James Duggan, President of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) includes the following announcement in the February 2009 issue of his newsletter, From the Desk of James E. Duggan.: “Earlier this month, the Government Printing Office (GPO) announced the release of the Federal Digital System (FDsys), GPO’s new digital…
The transition of evidence from paper to digital imposes new challenges to ensuring a proper “chain of custody'” in the authentication of digital evidence. The legal group of Merrill Corporation has recently compiled a report which addresses this and related issues: Report: AUTHENTICATING DIGITAL EVIDENCE: IDENTIFY AND AVOID THE WEAK…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending February 20, 2009: Law Practice Management Last Week’s Layoffs Saved Law Firms an Estimated $100M Feb 17, 2009, 06:52 am CST Law Firms A&O to Ax Up to 250 Lawyers and 200 Staff, Freeze Pay and Ask Partners for Capital Feb 19, 2009,…
BY STEVEN ESSIG* Library Trends Volume 57, issue 1 focuses on “Digital Books and the Impact on Libraries”. Issue Editor Peter Brantley, Executive Director for the Digital Library Federation (DLF), introduces the discussion by summarizing several cataclysmic developments in the library and publishing worlds that are forever changing the production,…
From: Resource Desk, Quinlan’s Law Enforcement Enews Alert, February 17, 2008. Last year was one of the safest years for U.S. law enforcement in decades. The number of officers killed in the line of duty fell sharply in 2008 when compared with 2007, and officers killed by gunfire reached a…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. February 11,17, 2009. CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE People v. Williams, No. 22mem09 The order of the Appellate Division is affirmed where there is no legal reason to upset the court’s exercise…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. February 11, 13, 17, 2009. CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, SENTENCING U.S. v. Gutierrez, No. 083581 Conviction for possession of counterfeit checks and bank fraud and sentence of 24…
To be held on April 3-4, 2009 in Tempe, Arizona. The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University will host an international conference, Forensic Science for the 21st Century: The National Academy of Sciences Report and Beyond,” on April 3-4 in Tempe, Ariz. The focal point of…
U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, February 09, 2009 Cloaninger v. McDevitt , No. 072054 In a claim against defendant-deputy sheriffs alleging violation of plaintiff’s search and seizure rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and his due process and equal protection rights, grant of summary judgment in favor of…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. February 09 – February 13, 2009 U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, February 09, 2009 US v. Rivera-Rivera, No. 05-2495, 05-2498 Defendants’ convictions and sentences stemming from the armed robbery of a…