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Long Island Authorities Experience "Stop Snitching" Problem

Posted on March 17, 2008
Scource: Crime and Justice News, March 19, 2008. "The 'stop snitching' phenomenon is alive and well on Long Island, Newsday reports. The aunt of Michael Alguera, 15, who was stabbed to death at a handball court outside a high school in January, called on witnesses to cooperate...

Gun Case Gives High Court Unique Interpretation Challenge

Posted on March 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 17, 2008. "Despite mountains of scholarly research, enough books to fill a library shelf, and decades of political battles about gun control, the Supreme Court will have an opportunity this week that is almost unique for a modern court when it examines whether Washington, D...

Cities Vary On Approaches To Fight Prostitution

Posted on March 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 17, 2008. "The spectacular fall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who leaves office today, may have been the ultimate form of public humiliation over a prostitute, but it renewed the debate over how cities should deal with the world's oldest profession, reports the Associated Press...

Maryland Pays Criminals Millions From Victim Compensation Fund

Posted on March 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 17, 2008. "Baltimore armed robber Deandra Gaskins was wounded in a drive-by shooting. When thousands of dollars in hospital bills came in, he turned to the state for help and got it, reports the Baltimore Sun...

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Messy Desk, Organized Computer, and Vice Versa

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source:CIO Insider, March 12, 2008. Messy Desk, Organized Computer. And Vice Versa."It seems to Esther Schindler as though everyone she knows who's a neatnik has a completely disorganized computer system. And those of us whose physical desktops are piled high with paper have computer systems with carefully designed folders, and every document neatly stored away...

FBI "Used Blanket Record Demands To Justify Improper Acts"

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, March 13, 2008 "Senior FBI officials repeatedly approved the use of 'blanket' records demands to justify the improper collection of thousands of phone records, reports the New York Times. The bureau appears to have used the blanket records demands at least 11 times in 2006 alone as a quick way to clean up mistakes made over several years after the Sept...

D.C. Will Search Homes For Huns, Offer Amnesty

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 13, 2008. "Washington, D.C., police are so eager to get guns out of the city that they're offering amnesty to people who allow officers to come into their homes and get the weapons, reports the Washington Post...

San Antonio Use of Force Against Minorities Studied by Paper

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, March 13, 2008. "When Oscar Alvarado of San Antonio was arrested for a traffic violation, an officer thought Alvarado was trying to swallow drugs to avoid getting busted and grabbed his throat, says the San Antonio Express-News...

Judge Orders Enforcement Of California Juvenile Facility Standards

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 13, 2008. "A San Francisco judge has ordered California to adhere to strict standards in monitoring county juvenile facilities across California, ending a lawsuit over what lawyers said were deplorable conditions in some institutions, the Los Angeles Times reports...

Massachusetts Murders Seek To Abolish Life Without Parole Terms

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 13, 2008. "An organization of imprisoned murderers seeks to shorten its members' lengthy sentences in Massachusetts, the Boston Herald reports. Headed by two men who murdered their own wives and children, dozens of lifers recognized by the state as the nonprofit Lifers' Group Inc...

Rhode Island Good Time Proposal Could Save Money, Reduce Inmate Count

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 13, 2008. "When the steady rise in population counts at Rhode Island prisons hit an all time high of 4,000 last fall, Corrections Director A.T. Wall knew the system was headed for trouble, says the Providence Journal...

Spitzer Financial Investigation Could Take Months

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 13, 2008. "Federal investigators will pore over resigning New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's financial records - dating to his earliest days as New York's attorney general - before they decide whether, or how, to prosecute him, reports the New York Post...

New York May Be Starting To Solve the Officer and Director Privelege Problem

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Lexology, March 13, 2008. New York may be starting to solve the officer and director privilege problemTroutman Sanders LLP"While hard cases make bad law, big cases sometimes advance it"

Ethical Limits on Investigations in IP Litigation

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Lexology, March 13, 2008. Ethical limits on investigations in IP litigationFenwick & West LLP"Intellectual property cases often require extensive up-front investigation."

California's Amended Right of Publicity Statute (California Civil Code 3344.1)

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: Lexology, March 13, 2008. California?s amended right of publicity statute (California Civil Code � 3344.1)Fenwick & West LLP"After unanimous approval by the California Assembly and the California Senate, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed S...

Selections from National Law Journal Deily Headlines March 13, 2008.

Posted on March 13, 2008
Subscription needed for online access. FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� School's third-year program overhauled to teach practice of law"Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Va., has announced a plan to reform its third year by replacing all academic classes with 'experiential' learning...

FBI Law Enforcement Data Sharing System Set To Roll This Month

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: CGN News Daily Update, March 13, 2008. FBI data-sharing system set to roll this month "Ambitious law enforcement information sharing system is coming in roughly on time and just under budget."

Are Pacemakers Vulnerable to Hacking?

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: InformationWeek�Daily Newsletter, March 13, 2008. Pacemakers Vulnerable To Hacking"Three medical schools demonstrate the wireless dangers that can disturb an implantable cardioverter defibrillator like the Medtronic Maximo DR."

17 Tips For Getting Bloggers To Write About You

Posted on March 13, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 13, 2008. 17 Tips For Getting Bloggers To Write About You"One of the best ways to get publicity and generate buzz is to get bloggers to write about what you're doing. Boing Boing co-author Cory Doctorow provides some tips on making it easy for bloggers to point to you...

Governor of New York Spitzer Resigns, Citing Personal Failings

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: NYTimes.com News Alert, March 12, 2008 11:46 AM ET "Gov. Eliot Spitzer ...�announced his resignation today at his headquarters in Manhattan. Mr. Spitzer's resignation is to be effective Monday, and Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson is to be sworn in to replace him...

Policymakers Offer Ideas On Plugging Felony Fugitive Gap

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 12, 2008. "Lawmakers and advocacy groups are calling for new laws and grants to close gaps in a criminal justice system that allow hundreds of thousands of felony fugitives to flee and evade capture, says the St...

Federal Judiciary Streamlines Rules On Misconduct Probes

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 12, 2008. "The U.S. Judicial Conference has adopted the first- ever binding nationwide procedures for handling complaints of judicial misconduct, reports Legal Times. The policy-making body of the federal judiciary's new rules are aimed at ending gaps and inconsistencies between judicial circuits in how complaints of judicial wrongdoing are handled...

The Many Reasons Behind The Decline Of Burglary

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 12, 2008. "More than 2 million Americans are victims of burglary every year. For most of the past 30 years, the national burglary total has declined, reports National Public Radio. Just about every other major crime has peaked and plummeted with three major crime waves...

Six States Reconsidering Life Without Parole For Juveniles

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News. March 12, 2008. "How should society treat its youngest criminal offenders and the families of the vicims? The Christian Science Monitor says that half a dozen states are weighing these questions, as they consider whether to ban life sentences for juveniles that don't include a option for parole - and whether those now serving such sentences should have a retroactive shot at parole...

The Colorful History Of The Anti Debauchery Mann Act

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 12, 2008. "The Mann Act, which figures in the potential prosecution of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, is a controversial 1910 law that was intended to combat forced prostitution and 'debauchery.' National Public Radio reports that its official name is the White Slave Traffic Act, but it's better known for its author, Rep...

Escort Service Operators Rarely Face Prosecutions

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 12, 2008. "Hundreds of South Florida women and their handlers use the Web to sell sex but are rarely prosecuted, says the Miami Herald. 'We don't actively investigate escort services,' said a Broward Sheriff's spokeswoman...

U.S. Drug Interdiction Funds Have Risen Far More Than Treatmenr

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 12, 2008. "Despite congressional demands for transparency, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has a murky budget that understates its emphasis on popular law enforcement efforts over treatment and prevention programs, say budget and drug policy experts quoted by the Washington Post...

Methamphetamine, Cocaine Use Down Among Workplace Employees

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 12, 2008.\ "Methamphetamine use continued to decline in nearly every part of the U.S. last year as the government stepped up a crackdown on precursor chemicals used to make the illegal drug, reports the Associated Press...

Significant Appellate Decision Relating to Florida's Medical Malpractice Arbitration Statute

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Lexology, March 12, 2008. Significant appellate decision relating to Florida's Medical Malpractice Arbitration StatuteCarlton Fields"Florida?s Third District Court of Appeal recently held that a medical malpractice defendant?s offer to admit liability and to arbitrate damages, pursuant to section 766...

Court Orders Indexing to Source Where Documents Were Produced Without Folders

Posted on March 12, 2008
Source: Lexology, March 12, 2008. Court orders indexing to source where documents were produced without folders, rejects preservation argument absent specific preservation notice, and requires Rule 702 compliant expert in order to challenge key word searches as inadequateBricker & Eckler LLP"In a fascinating turn of events, Magistrate Judge John M...

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