Case Discussed: U.S. v. Wellman, 2009 WL 37184 (S..D W. Va. 2009) From: Quinlan Law Enforcement E-News*, March 26, 2009. Search and Seizure in Cyberspace: Fourth Amendment issues abound in P2P child porn case The emergent nature of the Internet has caused the Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and…
March 2009 Volume 2 Number 3. Social Networking Sites: How To Stay Safe From the Desk of David G. Badertscher The popularity of social networking sites–such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and others–has exploded in recent years, with usage in the United States increasing 93% since 2006, according to Netpop Research.…
On Monday March 23, 2009 the Obama administration presented the details of the Public-Private Invetment Program as a major initiative to help stimulate the U.S. economy. Below are links to four documents which were prepared to help introduce this program. Press Briefing by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Plans to…
March, 2009 Volume 21 Issue 2 LEAD ARTICLES: Strategies for Combating Anti-Gay Sentiment in the Courtroom by Sean Overland “This article describes the extent and nature of anti-gay sentiment, how it differs from racial bias, and how attorneys and jury consultants concerned about homophobia can combat anti-gay bias in the…
Written by: Ira Winkler March 24, 2009. For the Internet Revolution Blog: “The ‘CSI Effect’ is what people call juror expectations of forensic evidence that unequivocally proves the defendant guilty. Unfortunately, there is now a “Twitter Effect,” where defense attorneys hope for mistrials because jurors just can’t control themselves and…
March 2009 Issue The Law Library Association of Maryland (LLAM) is a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL): The March 2009 issue of LLAM News is available for viewing at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llam/publications/llamnewsletter/Llamnews200903.pdf No password required. Please be patient if the document takes a little while to open. Sara…
March 19, 2009 In this Issue: Intentional Upheaval: ACRL Report Says Libraries Must Turn Crisis into Opportunity Unresolved: ACRL, “Debate” Over MLS Finds No Resolution At ACRL, One Librarian Looks to the Very, Very, Distant Future Sony, Google Strike Public Domain Deal; Oregon State, BCR Team Up to Offer Public…
In his memorandum of March 19, 2009 to heads of executive departments and agencies, Attorney General Holder rescinds former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s October 12, 2001 memorandum which states that records could be witheld by the Department of Justice “unless they lack a sound legal basis or present an…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 20, 2009: Law Practice Management Layoff ‘Herd Mentality’ Ignores Greater Savings of Pay Cuts, Prof Says Mar 17, 2009, 08:19 am CDT Pro Bono Situations Wanted: Laid-Off Lawyers Seek Volunteer Work–and Get Rejected Mar 16, 2009, 08:42 am CDT Law Practice Management…
Q\UESTION:: In a recent e-mail, someone from Canada asked asked how she could obtain an “official copy” of a Congressional Research Service report, “one from Congress,” not one from the website of an organization such as the Federation of American Scientists. The responses which follow are very interesting; they address…