March 2010 A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust All summaries below were prepared by staff of the ABA Criminal Justice Section.. JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES (No. 08-5274) United States Supreme Court Opinion Decided: March 2, 2010 Petitioner Johnson pleaded guilty to possession of ammunition by a convicted…
The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan et. al. v. Banc of America Securities et. al. 05 Civ 9016 (SAS) Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court SD New York has found the plaintiffs in the University of Montreal pension fund case to be grossly…
A Legal Analysis of Reed Elsevier, Inc. v, Muchnick March 18, 2010 CRS Report No. R40944; 3/18/2010; Posted 4/5/2010 Author(s): Brian T. Yeh, Legislative Attorney Subject(s): Intellectual Property No. of Pages: 11 Abstract: Although an author need not register his or her work with the U.S. Copyright Office to obtain…
In a post on the Social Media Student Blog Josh Cameron writes: It’s no secret that Google Scholar now includes court opinions and legal journals. The legal journal articles are just search results that will redirect you to the hosting site. However, a large number of the court opinions are…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw March 29, 2010 – April 2, 2010. ——————————————————————————– U.S. Supreme Court, March 30, 2010 Berghuis v. Smith, No. 08–1402 In habeas proceedings brought by an individual convicted of second degree murder by…
The Internet Society’s New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) has for some years been following the .nyc and ICANN process on behalf of the NYC community and will, on Saturday April 10 2010, host a symposium “dot nyc – How are we doing?” at NYU. Vendors Eric Brunner-Williams of CORE Internet Council…
This morning I was one of many who received the following e-mail from Jessica Van Buren of the Utah State Law Library. : A few weeks ago I asked if any of you had disaster plans to share. I offered to compile responses for a new Toolkit page on the…
On October 6, 2009 the Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for access to records concerning “use of social networking websites (including, but not limited to Facebook, MYSpace, Twitter, Flickr and other online social media) for investigative (crimiinal or otherwise) data gathering purposes…
Top ten stories for week ending April 2, 2010: Layoffs Lovells to Shutter 20-Lawyer Chicago Office Mar 30, 2010, 02:38 pm CDT International Law I Just E-Mailed a Friend, US Lawyer Charged in Dubai Corporate Info Case Tells ABA Journal Mar 31, 2010, 07:31 pm CDT Criminal Justice 9th Circuit…
Citing a series of U.S. Supreme Court rulings, including Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004), the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on March 1 that a New York state statute that permits stiffer sentences for persistent felony offenders violates defendant’s constitutional rights. In the ruling Judge…