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Virginia Supreme Court: No First Amendment Right to Spam

Posted on March 04, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 4, 2008. Virginia Supreme Court: No First Amendment Right To Spam"Spamming itself is not illegal, but an appeal to protect false message routing information may take Jeremy Jaynes' case to the U.S. Supreme Court"

Civil Rights Groups Side With Comcast's Net Neutrality Position

Posted on March 04, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 4, 2008. Civil Rights Groups Side With Comcast's Net Neutrality Stance"Comcast has been accused of violating federal regulations regarding "reasonable network management" by jamming users attempting to share files...

Former FBI Agent: We Need To Get Another More Secure Internet

Posted on March 04, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 4, 2008. Former FBI Agent: We Need To Get Another Internet"Former FBI Agent Patrick J. Dempsey warns that the Internet has become sanctuary for cyber criminals and the only way to rectify this is to create a second, more secure Internet...

Crime Reporters Should Respect Communities, Journalists Say

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 3, 2008. "Reporters covering crime should respect for the people and community they are covering, journalists agreed at a discussion sponsored last week by the Society of Professional Journalists in Milwaukee...

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Cost Doubles for Virginia County's Strict Immigration Enforcement

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 3, 2008. "The much-publicized plan to curb illegal immigration in Prince William County, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C., goes into effect today, facing new questions about whether it will bring the 'big bang for the buck' that Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart predicts, the Washington Post reports...

Prisoner Re Entry Official: Ex Convicts Survival Skills Transferable

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 3, 2008. "Ron Cuie, director of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's Office for the Reentry of Ex-Offenders, must take a drug test today, just like the other ex-cons, says Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Monica Yant Kinney...

Minnesota Debates Re Establishing Corrections Ombudsman

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 3, 2008. "The Minnesota Office of the Ombudsman for Corrections was created in the 1970s after the deadly riot at the prison in Attica, N.Y. The office killed in 2003, a casualty of partisan politics, budget and staff cuts, and dismal public awareness over its function, role and impact, says St...

Many Fugitive Warrantws Missing From National Database

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 3, 2008. "In state after state, year after year, fugitives have been let go by police, only to victimize more people, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Between crimes, fugitives have used their real identities to get new drivers licenses in new states...

13,000 Juvenile Facility Abuse Claims Found Over 4 Years

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, March 3, 2008. "Mississippi's Columbia Training School for girls has been sued twice in the past four years, one of them charging "horrendous physical and sexual abuse." The school will be closed. Across the U.S., says the Associated Press, child advocates have deplored conditions under which young offenders are housed, including sexual and physical abuse and even deaths in restraints...

New High In U.S. Prison Numbers

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source:WashingtonPost.com, March 3, 2008. New High In U.S. Prison Numbers By N.C. Aizenman "More than one in 100 adults in the United States is in jail or prison, an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly $50 billion a year and the federal government $5 billion more, according to a report released yesterday...

Five Desktop Search Applications That Help Make Finding Files Simple

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 1, 2008. 5 Desktop Search Apps That Make Finding Files Simple"Having trouble finding the right information in the sea of documents, e-mails, and other data on your computer? Check out these desktop search products from Copernic, Google, ISYS, Microsoft, and X1".

Google Buys Into Undersea Cable

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 1, 2008. Google Buys Into Undersea Cable "Google will join with five other companies to invest in a 10,000-km trans-Pacific submarine cable to carry data to and from Asia."

Twelve USB Thumb Drives That Help Keep Your Data Secure

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source:InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 1, 2008. 12 USB Thumb Drives Keep Your Data Secure"Keep your important files mobile but safe with these USB thumb drives -- most under $100 -- from Kingston, SanDisk, Lexar, Imation, and more, which offer enhanced protection via encryption, biometrics, and self-destruct mechanisms...

"Microsoft To Cut Vista Prices By Up To 50%"

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, March 3, 2008 Microsoft To Cut Vista Prices By Up To 50%"Price cuts for standalone packages of Windows Vista range from 20% to 50%, depending on the country and version of the software, Microsoft said".

New Jersey Law Journal Top Stories, February 29, 2008

Posted on March 03, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New�Jersey Law Journal News 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 Under Federal Scrutiny, Seton Hall Puts Minority Scholarships on Hold�" Seton Hall University School of Law has suspended its "Partners in Excellence" minority scholarship program while it considers whether it can make the selection process race-neutral, as federal regulators demand that it be...

New York Legislature: 2008 Chapter Law List as of March 2.

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run on March 2, 2008 Chapter Laws signed by Governor as of March 2, 2008. Includes Effective Dates. Sorted by Chapter Law Number. Chapter Bill No. �1 S6422 NOZZOLIO -- Relates to the confinement conditions and treatment of convicted persons with serious mental illness; repealer BLURB : Cor...

New York Legislature: Activity Report 2-20 - 3-02-2008

Posted on March 03, 2008
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search Run March 2, 2008. Categores Included: Corrections Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Judiciary Law, Penal Law. CORRECTIONS LAW: Bill No. �S690A FLANAGAN -- Makes certain technical amendments to provisions of law requiring employers to check the sex offender registry prior to filling certain employment positions No Same as Last Act: 02/25/08 ADVANCED TO THIRD READINGS5474 MORAHAN -- Relates to imposing stricter penalties for certain sexual offenses; repealer No Same as Last Act: 02/25/08 ADVANCED TO THIRD READINGS6747 VOLKER -- Enacts the "child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention act of 2008"; repealer No Same as Last Act: 02/25/08 ADVANCED TO THIRD READINGS6825A LANZA -- Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board No Same as Last Act: 02/25/08 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Last Action Date: 02/26/08(Results Count = ) Bill No...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest March 3, 2008

Posted on March 03, 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. http://www.nylj.com Subscription needed for online access...

Most State Attorneys General Oppose D.C. Handgun Ban

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, February 29, 2008. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "State attorneys general are divided over the Washington, D.C., gun-control case to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court March 18, says Stateline...

Can Juries Fairly Judge On Releases Of Child Molesters?

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 29, 2008. "California child molester Sidney Landau, 68, is in a state mental hospital and has lost his latest bid to be released. That failed attempt raises an interesting angle to the pedophile issue, says Los Angeles Times columnist Dana Parsons: How is a layman supposed to know when the offender is ready to be released? Landau has been convicted twice of molesting young boys, one 10 years old, the other 8...

Phoenix Crime Drop: Big Case Solutions, Data Study Credited

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 29, 2008. "Crime decreased in Phoenix last year for the first time since 2004, says the Arizona Republic. Police are crediting a new strategy of tracking crime patterns in real time and devoting more officers to areas with the worst problems...

Despite Bell Trial, Police Shootings Down in New York City

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 29, 2008. "Emotions ran high this week with the start of the trial in Queens, N.Y., in the 50-shot police killing of Sean Bell, says New York Times columnist Clyde Haberman. For some New Yorkers, the entire police department 'stands in the dock with the three indicted detectives, branded as out of control...

Reforms Projected To Halt Texas Prison Population Growth

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 29, 20008. "Long known as being tough-on-crime, Texas was hailed in yesterday's Pew Charitable Trusts report on prison populations. Even as state legislators were lauded for innovative programs for drug and alcohol abusers, Texas pushed past California to become the nation's leader in putting people behind bars, reports the Houston Chronicle...

Oregon Leads U.S. to Budget Percentage On Prisons, Parole

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 29, 2008. "Oregon spends a bigger percentage of its state budget to lock up criminals and supervise their parole than any other state, says the new Pew study on prison growth. If Oregon voters approve one of two tough-on-crime measures on the November ballot, that distinction will become more pronounced, reports The Oregonian...

Employment Opportunity: Cataloger - Indexer Maryland Department of Legislative Services

Posted on February 29, 2008
MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES Cataloger/Indexer Vacancy - 2008 Library and Information Services of the Maryland Department of Legislative Services is looking for a cataloger/indexer. The library maintains a public policy and government documents collection of 95,000 volumes and nprovides reference and research services in a customer oriented environment...

Failure to Monitor Court Docket Electronically No Excuse Even Though Not Required By Court's Rules

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 28, 2008. Missed deadline for filing appeal ? failure to monitor the court docket electronically no excuse even though not required by the court?s rulesHinshaw & Culbertson"What are the duties of lawyers regarding monitoring a court?s docket when the court?s rules and procedures provide two ways to monitor it electronically (either by providing the attorney?s email address to the court, or by accessing the docket directly over the Internet), but such monitoring is not actually a requirement?"

Recent SDNY Opinion Further Restricts the Use of Selective Waivers

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 29, 2008. Recent SDNY opinion further restricts the use of selective waiversRichards Kibbe & Orbe LLP"Last week, Judge Scheindlin of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York issued an opinion in In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, 21 MC 92 (SAS) (S...

Subprime Complaint Dismissed

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 29, 2008. Subprime complaint dismissedFulbright & Jaworski LLP"The United States District Court for the Central District of California recently dismissed without prejudice a shareholder class action filed against New Century Corporation, which is one of the first-filed securities class action lawsuits relating to the subprime lending crisis...

Alternative To Homeland Security's E-Verify System Proposed

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 29, 2008. Alternative To Homeland Security's E-Verify System Proposed"Under the NEVA legislation, confirming whether a prospective employee can legally work in the United States would be based on the new hires registry database operated in each state...

Yahoo Fears Microsoft Bid Will Spark Brain Drain

Posted on February 29, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 29, 2008. Yahoo Fears Microsoft Bid Will Spark Brain Drain"Yahoo says the Microsoft takeover bid may harm its ability to hire and retain employees."

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