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Expert: News Corp. Phone Hacking May Have Violated US Law
I've blogged a lot about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 USC 1030, which prohibits unauthorized access to protected computers. I've regularly pointed out that this statute is extraordinarily broad, and its breadth is relevant here.
Updated: 07/13/2011 05:50P
Criminal Law: Domestic Abuse - Habitual Offender - Tribal Court Misdemeanor
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Updated: 07/13/2011 05:49P
Get Rupert Murdoch on the Leveson inquiry stand
But when journalists, editors and executives stand accused of widespread breaches of criminal law, they should have no place to hide. The Leveson inquiry should be fully resourced, with counsel and investigators working over the summer so that Messrs
Updated: 07/13/2011 04:49P
Human Rights Watch Calls for Bush Administration Officials to Be Tried for Torture
It's a dereliction of President Obama's responsibility to enforce the criminal law that he basically has, as you saw in the clip, said he will look forward, not back. He will stop torture by US interrogators from now on, or really from the beginning of
Updated: 07/13/2011 04:48P
Tribal Council Agenda – Thursday, July 14
Criminal Law, Article XIV.A Controlled Substances –Ordinance amendment (Item No. 18) 1:50 pm – Tabled Ord. No. 707 (11) – Request by B Ensley that Council rescind Ord. No. 532 (11) regarding Chapter 113, Hunting & Fishing, Cherokee Code Article II.
Updated: 07/13/2011 01:23P
Self referral and plea bargains... soft landings or bumpy rides?
The Guidance advises that the government does not intend to bring the full force of the criminal law to bear against “well run” commercial organisations that experience an “isolated incident” of bribery but rather against the “mavericks” who undermine
Updated: 07/13/2011 11:42A
Prosecutorial discretion to repudiate plea agreements – the Supreme Court's
Ms. Nixon had been charged with multiple Criminal Code offenses, including dangerous driving and impaired driving, following an incident where she was alleged to have driven a motor home through an intersection, striking a second vehicle and killing
Updated: 07/13/2011 11:04A
New BC drunk-driving law cuts death rate in half
The law gives police the authority to impound cars and hand out huge fines to drivers whose blood alcohol level was found to be higher than .05. Under the criminal code, the limit is .08. Over the seven month period the law has been in effect,
Updated: 07/13/2011 11:02A
IRS Targets 100000 Tax Professionals For Noncompliance
In fact, I could attend 15 hours of criminal law continuing education hours in order to meet my own state's requirements and still be exempt from the IRS requirements without a single drop of tax law. Further, while the three (and in some states,
Updated: 07/13/2011 10:10A
SEEMO Welcomes Decriminalisation of Defamation in Montenegro
/Ognen Teofilovski The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes the decision of the Montenegrin government to amend the Criminal Code and delete provisions
Updated: 07/13/2011 09:56A
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