Volume 1 Issue 5 Personal Privacy – How to Protect Your Information From the Desk of David Badertscher As we continue to conduct more business online, such as banking, shopping and other activities, our personal information (such as name, credit card account, address, etc) is increasingly utilized. Personal information has…
Sabrina I. Pacifici Founder, Editor, Publisher: **LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – We’re All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age http://www.llrx.com/columns.bookreview11.htm Heather A. Phillips highlights attorney John Gant’s contention that one’s title, income, and employer are at best…
Office of the Inspector General, September 2008. A report of the investigation into the firfings of nine U.S. Attorneys by the Department of Justice in 2006. An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Report: CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION On December 7, 2006, at the direction of senior Department of Justice (Department)…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, September 23, 2008 Welch v. Campia, No. 072470 In a lawsuit filed against the Chief of Police and the Town on the grounds that defendants impermissibly…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, September 23, 2008 US v. O’Brien, No. 072312 In a conviction for charges related to attempted robbery, conspiracy to affect interstate commerce, and carrying a firearm…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, SENTENCING US v. Triumph Capital Group, Inc., No. 064970 Conviction and sentence for charges related to racketeering and obstruction of justice are affirmed in part, reversed in…
arch Update from the Lexis Alert Service, Search run morning of September 29, 2008: 1. People v. Kerins, 4121, 6352/05, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2008 NY Slip Op 7069; 2008 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6910, September 25, 2008, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT…
The following are links to three legislative documents regarding the Emergency Econimic Stabilization Act of 2008 from those included in our subscription to Gallerywatch.com. We are grateful to the Gallerywatch team for their hard work and dedication in compiling this and much more information over this past weekend: Final Legislative…
Top Ten Stories: Legal Ethics Ex-Partner at S&C Gives up Law License over $500K in False Expenses Sep 24, 2008, 05:56 am CDT Law Schools No LSAT Allowed in Michigan Law School’s Special Admissions Program Sep 25, 2008, 08:43 am CDT Women in the Law Four Law Firms on Working…
An e-newsletter of the American Library Association Trenton library plans to close all its branches A potential citywide budget deficit of as much as $28 million has led the Trenton (N.J.) Public Library to develop plans to close all four of its neighborhood branches. Library Director Kimberly Bray announced the…