Corey Rayburn Yung who teaches criminal law and procedure at the John Marshall Law School has posted a draft paper (Defining and Measuring Judicial Activism: An Empirical Study of Judges on the United States Court of Appeals) on SSRN. Professor Yung’s scholarship is primarily focused on sex crimes and judicial…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, July 16, 2009: 1. People v. Ross, 678, 4397/06, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 4164; 62 A.D.3d 619; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4042, May 28, 2009, Decided, May 28, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF…
Ten top stories. July 17, 2009. Work-Life Balance Jack Welch: Women Take Time Off for Kids at Their Peril Jul 16, 2009, 07:54 am CDT Law Schools Harvard Law to Job-Hunting Students: Don’t Panic Jul 16, 2009, 07:30 am CDT Law Students Incoming 1L Writes Columnist About Fear of Never…
Can the offering of goods and services such as Google searches free of charge be considered in violation of antitrust? Many librarians have expressed an interest in this issue. They are concerned about what any resolution of this question wll have on their continuing efforts to provide knowledge based goods…
David Badertscher Legal experts and prosecutors are quite concerned about possible results of the June 25, 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts 07-591. In this decision the Court has ruled that forensic analysts conducting tests must be in court to testify about their test results and that lab…
BY KAT SANDERS* It’s easier to solve crime today than it was 50 years ago, because of the advances that have been made in the field of science, or to be more specific, forensic science. In fact, new and innovative crime solving techniques are being introduced by the day to…
The Unclassified Report of the President’s Surveillance Program released on July 10, 2009 is a review of the National Security Agency Warrantless Search Program, created during the presidency of George W. Bush some time after September 11, 2001. The unclassified report was prepared by the inspectors general of five government…
Search run on West Thomson Website on July 14, 2009. NEW PUBLICATIONS: Crown Court Index, 2009, 29th NEW This work provides an index of common penalties and formalities in cases tried on indictment… Release Date: 6/29/2009 Witness Preparation and Examination for DUI Proceedings: Leading Lawyers on Developing Questioning Strategies, Gathering……
Ten top stories. July 10, 2009. Editor’s Note: Check back at ABAJournal.com starting Monday for live coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings. The Journal’s U.S. Supreme Court expert Richard Brust will post highlights from the Senate committee Q&A. Law Schools Are Law Schools Like GM? Why Profs Should Mull…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. July 6-10, 2009. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, July 08, 2009 US v. Meadows, No. 08-1122 Conviction for firearms possession is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly denied defendant’s motion…