JURIST - Paper Chase: Law in the major papers ~ Tuesday, August 10

Tuesday's New York Times notes that Terry Nichols was sentenced to life imprisonment, Time magazine and its reporter were held in contempt for not revealing which government and CIA officials leaked the identity of an undercover CIA agent, a tech company settled a tax case without ever being audited, thanks to special agreement with the IRS, one of the first settlements for improper securities trading in the insurance industry was agreed upon in the amount of $20 million, the San Francisco federal appeals court has denied the author of "The Federal Mafia" the right to sell his book, as it gives fraudulent advice and encourages readers to evade income tax, former chairman and chief executive of Enron filed motions yesterday asking a federal judge to separate his criminal fraud case from those of other charged defendants, Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts has announced plans to file for bankruptcy, Parmalat, the bankrupt Italian dairy giant, sued Deutsche Bank on Monday for 17 million euros, and Google has settled a dispute with Yahoo over web-linked advertising patents.

Today's Washington Post features reports of Peterson trial updates, and a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Monday that Horizon Natural Resources does not have to honor its union contracts.

USA Today includes articles on an indictment of two mosque leaders accused of trying to aid an impending assassination attempt on Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations, and the freeing of three accused drug dealers because they hadn't seen a lawyer for weeks, and charges against them dropped.