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Court throws out theft, fraud charges against 'Girls Gone Wild' producer
A district judge tossed out theft and fraud charges against "Girls Gone Wild" producer Joe Francis in a case stemming from his failure to pay a $2 million gambling debt to Wynn Las Vegas. In her 12-page decision District Judge Linda
Updated: 09/14/2011 07:29P
NATION: Airport detainee says she was a victim of racial profiling
But legality has little to do with reality, said Bob Rigg, a Drake professor of criminal law. "The reality is that there is a profile out there," Rigg said. "The 9/11 terrorists looked a certain way and were of certain descent.
Updated: 09/14/2011 07:14P
SAP will pay fine of $20 million in Oracle copyright case
Under a plea agreement negotiated with federal prosecutors, an SAP executive stood before a judge here in US District Court and admitted that employees of SAP's TomorrowNow subsidiary accessed Oracle's computers without permission and used unauthorized
Updated: 09/14/2011 06:28P
VI hires lawyers to fight US Justice Department
On June 9, the US Justice Department asked the judge in the case to appoint a receiver to manage all aspects of prison operations, citing what it contends are unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the prison, escalating violence,
Updated: 09/14/2011 06:08P
Aiding and Abetting a Conspiracy to Provide Support to a Conspiracy to Commit
It's quite a mouthful, but if you go through it slowly it does actually prove coherent–though also good fodder for a criminal law exam…. In any event, from the press release: RALEIGH, NC – Dylan Boyd, aka “Mohammed,” pleaded guilty today in federal
Updated: 09/14/2011 05:16P
ACLU Lawsuit Charges That Mandatory Drug Testing Policy at Missouri College is
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Eastern Missouri today filed a federal class action lawsuit charging Linn State Technical College with violating the constitutional rights of its students by forcing them to submit to mandatory drug
Updated: 09/14/2011 04:59P
BSPD school resource officer program thriving
Classroom presentations by SROs address practical information on the legal aspects of criminal law and the Fourth Amendment, drug abuse resistance education, life skills, boundary setting, social coping and decision-making models.
Updated: 09/14/2011 04:34P
Thai webmaster wins press freedom award
"Prime Minister Najib Razak makes sweet promises, but in reality uses criminal laws to silence activists. "With the Printing Presses and Publications Act, there is no single piece of news or editorial cartoon that is allowed to criticise the government
Updated: 09/14/2011 03:29P
UK Supreme Court to retain role
"Some of the finest legal and constitutional minds in the country have recognised that the UK Supreme Court plays a much more significant - and inappropriate - role in Scottish criminal law than had been envisaged when the Scotland Act was passed,
Updated: 09/14/2011 02:56P
UK Supreme Court to retain role in Scots law
"Some of the finest legal and constitutional minds in the country have recognised that the UK Supreme Court plays a much more significant - and inappropriate - role in Scottish criminal law than had been envisaged when the Scotland Act was passed,
Updated: 09/14/2011 02:53P
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