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Placement: Director of Library and Information Resources

Posted on May 13, 2008
Director for Library and Information Resources - Harford Community College RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the Vice President for Instruction, the Director for Library and Information Resources is responsible for the administration of the library and provides leadership to division faculty and staff...

Many Legal U.S. Residents Ensnared by Immigrant Sweeps

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 13, 2008. "Two U.S. citizens and one legal permanent resident were among those arrested last month in Mount Pleasant, Texas, during a federal immigration crackdown targeting identity fraud at poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride...

Florida Wrongful Conviction Law May Not Simplify Process

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 13, 2008. "Florida lawmakers have called the bill an "automatic trigger" that will make it easier and quicker for those who unjustly lost their liberty to get a measure of financial compensation from the state...

Dallas Police "Ruined my Day" in Charging Convict in Cold Murder

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 13, 2008. "When Dallas police investigators finally came face to face last month with the 300-pound convicted sexual predator who they say brutally killed an SMU coed more than 23 years ago, the state prison inmate's reaction was telling...

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Criminal Justice Faces Deep Cuts Amid California Budget Crisis

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 13, 2008. "Budget cuts are threatening the future of special funding for rural law enforcers in California. A state Senate budget subcommittee cut all $18.5 million in funding for the program, which since 2001 has provided $500,000 a year each to California's 37 least- populated counties, reports the Sacramento Bee...

Case Highlights Stock Ownership by U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 13, 2008. "Financial and personal conflicts of interest affecting four Supreme Court justices left the court without a quorum last week and unable to decide whether to hear an appeal brought by more than 50 companies that did business in apartheid-era South Africa...

Baltimore Funds Crime Fighting by Neighborhood Groups

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 13, 2008. "To encourage small, neighborhood-based efforts to reduce crime, Baltimore officials are pushing forward on a pair of programs to direct thousands of dollars in grants to neighborhood crime-fighting programs, reports the city's Sun...

For Some Lawyer-Writers, Literary and Prosecutorial Licenses Collide

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 13, 2008. "Prosecutors who draw on their professional experiences to write novels and assist screenwriters can breathe a little easier after a pair of rulings issued Monday by the California Supreme Court, reports the New York Times...

The Theme of the Recent Sedona Conference Seminar on E-Discovery was "Dialogue"

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 13, 2008. Court finds conversation not a ?meet and confer,? defendants fail to meet burden to show requests are unduly burdensome or cumulative, and cost shifting not appropriate for searches of employee hard drives and email serversBricker & Eckler LLPThe theme of the recent Sedona Conference Seminar on e-discovery was ?dialogue...

Google Comletes Acquisition of DoubleClick

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 13, 2008. Google completes acquisition of DoubleClickMcCarthy T�trault"After waiting for almost a year, search engine giant Google cleared the final regulatory hurdles and closed its acquisition of DoubleClick".

Microsoft's Hotmail, Live Messenger Head To BlackBerry

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 13, 2008. Microsoft's Hotmail, Live Messenger Head To BlackBerry"BlackBerrys aren't just for business messaging anymore, and Microsoft isn't depending only on Windows Mobile for its mobile strategy."

Microsoft Launches Windows Live Messanger TV in Europe

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 13, 2008. Microsoft Launches Windows Live Messenger TV In Europe"Messenger TV lets a user embed content from MSN Video into their IM's for simultaneous viewing with whomever they're chatting with."

Cisco Unveils Video Conferencing Systems

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 13, 2008. Cisco Unveils Video Conferencing Systems"The System 500 and System 3200 are the latest examples of how video conferencing can reduce travel and make more efficient use of employees' time."

Purdue University IT Staff Builds Supercomputer In A Half Day

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 13, 2008. Purdue IT Staff Builds Supercomputer In A Half Day"The new machine is estimated to be capable of 60 teraflops per second, which places it as number 40 on today's Top 500 computer list."

FBI Fears Counterfeit Networking Equipment Could Compormise Security

Posted on May 13, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 13, 2008. FBI Fears Counterfeit Networking Equipment Could Compromise Security"A sensitive agency PowerPoint presentation indicates that the U.S. military purchased counterfeit gear, which could threaten the security of its systems...

Number of High-ranking African-Americans Stagnates in NYPD

Posted on May 12, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "Figure revealed at a City Council hearing detailed the racial makeup of the New York Police Department's top command and underlined the challenges of maintaining a large urban police force whose members reflect the racial makeup of the city they patrol...

Judges Question Credibility of NYPD Officers In Stop-And-Frisk Cases

Posted on May 12, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "After listening carefully to the two policemen, the judge had a problem: He did not believe them. The officers, who had stopped a man in the Bronx and found a .22- caliber pistol in his fanny pack, testified that they had several reasons to search him: He was loitering, sweating nervously and had a bulge under his jacket...

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights

Posted on May 12, 2008
News articles listed below can be viewed in full text by first clicking on the Law.Com Newsfeed on the left side and then scrolling down to the appropriate article. If the article you are searching does not appear go to the top of the screen and click on Law...

New York Law Journal Lead Articles

Posted on May 12, 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 Click here to go to www.nylj.com Panel Rejects Bid to Force Author to Turn Over Records Circuit Upholds Lawyer Veto Of Testimony by His Client Subscription Required Failure by AG to Reject Claim Forfeits a Defense, Judge Says Subscription Required Newsbriefs Subscription Required

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest

Posted on May 12, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to this service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access any of the decisions listed which interest you. Click here to go to www.nylj.com Avins, plaintiffs-respondents v...

Miami Pays $2.2 Million to Settle 'Grave Unjustice' of False Conviction

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 9, 2008. "Miami commissioners agreed Thursday to pay $2.2 million to settle a grave injustice involving a mentally retarded man who spent 22 years behind bars -- for murders and rapes he didn't commit, reports the city's Herald...

Boston Homicide Detectives Practice PR At Community Forums

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, May 9, 2008. "Boston homicide detectives have taken on an unusual new role, reaching out to the public at community forums with a simple message: trust us. The police seem to be addressing both the 'Don't Snitch" phenomenon and attempting to counteract what has been called the 'CSI Effect,' after the television show that often uses high-tech plot twists to solve crimes...

Montana Senator Criticizes 'Real ID' As Abuse of Power by Federal Government

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 9, 2008. "U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, on Wednesday said recent government programs, including the Real ID Act, have violated privacy and built executive power to the extent that it threatens national security...

Were Black Panthers Wrongly Convicted in Murder of Angola Guard?

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 9, 2008. "The Los Angeles Times reviews the 1972 murder of guard Brent Miller at Angola state prison in Louisiana. He was stabbed 32 times and left in a prison dormitory in a pool of blood. Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, Black Panthers from New Orleans who were serving time for armed robberies, were convicted of Miller's murder...

Seven Years After 9/11 FBI Slow in Adjusting to Intelligence Role

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 9, 2008. "Nearly seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI "has yet to make the dramatic leaps necessary" to become an effective intelligence-gathering organization and protect the country from terrorism, a congressional analysis released Thursday said...

Sinaloa Cartel Fingered in Hit on Top Mexican Police Official

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 9,, 2008. "The national coordinator of Mexico's battle against organized crime was slain Thursday by an assassin hiding in his home in what appeared to be the latest revenge killing by one of the country's most notorious drug cartels, reports the Los Angeles Times...

Court Rulings Provide Guidance on Immunity from Liability for Content Posted by Others

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 9, 2008. Court rulings provide guidance on immunity from liability for content posted by othersDLA Piper"The recent court rulings by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v...

MySpace To Share User Profiles With Other Sites

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 9, 2008. MySpace To Share User Profiles With Other Sites"Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter have joined the site's "data-availability initiative" using OAuth integration technology"

FBI Withdraws Probe Of Wayback Machine Users

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter FBI Withdraws Probe Of Wayback Machine Users"The settlement stems from a lawsuit claiming the FBI's request for information about the Internet Archive's Web library violated the First Amendment."

TorrentSpy Ordered To Pay $110 Million In Piracy Case

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 9, 2008. TorrentSpy Ordered To Pay $110 Million In Piracy Case"The Motion Picture Association of America announced that it won a permanent injunction against the site for distribution of pirated video...

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