Welcome back to the week!
Let’s get right into the headline hits of the week:
- Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison kicked off the Open World conference Sunday by unveiling the company’s second generation of cloud products and services and declaring, “Amazon’s lead is over.”
- ‘Internet of things’ defies unified oversight — DHS official.
- This pension deal cost Californians billions of dollars.
- DOJ and SEC Decline FCPA Action Against California-Based Software Company.
- “WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)”
- If you change a baby’s diaper in Arizona, you can now be convicted of child molestation.
- “A major criminal-justice overhaul bill seemed destined to be the bipartisan success story of the year, consensus legislation that showed lawmakers could still rise above politics.”
- Christian calligraphers lose first battle in quest to discriminate against same-sex couples.
- Banning employees from wearing their hair in dreadlocks isn’t racial discrimination, a federal appeals court ruled.
- Amal Clooney is preparing to put ISIS on trial on behalf of a sex slave who was held captive by the group.
- Mass. Supreme Court: ‘Black males in Boston are disproportionately and repeatedly targeted’ by police.
- Google Fiber Wins Nashville Pole Vote, Readies for AT&T Lawsuit.
- Scott judge’s use of electronic monitoring hits poor hard.
- “World War II Leak Case Is a Win for Edward Snowden.”
- Why North Carolina Judges Can Still Refuse to Perform Same-Sex Marriages.
- The court case Canadian poly families have been waiting for.
- Is Oakland idea on pot permits legal?
- Pornhub fans flock to lend a hand in its fight against ban in Russia.
- State proposes changes to regulations on water pollutants.
- GOP chairman: White House ‘running rogue’ on water rule.
- Prime Minister Theresa May tells UN that the U.K. will play its part in the international effort against climate change by ratifying the terms of the Paris Agreement before the end of the year.
- Four Years After Legal Weed, Seattle’s Black Market Still Thrives.
- Brangelina ends—Does defamation begin?
- Yahoo is confirmed a massive data breach affecting hundreds of millions of users. And it could affect their Verizon deal.
- The Conservation Crisis No One Is Talking About: Coastal sand is disappearing as a growing construction industry sucks up a valuable resource.
- ABA launches free virtual legal advice clinic.
- Uber’s hurting your 401k: You can’t buy valuable company’s shares, and that’s not good for the stock market.