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Cyber Sexual Misconduct and Criminal Behavior: A modern Legal Challenge

The digital age has dramatically expanded how we connect, communicate, and share. Yet with these advances come new risks—especially for vulnerable individuals targeted through online platforms. One of the most alarming forms of harm emerging in this environment is cyber sexual misconduct, which encompasses a broad range of non-consensual, sexually…

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Is the Balance of Power Shifting? Rethinking Separation of Powers in the U.S. Government

The U.S. Constitution enshrines a system of separation of powers, ensuring that legislative, executive, and judicial branches operate independently while keeping one another in check. This structure is meant to prevent the concentration of power and to safeguard individual liberty. But in recent years, many legal scholars, judges, and concerned…

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CBO: Business Tax Credits for Wind and Solar Power

Report-April 11, 2025. The Congressional Budget Office* “(CBO) provides an overview of federal tax credits that support investment in wind and solar electric power. The agency also explains how it assesses the credits’ budgetary and economic effects and how its baseline reflects JCT’s revenue estimates.” SUMMARY: The federal government provides…

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News Briefs and Summaries from the NJSBA, April 10, 2025

These News Briefs and Decision Summaries are from  the  the New Jersey State Bar Association. They are an exclusive benefit of the Association in partnership with the New Jersey Law Journal. A subscription may be necessary to access the full text of some of the items listed: NEWS BRIEFS: Federal Judge Rejects…

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Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Law Firm Susmann Godfrey, DOJ Bans it’s Attorneys From Participating in ABA Events, and More

April 10, 2025 From  The Legal File by Reuters Legal. The rundown on the top legal news of the day.

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The Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards, With Commentary

Adopted August 2016; Revised Commentary 2017 and 2024. FROM THE INTRODUCTION: Persons with mental disorders are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. Studies suggest that anywhere from 16 to 24% of people in jails and prisons have a serious mental illness.1 This rate is three to 12 times higher…

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Tariffs as an Emergency Power?

From VERDICT, Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia, 27 March 2025. SUMMARY: NYU Law Professor Samuel Estreicher and JD candidate Andrew Babbitt analyze President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) during his second administration to impose and threaten tariffs on several countries. They highlight how this…

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Entropy, Complexity and the Dynamics of Change: Legal Systems, Libraries, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Economics, Quantum Computing, and Living Systems

Since writing and publishing my 1982 article, An Examination of the Dynamics of Change in Information Technology as Viewed From Libraries and Information Centers, 75 Law Library J. 198 (1982). I have learned a great deal—so much, in fact, that a completely new article is necessary. What I have come…

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The Rusty Chronicles: Roger Citron Reviews Scott Turow’s Presumed Guilty

In Presumed Guilty, Scott Turow revisits the world of legal drama, charting the transformation of his iconic protagonist, Rusty Sabich, from prosecutor to defense attorney in a rural setting. Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center professor Rodger D. Citron examines Turow’s latest legal thriller, exploring how the author’s storytelling…

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News Briefs and Summaries from the NJSBA, March 14, 2025

These News Briefs and Decision Summaries are from  the  the New Jersey State Bar Association. They are an exclusive benefit of the Association in partnership with the New Jersey Law Journal. A subscription may be necessary to access the full text of some of the items listed NEWS BRIEFS: Law Firm Found…

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