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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Former DOJ Prosecutor Nicole Sprinzen
(Washington, DC) Nicole Sprinzen has rejoined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as senior counsel in the firm's white collar defense and corporate investigations practice following a four-year stint as a prosecutor with the US Department of Justice,
Updated: 02/22/2012 12:15P
Five county prosecutor candidates pledge reform
PHOTO/MICHAEL WEIL Five Democratic candidates for Cuyahoga County prosecutor promised criminal justice reforms to a standing-room only crowd nearly 1000 at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple at a February 20 forum organized by Greater Cleveland
Updated: 02/22/2012 12:14P
Indiana House committee to consider revisions to police entry bill
By Lesley Weidenbener / Special to the Courier & Press INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana House committee will consider a proposal today that would give Hoosiers broad authority to physically resist police entry into their homes if officers are acting illegally
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:50A
Supreme Court's ruiling on the Stolen Valor Act could affect Texas law against
Civil and criminal penalties for making intentionally false statements aren't new. Free speech is a balancing act between the value of unfettered discussion and the damage words can cause. The First Amendment, for instance, doesn't protect against the
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:46A
SRGR responds to FoxMandal criminal complaint; SRGR files FIR against
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'. SRGR has filed the FIR against Managing Partner Som Mandal and Partners Sangeeta Mandal and Dinabandhu
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:42A
Gay sex: SC asks about law in other countries
"The verdict, that would come, would have impact on other provisions of the Indian Penal Code and would also have impact on other laws. You have to broaden the canvas," the bench told Sharan. Challenging the high court's verdict, Sharan submitted that
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:41A
Former DOJ Cyber Crimes Official Joins Kroll's Washington Office
The former chief of the Justice Department's computer crime and intellectual property section, Michael DuBose, has joined the Washington office of Kroll, the risk consulting company announced Tuesday. During his time with DOJ, DuBose supervised 40
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:35A
NAACP Opposes Mass Incarceration, Private Prisons
22, 2012, under Arizona Progress By Dianne Post For years Arizona has relied on mass incarceration as its primary criminal justice response. That reliance is ineffective, inefficient, inhumane and discriminatory. The NAACP opposes the continuance of
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:30A
Justice Department's Computer Crime Chief Departs for Kroll
By Elizabeth Murphy | February 22, 2012 11:18 am After 24 years as a federal prosecutor, Michael DuBose had his first day Tuesday at risk consulting company Kroll Inc. DuBose departed as chief of the Justice Department's Computer Crime and Intellectual
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:28A
House proposal would give homeowners more authority to resist police entry
Jud McMillin, R-Dearborn, the bill's House sponsor and the author of the language that will be offered as an amendment when the Courts and Criminal Code Committee meets at 1:30 pm Wednesday in Room 156-C at the Statehouse. McMillin said the court's
Updated: 02/22/2012 11:28A
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