the SEC. Cuban will have until Feb. 1 to make his case.
Cuban had previously said that e-mails from Jeffrey Norris of the SEC questioning Cuban's patriotism were behind the civil suit's filing, a claim the SEC has denied.
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