The Justice Policy Institute, an advocacy organization based in Washington DC, has just issued a report, Pruning Prisons: How Cutting Corrections Can Save Money and Protect Public Safety, which argues that states can improve public safety and save millions of dollars by investing in community based alternatives to incarceration. Quoting…
In a recent e-mail Robert Richards, a Law Librarian and Legal Information Consultant from Philadelphia, mentions a recent Associatiion of Research Libraries (ARL) preservation report, “Safeguarding Collections at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Describing Roles & Measuring Contemporary Preservation Activities in ARL Libraries,” http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/safeguarding-collections.pdf .. More details are at…
Volume 2 Number 5 May 2009. Rogue (Fake) Anti-Virus Software: How to Spot It & Avoid It!* From the Desk of David Badertscher Your PC May Be Infected! Click here to clean it! Have you seen this advertisement or similar pop-up messages? A free PC scan or an offer to…
A White Paper from MessageLabs. Although this white paper was written primarily for IT managers we think it has considerable broader applicability and are therefore posting it here. Summary: Where do you draw the line when it comes to employee Web use? Is it okay to send the occasional personal…
A 2009 publication of the American Bar Association. ” A practical reference for any attorney who is asked to represent a religious organization.” Guide to Representing Religious Organizations By Editors: Lisa A. Runquist and Jeannie Carmedelle Frey; Managing Editor: Patricia A. Tauchert ——————————————————————————– The Guide to Representing Religious Organizations addresses…
Volme 1 Issue 4 Spring 2009. A quarterly newsletter of the American Bar Association Section on Science and Technology. CHAIR’S WELCOME by RUTH HILL BRO Come Together, Right Now For many of us, it’s been a long, cold lonely winter as we’ve tried to find our way through a seemingly…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. May 11-15, 2009. U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, May 12, 2009 Midi v. Holder, No. 08-1367 Petitioner’s petition for review of the BIA’s order removing her from the U.S. is denied,…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. May 11-15, 2009. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, May 11, 2009 Pina v. Maloney , No. 07-1267 Denial of petition for habeas relief is affirmed where although plaintiff did not procedurally…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. May 14, 2009. CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE US v. Ness, No. 05-440 Conviction for conspiring to commit three money laundering offenses is reversed where: 1) a reasonable jury could not find beyond…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, May 18, 2009. 1. People v. Smith, 558, 2680/07, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 3839; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3674, May 14, 2009, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING…