October 20, 2010 October 20, 2010 Computer Expert Pleads Guilty to Hacker Stock Scheme (Bloomberg) http://j.st/ZSC An Arizona computer specialist who did time in prison for his role in an Internet stock-fraud scheme pleaded guilty in New Jersey today to a similar scam. ———————————————————————— October 20, 2010 Cop acquitted of…
On social media bad news spreads quickly. When off-duty Baltimore Police Detective Brian Stevenson was killed Saturday night after being struck in the head by a piece of concrete, word spread quickly through police circles and spilled onto Facebook, where the officer’s young daughter learned of his death before relatives…
Leading Executives in the Legal Research Industry Join Bloomberg Law Lou Andreozzi and Larry D. Thompson to Lead Expansion of Bloomberg’s Web-Based Legal Platform New York, October 18, 2010 – Bloomberg today announced that Lou Andreozzi has joined the Company as chairman of Bloomberg Law and Larry D. Thompson, PhD,…
The system for placing them with federal judges is breaking down. Karen Sloan National Law Journal October 18, 2010 Are the Wild West days of federal clerk hiring back? That’s what some law school administrators and judges fear. They worry that the voluntary system whereby federal judges wait until September…
October 2009 – September 2010. Issued October 2010 New York State fully implemented changes to its drug laws on October 7, 2009. This report provides a preliminary update of the impact during the first year. More comprehensive reports will be issued in the coming months. The preliminary review shows that…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw October 11-15 2010. United States First Circuit, 10/11/2010 US v. Brown Defendant’s conviction for possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute is affirmed where: 1) although the district court’s factual findings…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw October 11-15 2010. United States First Circuit, 10/14/2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston v. Seger-Thomschitz In an art museum’s action for a declaratory judgment to confirm its rightful ownership of a painting,…
A New Bog: Those of you who follow this blog will know that I occasionaly post Lesley Harris’s excellent Newsletter The Copyright & News Media Law Newsletter, (latest issue posted below with permission) where she covers a wide range of topics from copyright and licensing to jobs for librarians. Although…
From the Brennan Center for Justice, Fair Courts E-Lert October 15, 2010: Justice Elena Kagan’s decision to recuse herself in 25 of the cases the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear continues to inspire discussion about judicial disqualification. A New York Times editorial praises Justice Kagan’s decision, but questions…
In the October 15, 2010 Wall Street Journal, Dionne Searcey reports that “after numerous record-shattering fines and executive prosecutions in recent years, the government’s crackdown on violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act shows no signs of slowing. So far this year, the U.S. Justice Department has carried out a…