The following are some recent letters, memoranda and other correspondence in regard to the contractor, Blackwater: Letter to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince from House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (PDF 360 KB) Letter Requests Further Information on Blackwater’s No-Bid Contracts, Additional Incidents Involving Their Personnel in Iraq, and…
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Law and Policy: Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: Global Warming, Governance, and the Law Fiona Haines, Nancy Reichman, and Colin Scott, as editors of Law & Policy, are bringing together a series of papers on the legal and policy issues around global warming. We are interested in papers in all areas of law…
Information Retrieval and Records Management: The 2007 Sedona Conference
Best Practices in Information Retrieval and Records Management: Analysis and Recommendations from the 2007 Sedona Conference By Steven Essig The Sedona Conference Journal, Volume 8, Fall 2007, includes much relevant commentary on possible best practices and other important concerns on effective information retrieval of legal documents. Issues raised range from…
News from Self Help Support October 2007
“…Selfhelpsupport.org is an award winning membership site that serves as a Network for Practitioners of Self-Help Programs as well as an online Clearinghouse of information relating to self-representation.” “…Members include courts, legal aid programs, bar associations, educational institutions, researchers, and other governmental and non-profit programs working to increase access to…
Recent and Forthcoming Books and E-Books: Criminal Procedure
The following is a list of new and forthcoming hardbound books and e-books with a publication date range from 2007 – 2009. This subject search was run on Bowker Books in Print Professional on October 22, 2007: Arkansas and Missouri DWI Defense: The Law and Practice Author: Abele, Jon R.…
Lessons Learned: New York Leads in the Number of Wrongful Convictions But Lags in Policy Reforms That Can Prevent Them
A Report of the Innocence Project. Benjamin Cordozo Law School of Yeshiva University, October 18, 2007: “New York State Not Doing Enough to Prevent Wrongful Convictions, Report Says …exonerated through DNA evidence. The report…director of the Innocence Project, a legal clinic…frequently used for DNA analysis. But in…evidence stored in DNA…
California Law Bans Forced RFID Tagging
From: E-Week.com, October 15, 2007 October 15, 2007 By Renee Boucher Ferguson It’s illegal now for California employers to force anyone to have an RFID device implanted under his or her skin as a condition of receiving something-such as a paycheck or government benefits. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill…
U.S. Federal Selected Documents 10-16-2007
Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment (PDF 588 KB) Report Submitted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Information Sharing Environment See Annual Report Here Committee Report to Accompany the RESTORE Act, H.R. 3773 — Part I (PDF 400 KB) Report (H. Rept 110-373 Part 1) filed by…
Torture’s Paper Trail
Source: FindLaw Legal News and Commentary. By JOANNE MARINER, Terrorism and Counterrorism Director at Human Rights Watch. —- Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 Last week, the New York Times published a front-page article describing two legal memoranda issued secretly by the Bush Administration in 2005 that purported to provide guidance regarding…
Internet Inventor Says It Works Like a Charm
Recently a number of articles devoted to the history of technology and the internet have been published. Given the significant developments in these areas over the past 20+ years and the societal demands which continue to drive further research and development it is certainly appropriate to take some time to…