Things a Seattle DUI Attorney should not do in Trial
First let me preface this with I am in now way an expert when it comes to DUI case and jury trials. Yes I have litigated over 100 jury trials, but I'm always still learning, and I'm always open to...
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Kanzleien in Deutschland
Das Kanzlei-Handbuch „Kanzleien in Deutschland“ gehört in jede gut sortierte Anwaltsbibliothek. Der Nomos Verlag hat in der 14. Auflage erneut ein aktuelles Barometer der deutschen Anwaltsszene...
View ArticleIt's Not Wrong To Be Young Ladies
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="arial">It's no surprised that people call them "honey, sweetie, darling" or just "the girls." Are they offended by it? Do they laugh at it? It's...
View ArticleNYT: Report Says T.S.A. Screening Is Not Objective
NYT: Report Says T.S.A. Screening Is Not Objective by Michael S. Schmidt: The Transportation Security Administration has little evidence that an airport passenger screening program, which some...
View ArticleWaPo: Wonkbook: These programs might well have been legal. That’s almost worse
WaPo: Wonkbook: These programs might well have been legal. That’s almost worse by Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas: [...] Read more!
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SERGEANT BOSQUE ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING
When we last left Opa Locka Sergeant German Bosque, (see our prior post here) he was a law enforcement officer known more for his lengthy internal affairs rap sheet and misconduct than for his work as...
View ArticleBy the numbers: 83rd TX Lege created 33 new crimes (6 of them felonies),...
After shifting their weekly legislative updates exclusively to email instead of posting them on their website during the final weeks of the session (perhaps Grits was quoting from and linking to them...
View ArticleDOJ unveils new plans and programming for helping crime victims
As reported in this press release, the US Department of Justice yesterday "unveiled a plan calling for sweeping changes to advance crime victims’ rights and services in the 21st century." Here is more...
View ArticlePolitico: NSA memo pushed to 'rethink' 4th Amendment
Politico: NSA memo pushed to 'rethink' 4th Amendment by Philip Ewing (in 2001!): [...] Read more!
View Article"Man in case of 3 Ohio women held captive faces 329 charges including...
The title of this post is the headline of this AP report on the indictments coming from a local grand jury on Friday which charge Ariel Castro with hundreds of crimes for spending a decade torturing...
View ArticleMother Jones: Justice Department Fights Release of Secret Court Opinion...
Mother Jones: Justice Department Fights Release of Secret Court Opinion Finding Unconstitutional Surveillance by David Korn: Government lawyers are trying to keep buried a classified court finding that...
View ArticleTPM: Report: NSA Accidentally Collected Data From Innocent Americans
TPM: Report: NSA Accidentally Collected Data From Innocent Americans by Igor Bobic: The National Security Agency inadvertently collected data from innocent Americans in 2009, including private email...
View ArticleTime to pass Sen. Paul's “Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection...
I’ve been watching the media run around with their hair on fire screaming that the Obama Administration has subverted the Fourth Amendment: First with the subpoenas to FoxNews and the NYTimes, and then...
View ArticleTD Bank Settles Another Rothstein Investor Suit For $70 Million
A hedge fund specializing in arbitrage trading that had invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Scott Rothstein's $1.3 billion Ponzi scheme has reached a settlement valued at nearly $70 million...
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NJ Drunk Driving Defense Attorney Update: Garden State Motorists Seeking...
As a former municipal prosecutor and now an advocate for drivers accused of operating their motor vehicles while impaired by the consumption of beer, wine or hard liquor, as well as doctor-prescribed...
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Possession, “Matter” Harmful to Minors and the Webcam
After a jury convicted him of “three counts of attempting to disseminate matter harmful to minors and possession of matter harmful to minors with the intent to disseminate it” in violation of...
View ArticleCA11: Roadblock for bank robber was reasonable, one car stopped
A roadblock to stop a fleeing bank robber was reasonable: It stopped the one vehicle they had a description for, and it was placed based on reports from the beeper. United States v. Rodger, 2013 U.S....
View ArticleMI reverses Jardines-like case
This case was held in abeyance pending Jardines because of its similarity: a dog sniff of a residence. It is reversed rather than debriefed. People v. Holt, 2013 Mich. LEXIS 903 (June 7, 2013): [...]...
View ArticleCA10: Delay in search of computer seized by consent was not unreasonable
Defendant was accused under the Assimilative Crimes Act of ignoring her infant child to death while her husband was deployed, spending 12-15 hours a day computer gaming, hardly stopping for anything....
View ArticleWhat is Reckless Driving in Virginia?
It’s a crime. If you’re charged with reckless driving in Virginia, you are charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor that carries the possibility of up to one year in jail, a $2,500 fine and license...
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