November 12. 2010 is the twentieth anniversary of a research proposal that is remaking our world. As Ben Zimmer tells it in his November 14 On Language column, WWW: The 20th Anniversary of a Research Proposal That Remande the Language in the New York Times, Tim Berners-Lee, a British software…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw November 8-12 2010. United States First Circuit, 11/12/2010 Freedom from Religion Found. v. Hanover Sch. Dist., No. 09-2473 In plaintiffs’ suit seeking a declaration that the federal Pledge statute and the recitation…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw November 8-12 2010. United States Fourth Circuit, 11/12/2010 US v. Ide, No. 09-4833 District court’s grant of government’s petition to revoke defendant’s term of supervised release originally imposed in May 2002 as…
ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence (SCJI) In an October 20, 2010 e-mail discussing the Report, William K Weisenberg, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence writes: “On behalf of the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence (SCJI), I am pleased to present for your consideration recommendations and a report that…
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…