To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw May 17-21, 2010 U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, May 17, 2010 Coggeshall v. Massachusetts Bd. of Registration of Psychologists, No. 09-1111 In plaintiffs’ 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the Massachusetts…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw May 17-21, 2010 ——————————————————————————– U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, May 17, 2010 Parsley v. US, No. 09-1690 District court’s denial of defendant’s motion under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion to vacate…
April, 2010 This Report of the Executive Director to the ABA Board of Governors* highlights issues related to ABA Membership, and Personnel, Also highlighted is an extensive list of Programs and Projects including those related to Bioethics and the Law, Center for Professional Responsibity, Criminal Justice, Family Law, Government Affairs,…
An abstract prepared for the Criminal Law Library Blog by Michael Chernicoff. Are language barriers playing a role in law enforcement? The Justice Department has begun a “routine audit” in New York to determine whether federal civil rights laws were being complied with in police dealing with non‐English speakers. Such reviews have been regular since 2002 when the Justice Department required recipients of grants to provide services to no‐English speakers CLICK HERE TO SEE COMPLETE ABSTRACT
An Abstract prepared for the Criminal Law Library Blog by Michael Chernicoff. The Adam Walsh Act [is] currently in place to protect children against abuse and child pornography and promote Internet safety is being used to classify criminals whose crimes were not sexual in nature as sex offenders. The Adam…
Selections from the Brennan Center Fair Courts E-lert May 21, 2010. Summarized news articles and editorials related to the independence of judges and the courts….: 1. A recent George Mason University study suggests that certain factors such as “support for diversity in the state’s leadership,” the “location of a judgeship,”…
Top Ten Stories for Week Ending May 21, 2010. Legal Ethics Law Firm Partner Accused of Putting Camera Under Employee’s Desk May 17, 2010 6:42 am CDT Plus: Lawyer’s C-Word Invective Spurs Criminal, Ethics Charges by Animal Rights Group Lawyer Suspended Over DUI Arrests and Secret Sex Tapes $9M Malpractice…
An Internet Society NYC update with video: ISOC-NY on May 8 2010, hosted a seminar “dot nyc – How are we doing?” at NYU. NYC Council Member Gale Brewer delivered keynote remarks, then vendor Eric Brunner-Williams of CORE Internet Council of Registrars revealed details of their proposal to the City,…
A program presented by the state trial judges during the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco at the Marriott Marquis On August 5, from 1:30-4:30 p.m.. Attendees registered for the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting are invited to join the National Conference of State Trial Judges…
Many of us just learned the sad news that Nylink, which has served New York State Libraries for 37 years, is phasing out its operations and will be closing in one year. We understand that Nylink will be closing its operations primarily due to a steep decline in its revenue…