Criminal Law Library BlogOctober 2008
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month Volume 1, Issue 6
Phishing – How to Avoid Getting Hooked!
Articles Posted in Commentary and Opinion
ABA Criminal Justice Section News Roundup September 22-29,2008
To see the full text of the ABA Criminal Justice Section News Roundup, click on the link below:
ABA Criminal Justice Section Weekly News Roundup 09-22-29-08
U.S. Senate Passes Bailout Plan
The U.S. Senate endorsed the $700 million bailout plan by a margin of 74 to 25 in favor. Here are some of the highlights of the Senate Approved Plan as reported in the October 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal (Page A3):
“Like the deal rejected by the House, the Senate bill includes:
$700 BILLION FOR BAD ASSETS: $250 billion immediately, $100 billion on Treasury Secretary’s request $350 billion subject to congressional joint resolution.
Proposed Legislation Related to the Second Bailout Attempt in the U.S. Senate HR 1424 and 3997
From information provided by Gallerywatch.com, October 1, 2008
Regardless of the final outcome, these two documents combined should provide you a picture of the second bailout attempt scheduled in the U.S. Senate. Even if you do not see this until action has been taken, they provide some some fascinating reading for those who are interested.
CLLB Information Security Newsletter. Volume 1 Issue 5.
Volume 1 Issue 5
Personal Privacy – How to Protect Your Information
From the Desk of David Badertscher
Feature Articles from LLRX.Com, September 2008
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 side issues in determining who is a journalist in the day-to-day realities of issuing press passes as well as in larger policies such as the extension of shield laws.
Document: U.S. Department of Justice – An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2007
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:
Selected Documents: U.S. Ecomonic Stimulus
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:
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter September 26, 2008
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
American Libraries Direct September 24, 2008
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 library board’s decision, which followed an across-the-board 10% cut in funding to all city departments, in an email to staff September 10. Some 60 residents attended a September 23 city council meeting devoted to the closings-the third such meeting held over eight days-at which Bray described three options, all requiring staff layoffs….