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'Clean Up Government Act' sparks overcriminalization concerns
The broader concern is the overcriminalization of conduct that may not comport with our traditional notions of criminal justice. But I am here today, as a practicing lawyer who is actively working in this area of the law, to remind the esteemed Members
Updated: 12/14/2011 08:41A
Teen may face criminal charges for paying man to punch her pregnant belly to
In a ruling issued on Tuesday, justices said a state judge incorrectly interpreted state law when deciding the 17-year-old girl could not be held criminally liable for essentially seeking an abortion through the beating. Justices said a solicited
Updated: 12/14/2011 08:34A
OH lawmakers hear from death penalty opponents
Among those expected to testify Wednesday before the House Criminal Justice Committee is state Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer. Pfeifer helped write the law enacted in 1981, but grew skeptical that prosecutors were using it fairly and this year
Updated: 12/14/2011 08:34A
Crime report for Dec. 14
By Anonymous Listed information, including addresses, has been gathered from arrest and incident reports publicly available at area law-enforcement agencies. If your name appears here and your case was dismissed or you were cleared of the crime,
Updated: 12/14/2011 08:23A
The AM Roundup: Crimes Aplenty, WaMu, More
WSJ More WaMu: As the bank lurches toward a $7 billion bankruptcy exit plan, the AmLaw Daily takes a look at its biggest bankruptcy billers. Bad blood: Patton Boggs lawyers have accused Gibson Dunn lawyers of making “vexatious threats,” in a
Updated: 12/14/2011 08:13A
Fines imposed Instead of punishment with imprisonment for crimes in economic
At the same time, MPs denied support to the opposition's amendment calling for decriminalization of Article 365 of the Criminal Code, under which the former prime minister and leader of the opposition party Batkivshchyna, Yulia Tymoshenko,
Updated: 12/14/2011 08:10A
FoxMandal accuses SRGR of data theft; FoxMandal files criminal complaint
Lawyers Ravi Bishnoi, Saroj Kumar Jha, Rajan D Gupta and Akshat Pande had left FoxMandal in 2009 to start their own law firm 'SRGR Law Offices'. We understand from sources that the complaint has been filed for cheating, defrauding, criminal breach of
Updated: 12/14/2011 08:05A
Congress Tries Again to Get Military Sex Assault Laws Right
But unlike their last ill-fated effort, when lawmakers trumpeted their revisions to the military's criminal code, this rewrite is flying below the political radar. Discreetly folded into the middle of a 1844-page defense bill, the new changes have
Updated: 12/14/2011 07:52A
Philadelphia Lawyer Transported to New Jersey to Face Charges that he Stole
Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that Michael W. Kwasnik , a Philadelphia lawyer with offices in Cherry Hill, NJ , has been returned to New Jersey to face charges that he stole more than $1 million
Updated: 12/14/2011 07:27A
China's Latest IPR Enforcement Rhetoric
China will amend its criminal law to make it more effective in fighting piracy, and improve evidence rules to aid owners of intellectual property, he said. Interesting timing, by the way. The US Trade Representative's annual report on China WTO
Updated: 12/14/2011 07:20A
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