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7.2 Million Under Justice Supervision Set Record in 2006

Posted on June 12, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 12, 2008. "The number of people under supervision in the criminal justice system rose to 7.2 million in 2006, the highest ever, costing states $45 billion as they go in and out of jails and prisons, says the Washington Post, citing a U...

Laptop Contents May Be Randomly Searched At Border Entry

Posted on June 12, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 12, 2008. Laptop contents may be randomly searched at border entryMiller Canfield Paddock & Stone"Do you or your employees travel abroad with a laptop computer in tow?"

Binding Corporate Rules: An Effective Solution for Compliance Under the European Data Directive?

Posted on June 12, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 12, 2008. Binding corporate rules: an effective solution for compliance under the European Data Directive?Troutman Sanders LLP"If your business requires the transfer of personally identifiable information from Europe to the United States, your privacy practices must be deemed ?adequate? under the European Data Directive before any such transfer can occur"...

Authenticating Different Types of Electronic Stored Information

Posted on June 12, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 12, 2008. Authenticating different types of ESIBricker & Eckler LLP"In considering the approach to authenticating Electronically Stored Information, it is essential to focus on the type of ESI you are dealing with."

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Pfizer "Cyberpunks" Drive Social Computing At Drug Maker

Posted on June 12, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 12, 2008. Enterprise 2.0: Pfizer's Cyberpunks Drive Social Computing At Drug Maker"Workers at the company now routinely post articles to a wiki called Pfizerpedia that's grown to feature more than 10,000 articles and numerous how-to videos"

List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on June 12, 2008
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible� through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines June 12, 2008

Posted on June 12, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, June 12, 2008. Subscription needed for online access�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Corporate bankruptcy filings lag, for now"Law firms have been preparing for the next wave of corporate bankruptcies for the past two years, and while there's been a 40% increase in filings over the past year, restructuring attorneys are starting to think that the surge may be more of a swell than a tsunami...

New Jersey Law Journal State and Federal Decisions June 12, 2008

Posted on June 12, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New�Jersey Law Journal�Case Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed Subscription needed for online access: STATE DECISIONS: State v...

Raise Ordered for New York State Judges

Posted on June 11, 2008
� Source: Associated Press: June 11, 2008 at 2:17 pm by Rick Karlin AP is reporting that a Manhattan trial court judge has just ordered the Governor and Legislature to grant judicial pay raises in the next 90 days. It?s unsure about possible appeals, or the impact on legislative raises which in theory have been linked to judicial raises as a form of political cover - which Justice, Edward Lehner ruled was illegal (the linkage, not the political cover part)...

New York Overhauls State Police Unit That Protects Governor

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "The New York State police unit that protects and travels with the governor will be overhauled in an effort to ensure that governors do not exert improper influence over the troopers or compromise their security decisions, reports the New York Times...

Internet Service Providers To Block Child Pornography, Censorship?

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "Three major Internet service providers have agreed to block customer access to newsgroups and Web sites that offer child pornography, says an agreement announced by the New York attorney general's office and reported by the Washington Post...

Cost Projection For New California Death Row Soars 80 Percent

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "Ground has not yet been broken on a new death row at California's San Quentin State Prison, but the projected cost of the project has soared by nearly 80 percent for a compound that could be full only three years after it opens, said an audit reported by the Los Angeles Times...

Ohio Judge Overrules Lethal Infection Before Case is Tried

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "Ohio's lethal injection process is unconstitutional because it could cause pain and the state mandates that an inmate's death be painless, Judge James Burge in Lorain ruled yesterday, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer...

Pittsburgh Crime Steady: "Still Vicious, Violent Society"

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "Crime in Pittsburgh dropped in most major categories last year, mirroring nationwide declines in both violent and property offenses, reports the Pittsburgh Post- Gazette. Still, the local violent crime count was down only ...

Chicago Political Corruption Shows No Sign Of Ending

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "When former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was snared in a racketeering and fraud investigation, some thought Chicago might get a break from the corruption that has plagued the city for as long as anyone can remember...

As New York City Considers Tasers, Jury Awards $6 Million in Death

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "Four days before a consultant suggested the New York Police Department expand its use of Tasers, Taser International was hit with a $6 million verdict for the death of a California man, the New York Daily News reports...

U.S. Mexico Step Up Campaign Against Guns Crossing Border

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 11, 2008. "Tons of heroin and cocaine move north across the Southwestern border, and millions of dollars and truckloads of weapons move south feeding the escalating levels of violence that have turned parts of Mexico into war zones and spread as far as North Texas, says the Dallas Morning News...

Questions Raised Concerning Constitutionality of Recently Appointed Patent Judges

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 11, 2008 Questions raised concerning constitutionality of recently appointed patent judgesMorgan Lewis"A case currently on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court raises the question of whether there is a constitutional flaw in the appointment process for judges who decide cases as part of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI)...

New York's Social Security Number Protection Law

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 11, 2008. New York?s Social Security Number Protection LawSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP"New York became one of an increasing number of states to impose civil liability upon those employers who do not adequately restrict access to the Social Security numbers (SSN) of their employees earlier this year...

U.S. Strengthens Anti 'Spam' Laws

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 11, 2008. US strengthens anti 'spam' lawsAddleshaw Goddard LLP"The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has approved 4 new rule provisions under The Can-Spam Act.'

Cyberbullying Indictment of MySpace User Tests Meaning of "Authorization"

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 11, 2008. Cyberbullying indictment of MySpace user tests the meaning of ?authorization? under the CFAAPerkins Coie LLP"A recent indictment for 'cyberbullying' may prove to be another test case for the scope of the meaning of ?authorization? under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...

According to Survey Women Buy More Smartphones

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source:InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 11, 2008. Women Buying More SmartphonesThe demographic is significant, as 71% of women decide on their families' wireless choices, a Verizon survey found.

Does CIA Secret Intellipedia Have Universay Relevance?

Posted on June 11, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 11, 2008. Enterprise 2.0: CIA's Secret Intellipedia Has Universal Relevance"The government's private wiki is a solution to the age-old problem of getting important information into the hands of intelligence agency people who can put it to good use...

New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY Counrty

Posted on June 10, 2008
In order to comply with�subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 �� 1. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v...

Homicide Expert Says New York Police Commissioner Kelley Cancelled His Classes Over Criticism

Posted on June 10, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, June 10, 2008. "Homicide expert Vernon Geberth says he has been removed from a 28-year gig teaching in the New York Police Department because he criticized police handling of a widely-publicized case, reports Leonard Levitt in NYPD Confidential...

FBI Name Check Backlog, Outdated Technology Cited in Report

Posted on June 10, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 10, 2008. "The FBI's name check program relies on outdated technology and employs workers with limited training, raising concerns about the U.S. ability to assess national security threats, says a Justice Department inspector general's report quoted by the Houston Chronicle...

Experts: FBI Should Collect, Release Crime Data More Quickly

Posted on June 10, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, June 10, 2008. "How much use are the FBI's preliminary crime rerot numbers for 2007, in mid-2008? Not much, say some crime experts interviewed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who advocate for a more timely release of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports...

Colorado Court First to Use Whole Body Imager/Metal Detector

Posted on June 10, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 10, 2008. "Some visitors to Colorado's Douglas County justice center yesterday thought they were being screened by a snazzy, new metal detector. Instead, the facility is the first in the U.S. to use a combination of a whole-body imager and metal detector to screen for a wide array of weapons and contraband, Scott Ortolani of L-3 Communications, which makes the device, told the Denver Post...

Community Courts Handle More "Frequent Fliers" On Petty Crimes

Posted on June 10, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, June 10, 2008. "Cities and counties increasingly are creating community courts to deal with habitual petty criminals that police call 'frequent fliers,' USA Today reports. People arrested repeatedly for crimes such as public drunkenness, trespassing, and panhandling are crowding jails and sapping police resources...

Position Open: Business/Legal Researcher (temp): Washington, D.C.

Posted on June 10, 2008
Library Associates Companies (LAC) seeks skilled part-time Business / Legal Researcher to work on a temporary project on which we?re bidding.� This position is in the corporate library of a prestigious government agency in Washington, D.C.� The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years? research experience using a multitude of business and legal databases and unflagging customer service orientation...

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