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Mexico President Calderon: U.S. Drug Use Calls For Stronger Action

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 30, 2008. "The U.S. needs to do more to help Mexico battle narcotics gangs, because Mexican police are dying in a war fueled largely by U.S. drug consumption, Mexico's president said yesterday, the Houston Chronicle reports...

Crime Victims Say Portland Oregon Juvenile Reforms Went too Far

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 30, 2008. "Portland's Multnomah County juvenile justice system is broken, with youth offenders not being held accountable for serious crimes, says a crime victims' advocacy group report quoted by The Oregonian...

Atlanta Tries More Foot Patrols, Community Reaction Mixed

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 30, 2008. "In recent years, working foot patrol has been a form of punishment in the Atlanta Police Department. Crashed your police cruiser? Serve a few days on the foot beat. Now, says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, it's an assignment for rookie cops as soon as they come out of the Police Academy...

Drug Court Expansion Could Save $42 Billion: Study

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 30, 2008. "Nearly three-fourths of arrestees in the criminal justice system could be helped, prisons could be unclogged, and recidivism could be reduced by one-third with drug treatment of criminal offenders through drug courts, says an Urban Institute study being released today...

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Special Master Finds Intel Waived Attorney Client and Work Product Protection for Outside Counsel Interviews

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 30, 2008. Special Master finds Intel waived attorney-client and work product protection for outside counsel interviews of over 1,000 electronic records custodians regarding ESI preservation problems by providing summaries to plaintiff and courtBricker & Eckler LLP"Is it just me, or do others also see a rapid erosion of the attorney-client privilege occurring as ESI problems proliferate in complex litigation?"

Infringing Software Hosted From a Foreign Web Site May Infringe a U.S. Patemt

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 30, 2008. Infringing software hosted from a foreign web site may infringe a US patentIce Miller LLP"In a recent decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Renhcol, Inc. v. Don Best Sports, et al...

Google's Marissa Mayer Sedes With Simplicity Searching

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 30, 2008. Google's Marissa Mayer Sides With Simplicity"A typical Google search touches some 700 to 1,000 machines in Google's data centers and can return a list of 5 million results in 0.16 seconds."

Copyright Issues Become Cloudy for Librarians, Publishers, Historians and Others When Content Owners Cannot Be Found

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 30, 2008. Copyright Issues Become Cloudy When Content Owners Can't Be Found"Congress is considering changes to the way libraries, historians, museums, publishers, writers, filmmakers, musicians, and others can use copyright-protected works whose owners cannot be found...

'State Of The Internet' Shows Attacks, Network Speeds Up

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily, May 30, 2008. 'State Of The Internet' Shows Attacks, Network Speeds Up"Attacks coming from 125 countries targeted 23 unique network ports, with the most malicious traffic coming from the United States and China, Akamai reports".

Nassau County New York Holds Giant Online Garage Sale

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 30, 2008. N.Y. County Holds Giant Online Garage Sale"Nassau County is selling a 4,200-square-foot home alongside cufflinks, collectible pens, highway maintenance equipment, power generators, scrap metal, and cameras...

List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on May 30, 2008
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines May 30, 2008

Posted on May 30, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, May 30, 2008. Subscription needed for online access�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� A deluge of law schools"As many as 10 new law schools are in the works, with the majority of them proposed in the eastern part of the country...

New Jersey Law Journal News Update May 29, 2008

Posted on May 30, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed http://www.nylj.com Appeals Court Tosses Punitives Award In Vioxx Case, Lets Stand Tort Damages"A New Jersey appeals court on Thursday threw out most of a $15...

New Jersey Law Journal State and Federal Decisions May 30, 2008

Posted on May 30, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New�Jersey Law Journal� Case Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed: Subscription needed for online access: STATE DECISIONS: Varo et al v...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest May 30, 2008

Posted on May 30, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links�provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed http://www.nylj.com Subscription required for online access: APPELLATE DIVISIONFIRST DEPARTMENTCriminal PracticeCocaine Properly Suppressed; Police Continued to Hold Defendant After Grounds for Initial Traffic Stop Ceased People, appellant v...

List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on May 28, 2008
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible� through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

Local Officials Try Retolling Antiterror Programs To Crime Issues

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 28, 2008. "Juliette Kayyem, the Massachusetts homeland security adviser, was told this year that to qualify for its full allotment of federal money, the state need a plan to protect against improvised explosive devices, known as I...

Felony Mediation Gets Good Reactions in Kentucky

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 28, 2008. "Charged with burglarizing two family members' homes in Kentucky, Michael Gilliam was facing as many as 20 years in prison -- and angry relatives pushing for stiff punishment. Before his case got to trial, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, a judge suggested something different -- a mediation process...

Advice to Police Chiefs: Get Good News Out Fast, Bad News Out Faster

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 28, 2008. "Police chiefs are more likely to receive fair news media coverage if they spend time cultivating relationships with reporters and try to provide as much information as possible as soon as possible, even when a big, complicated story is still evolving...

President Bush Seeks $603 Million for Iraqi Police, Cuts in Domestic Aid

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, May 28, 2008 "At the same time the Bush administration pushes for deep cuts in a popular crime-fighting program for states and cities, the White House has been fighting for approval of $603 million for the Iraqi police, reports McClatchy Newspapers...

Courts Desagree on Legality of Uploading

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 28, 2008. Courts disagree on legality of uploadingFraser Milner Casgrain LLP"In two recent cases on the legality of 'uploading' copyrighted materials, the two judges presiding over the cases reached opposing conclusions."

Courts Disagree on Legality of Uploading

Courts Chip Away at Web Sites' Decade Old Legal Shield

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 28, 2008. Courts chip away at web sites? decade-old legal shieldFraser Milner Casgrain LLP"Two recent decisions in the United States have cast some doubt on the applicability of a longstanding legal principle relating to the potential liability of website operators resulting from their users? actions...

Ruling Extends US Patent Law To Websites Operating Abroad

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 28, 2008. Ruling extends US patent law to websites operating abroadSteptoe & Johnson LLP"In order to state a patent claim for unauthorized use of an invention, a plaintiff must show, among other things, that the invention was used in the United States - seemingly a tricky proposition when the invention is part of a website maintained abroad...

New Jersey Court Requires Subpoena for Internet User Data

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 28, 2008. NJ court requires subpoena for internet user dataManatt Phelps & Phillips LLP"The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a valid subpoena is needed for Internet service providers to disclose personal information about their subscribers...

Bell Canada Races To Appeal High Court's Takeover Ruling

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 28, 2008. Bell Canada Races To Appeal High Court's Takeover Ruling "A ruling earlier this month threatens to block the $52 billion takeover of BCE by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and a group of U...

New York To Issue Enhanced Drivers Licenses For Cross Border Travel

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source:InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 28, 2008. New York To Issue Enhanced Drivers Licenses For Cross-Border Travel"The enhanced licenses are expected to ease commerce and long lines at New York-Canada border crossings."

Google Claims Viacom's Lawsuit Threatens the Net

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 28, 2008. Google Claims Viacom's Lawsuit Threatens The Net"The Web portal says its YouTube division exceeds the minimum requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act"

Report by Simon Wiesenthal Certer: Online Hate Activity Rises

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 28, 2008. Online Hate Activity Rises, Extremists Using Web 2.0 Technologies"A report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center highlights how extremists have turned to YouTube, Facebook, online games, and Second Life to recruit new members"

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines May 28, 2008

Posted on May 28, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, May 29, 2008. Subscription needed for online access�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Patent holders seek protection overseas from trade commission"Drawn by a fast forum and an effective remedy, companies and their intellectual property lawyers are filing a record number of cases this year at the U...

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