Title: The Ethics of Representing Organizations: Legal Fictions For Clients Authors: Lawrence J. Fox Susan R. Martyn Publisher: Oxford University Press (New York) Date of Publication: 2009 Pages: 440 Price: $125.00 The authors (Lawrence J. Fox, a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath, specializes in corporate and securities litigation; Susan…
GungaWeb is an online tool that assists analysis of New York criminal cases with respect to sentencing, lesser included offenses, plea bargaining restrictions, charging and offense elements. Detailed sentencing reports for all Penal Law offenses plus DWI and,now for 2009, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle (VTL511). Dynamic detailed…
Top Ten Stories for week ending December 4, 2009. Editor’s Note: The 3rd Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 is now online! Readers are invited to browse the list and are encouraged to register to vote for their favorites. U.S. Supreme Court A ‘Somewhat Tense Moment’ as Justices Consider Discharge of…
Another Bite at the Apple: A Guide to Section 2255 Motions for Federal Prisoners By Janice L. Bergmann Today, the writ of habeas corpus is a federal remedy primarily used by state prisoners to challenge their conviction or sentence. Habeas corpus was also the primary post conviction remedy for federal…
Projected publication dates from July 2009 to September 2010* Sorted in ascending order by projected publication date: Title: Criminal Law and Procedure for the Paralegal Author: Gary W. Carter Publication Date: July 2009 Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Market: United States ISBN: 0-7355-7012-4 ISBN 13: 978-0-7355-7012-2 Binding Format: Trade…
I received the following letter from the ABA Journal along with a request to send it along to our readers. I urge all of you to contribute to the Blawg 100 conversation. David Badertscher Dear Blawgger, As proprietor of one of the more than 2,500 blawgs in the ABA Journal’s…
CLLB Abstract Prepared by Michael Chernicoff http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/fmri-evidence-u.html The defense lawyer for Brian Dugan, an Illinois man convicted of raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, used fMRI brain scans as evidence during the sentencing phase of his trial show that their client should be spared the death penalty because he has…
CLLB Abstract prepared by Michael Chernicoff Does Bringing a Terrorist Suspect From Gitmo to New York Confer Any More Legal Rights? http://volokh.com/2009/11/20/does-bringing-a-terrorist-suspect-from-gitmo-to-new-york-confer-any-more-legal-rights/ If Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed is transferred from Gitmo to New York, would this allow him different immigrant status or create constitutional rights, such as Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment,…
With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the National Center for State Courts, the Center-hosted Self-Represented Litigation Network, in cooperation with the Legal Services Corporation, is presenting: A Training on Public Libraries and Access to Justice January 11-12, 2010, Austin, Texas Information on Application Process With funding…
I am grateful to Lesley Ellen Harris for granting me permission to publish the complete issues of her New Media Law & E-Commerce News on this blawg as they appear. Here is Leslie’s most recent issue.: FROM THE OFFICES OF LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News…