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'Whaleoil' blogger loses appeal on convictions
However, he was subsequently granted leave to go to the Court of Appeal on a question of law: "Whether the information or material posted on his "Whaleoil" blog constituted a publication of a 'report or account' in breach of the Criminal Justice Act
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:56P
Goodwin Procter | Goodwin Procter Partner Richard Strassberg Admitted to
Strassberg, Chair of Goodwin Procter's White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Practice, specializes in white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, and complex business and financial litigation.
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:52P
Australia: Bipartisan agreement on retrospective anti-refugee law
This anti-democratic procedure pre-empted a Victorian Court of Appeal case involving Jeky Payara, a 20-year-old Indonesian fisherman who faces trial for “aggravated people smuggling.” His case has now been adjourned until November 30,
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:33P
Criminal Court judges rack up thousands on taxpayer-paid trips
These are just some of the expenses racked up by judges while getting their state-mandated continuing legal education. But now that the state legislative auditor is combing through the New Orleans courts' books, this longstanding practice is under
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:32P
Conference addresses investigating and reporting hate crimes
Alex Del Carmen, Criminology and Criminal Justice department chair, said the conference was an opportunity for criminal justice practitioners and academics to discuss their ideas freely, in an academic setting. “I think that it is important for
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:13P
Premier sees mistakes in B.C.'s new impaired law
Police released the identities of two Calgary residents killed in a weekend crash yesterday. Faton Doberdolani, 37, and Verena Semnica, 24, were rear-ended and killed while stopped at a red light along McKnight Boulevard. Ryan Thomas Kramer, 23,
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:13P
Hill Dispatches: Crime bill brings on a confrontational stance toward the
However, in Canada, criminal law and its enforcement is an area where one order of government does get to pass laws and the other gets stuck with the bill! The BNA act specifies that the code of criminal law itself is entirely within federal
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:50P
Nuisance law targets criminal acts
The new law, written by city attorney Thomas Trask with the help of interim city manager Jim Madden, appears tailored to Poe's wishes. While eliminating non-criminal nuisances, the ordinance keeps provisions that significantly cut down the time period
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:37P
Mayors meet to address crime corridor along I-5
Sex trafficking is the fastest growing form of crime in the world, according to the Oregon Human Trafficking Task Force. The US Justice Department estimates 300000 of those exploited nationally in the sex traffic trade are children.
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:25P
Lerma: Everything is different with today's forensics
BROWNSVILLE -- When Brownsville criminal defense attorney Bobby Lerma began practicing law 27 years ago, law enforcement had just begun using what today are common forensic tools to solve crimes and narrow suspect fields.
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:11P
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