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Two demonstrators found guilty of blocking highway in first jury trial from high-profile protestA North Dakota judge had a message for Dakota Access pipeline protesters seeking to avoid paying their public defenders: Get a job. Two men convicted Tuesday in the first jury trial related to the long-running pipeline protest asked a judge to waive the $500 both were ordered to pay their public defenders. State District Court Judge Bruce Romanick was having none of it, informing the two men that $500 was far less than a private lawyer would have charged and noting that protesters have demonstrated ample resources...

Lane v. Facebook, Case No. 08-3845 RS (N.D. Cal.) (Order re Attorney Fees) The lawsuit over Facebook's ill-fated Beacon program generated three lawsuits, a lot of wrangling by class action lawyers, and more than a few blog posts (e.g., "Beacon Class Action Settlement Approved;" "Stop Saying 'We Can Amend This Agreement Whenever We Want'!;" "Texas Class Action Aims to Derail Facebook Beacon Settlement"). Judge Seeborg recently approved the settlement, which included the formation of a privacy foundation funded by Facebook. (Here's an earlier post of mine summarizing the then-proposed terms of the settlement.)The one item pending was the amount of...