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RAND Study: Deportable Illegals Pose No Greater Risk to Public

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 26, 2008. "Illegal immigrants subject to deportation pose no greater risk to public safety than those who cannot be deported when they are released from jail, a study by RAND researchers has found. The study, published in this month's edition of the journal Criminology and Public Policy, found age, criminal offenses and other traits are the primary factors in determining whether illegal immigrants re-offend, and not their legal status, reports the Torrance, Calif...

U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Vehicle Search Protocols of Police

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 26, 2008. "A routine drug arrest in Tucson, Ariz., will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the circumstances in which police officers who do not have a warrant can search the vehicle of a person who is under arrest, reports the New York Times...

From the National Law Journal Daily Headlines, February 26, 2008

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, February 26, 2008. Subscription needed for online access. FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Reform plan for federal judicial discipline is altered"Draft reforms of federal judicial discipline rules was abruptly revised on Monday, eliminating one of the proposed changes that would allow national monitoring of misconduct complaints against the nation's nearly 900 federal judges...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Distribution of Journal Articles and reference Publications

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 26, 2008. FDA issues draft guidance on the distribution of journal articles and reference publications on unapproved new uses of approved or cleared medical productsCovington & Burling"On Friday, February 15, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance entitled 'Good Reprint Practices for the Distribution of Medical Journal Articles and Medical or Scientific Reference Publications on Unapproved New Uses of Approved Drugs and Approved or Cleared Medical Devices...

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Court Upholds Lawsuit settlement Based on E-Mail Exchange

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 26,2008. Court upholds lawsuit settlement based on e-mail exchangeMiller Canfield Paddock & Stone"E-mail is now an established, preferred means of engaging in business communications, with colleagues, customers, prospects and even adversaries".

U.S. Federal Agencies Issue Final Rules on Fighting Identirty Theft

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 26, 2008. Federal agencies issue final rules on fighting identity theftSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP"Several federal regulatory agencies have adopted final rules requiring financial institutions and other creditors to adopt policies aimed at fighting identity theft...

Veoh Case Summary

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 26, 2008. Veoh case summaryKaye Scholer LLP"Veoh Networks operates Internet video hosting services displaying user-generated content."

Social Network LinkedIn Launches Mobile Site

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source:InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 26, 2008. LinkedIn Launches Mobile Site"Today LinkedIn showed off a new beta WAP site that lets you perform some basic tasks related to your LinkedIn database of professional contacts. And when we say basic, we mean basic...

New York Times Unveils Mobile To PC Application

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 26, 2008. N.Y. Times Unveils Mobile-To-PC App"ShifD eliminates the need to save information separately on multiple Web-enabled devices."

Judge Grants 'Vista Capable' Lawsuit Class Action Status

Posted on February 26, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 26, 2008. Judge Grants 'Vista Capable' Lawsuit Class Action Status"A federal judge expanded a lawsuit filed by two consumers to potentially include all customers who purchased a Windows XP PC advertised as 'Vista Capable...

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

Posted on February 26, 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...

New Jersey Law Journal Breaking News, February 25, 2008

Posted on February 26, 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 Condemnation Law's Notice to Owners Falls Short of Due Process, Court Says"A New Jersey appeals court on Monday found constitutional infirmities in the state statute that regulates takings of private property for redevelopment purposes, but the judges prescribed a remedy that may keep the law alive...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Update: Danforth v. Minnesota

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Received from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, February 23, 2008. "In Danforth, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that states may give prisoners the retroactive benefit of Supreme Court decisions that expand criminal procedure rights. That is the case, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote, even if the court does not extend the same benefit in federal habeas corpus cases...

New York City Area Of Byrne, Bell Deaths Getting Safer

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2008. "New York City's 103rd police precinct, where Officer Eddie Byrne was shot 20 years ago and Sean Bell was killed in 2006, is generally much safer, reports the New York Times. Three detectives go on trial this week in the death of Bell, 23, who was shot after he and friends left his bachelor party at strip club...

Economist Claim: Higher Buildings, Higher Crime Rate

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2008. "Economists have established a clear link between urban architecture and crime; they can shed some light on whether local crime is contagious. They can tell us what difference law enforcement really makes when the streets are peopled by those who try to kill for no reason, writes Financial Times columnist Tim Harford in the Washington Post...

Scientists Learning How To Treat Addiction With Medicine

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2008. "In a cover story on addiction, Newsweek says the "emerging paradigm" sees it as a chronic, relapsing brain disorder to be managed with all the tools at medicine's disposal. 'We are making unprecedented advances in understanding the biology of addiction,' says public health Prof...

"Impending Crime Wave" Will Be An Issue: Liberal Think Tank

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2008. "When the polling firm Cooper & Secrest Associates asked 1,139 Americans in December which of two threats they took most seriously, 69 percent chose violent crime and only 19 percent named terrorist attack, says columnist David Broder in the Washington Post...

Federal Question Jurisdiction Exists Over Legal Malpractice Claims

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source:Lexology, February 25, 2008. Federal question jurisdiction exists over legal malpractice claims where infringement is a necessary element of the malpractice claimFish & Richardson PC"Fed Cir affirms denial of Akin Gump's motion to remand to state court the legal malpractice suit brought against the law firm...

En banc Review Denied for Decisions Holding That Signals Used to Place Digital Watermarks on Electronic Data Files are Unpatenable

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 25, 2008. En banc review denied for decision holding that signals used to place digital watermarks on electronic data files are unpatentableBaker & Daniels LLP"On February 11, 2008, the Federal Circuit denied a rehearing en banc of a previous panel decision holding that signals are unpatentable subject matter because they do not fit into any of the four categories of patentable subject matter set forth in 35 U...

Five Sostware Licensing Trends from 2007 and How to Adapt for 2008

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 25, 2008, Five Software licensing trends from 2007 and how to adapt for 2008Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP"The emphasis on electronic health records and e-prescribing will continue to receive heightened attention in 2008 and beyond"

European Union and U.S. Vow Crackdown On Computer Counterfeits

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 25, 2008. EU, U.S. Vow Crackdown On Computer Counterfeits"EU and U.S. senior officials said on Friday they would crack down on counterfeiting of computer components after they seized over 360,000 fake items in just two weeks in a joint operation at the end of last year"...

Sybase Introduces Cluster Edition With Virtual Dababase Management

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 25, 2008. Sybase Introduces Cluster Edition With Virtual Database Management"The software may also be used to move workloads around, allowing for some of the servers to undergo downtime for maintenance, without disrupting database applications...

Google Powered Hacking Makes Search A Threat

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 25, 2008. Google-Powered Hacking Makes Search A Threat"A hacker group has released Goolag Scanner, a tool that scans Web sites for vulnerabilities"

Selections From the National Law Journal Front Page February 25, 2008

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: Nlj.com: Top Headlines, February 25, 2008. Subscription needed for online access unless otherwise noted. POLICING THE BENCH | Little public airing of abusive judges"Judicial discipline procedures exist and permit punishment of intemperate or abusive behavior on the bench, but these procedures have rarely been employed in public discipline...

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

Posted on February 25, 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...

New Jersey Law Journal Top Stories February 25, 2008

Posted on February 25, 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 February 25, 2008 Last-Resort Lender on the Ropes " Kennedy Funding Inc...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 24, 2008

Posted on February 25, 2008
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), February 24, 2008. Categories Included: Corrections Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Judiciary Law, Penal Law and Chapter Laws Recently Enacted. CORRECTIONS LAW: Bill No. A9340A Aubry -- Makes a technical amendment relating to the probation detainer warrant pilot program Same as S 6408-A Last Act: 02/19/08 signed chap...

AALL Grants for 2008 Workshops/Annual Meeting

Posted on February 22, 2008
Newer librarians or library school students planning to attend the 2008 AALL Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon will be interested in the following: FREE MONEY!! For those of you who are planning ahead to the AALL Annual Meeting: AALL is offering grants to newer librarians or library students to attend either the AALL Annual Meeting in July or to cover the cost of registration at one of the workshops offered before the conference...

JD/MLS Program in Law Librarianship - University of Buffalo Law Library

Posted on February 22, 2008
University at Buffalo Law Library JD/MLS Program in Law Librarianship 2008-2009 Graduate Assistant, Law Library The University at Buffalo Law Library seeks exceptional candidates for a graduate assistant position in Reference and Faculty Services...

Most Campus Law Enforcers Have Full Arrest Powers

Posted on February 22, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 22, 2008. "The week after a former student killed five students and himself at Northern Illinois University, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics issued a report on the state of campus law enforcement, based on a survey of institutions with more than 2,500 students...

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