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By Ashby Jones

Say it ain’t so, Manny! Unfortunately, the best right-handed hitter we’ve ever had the pleasure to watch is saying something else, and it ain’t a denial: The “mistake is now my responsibility. . . . I’m sorry about this whole situation.” It’s one of the rare days this spring when being an Angel fan beats being a Dodger fan.

On with the legal news:

Goodbye Mr. Demjanjuk? Justice John Paul Stevens denied the application by John Demjanjuk to delay his ordered deportation to Germany to face possible criminal charges over deaths at Nazi prison camps during World War II. The Justice issued no opinion. Click here for the writeup from Scotusblog; here for the AP’s account.

Guilty Verdict for E&Y Taxmen: Four current and former partners of Ernst & Young accounting firm were guilty of criminal tax fraud involving questionable tax shelters, a U.S. jury ruled on Thursday. U.S. prosecutors charged the four in May 2007 on allegations that between 1998 and 2006 they defrauded the Internal Revenue Service by designing, marketing, implementing and defending tax shelters. Click here for the Reuters story.

A Nod to Specter: Democrats greeted Specter the Defector with open arms, sort of. They welcomed him aboard and then stripped him of his chairmanships. But in a “gesture of solidarity,” Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) offered to relinquish his chairmanship of the Crime and Drugs subcommittee, and turn it over to Specter. Click here for the story, from the NYT’s Caucus blog.

Hold the GPS: Massachusetts’s highest court ruled Thursday that state law does not require alleged sex offenders to be monitored by a GPS system when they are released into the public while awaiting trial. The Supreme Judicial Court said that the law that requires GPS monitoring of people “on probation” for certain sex offenses applies only to offenders who have been placed on probation after being convicted of, or admitting to sufficient facts to be convicted of, the crimes. Boston Globe.

Thank God It’s Frisseed: If you found a snake-head under a piece of broccoli on a dish at a restaurant, wouldja sue? For unlucky Jack Pendleton, of Clifton Park, N.Y., the answer is no. Albany Times-Union

Full post as published by Law Blog - WSJ.com on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).