Frank Bajak

February 11, 2010 | Daily Report Online

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti AP - The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 U.S. missionaries should face trial for attempting to take a busload of children out of the country is probably ready to make his ruling, a defense lawyer said.Judge Bernard Saint-Vil finished questioning the Americans on Wednesday and now must transmit his recommendation to the prosecutor, lawyer Gary Lassade said.

By FRANK BAJAK

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October 24, 2005 | Legaltech News

If you're a typical IT professional, you could easily spend your entire day keeping up with the onslaught of industry information from Web sites, blogs and news sites. Mike Masnick, of Techdirt Inc., knows your pain. "There's so much information out there that a lot of you are spending too much time keeping up with things and not doing important things -- like your job," he says. In response, his company has introduced InfoAdvisor, which provides customized Web feeds and commentary to readers.

By Frank Bajak

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February 01, 2010 | Daily Report Online

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti AP - Haitian and U.S. officials are considering a trial in the United States for 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without documents or permission.The aborted Baptist "rescue mission" has become a major distraction for a crippled government trying to provide basic life support to millions of earthquake survivors.

By FRANK BAJAK and MICHELLE FAUL

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February 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By FRANK BAJAK

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February 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

CALLEBAS, Haiti AP - Parents in this quake-wracked Haitian village unable to feed or clothe their children handed the youngsters over to a group of American missionaries who promised to give them a better life.In a testament to the misery of a nation that was the western hemisphere's poorest even before a Jan. 12 earthquake, many Callebas parents say they wouldn't know what to do if they had to take the children back.

By FRANK BAJAK

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February 01, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By FRANK BAJAK and PAISLEY DODDS

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February 05, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By FRANK BAJAK

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February 05, 2010 | Daily Report Online

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti AP - A lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries who tried to take three dozen children out of Haiti said Friday he would ask a judge to let his clients go free until their trial on kidnapping charges.The missionaries were taken to a downtown courthouse Friday to appear before an investigative judge in a closed hearing, said Jean-Louis Martens, a senior Haitian judicial official.

By FRANK BAJAK

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February 15, 2011 | Law.com

An Ecuadorean judge has ruled that Chevron was responsible for oil contamination in Ecuador and ordered it to pay $8.6 billion in damages and cleanup -- but whether plaintiffs can collect remains to be seen.

By Frank Bajak and Gonzalo Solano

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February 02, 2010 | Daily Report Online

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti AP - Haiti's prime minister said Monday that 10 Americans who tried to take a busload of undocumented Haitian children out of the country knew that "what they were doing was wrong," and could be prosecuted in the United States.Prime Minister Max Bellerive told The Associated Press that his country is open to having the Americans face U.

By BEN FOX and FRANK BAJAK

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