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News Corp. Should Waive Law Firm Privilege, Lawmakers Say
(NWSA) to allow its former criminal defense firm to reveal details on a 2006 internal probe into phone-hacking at the company's now- defunct News of the World tabloid. News Corp.'s “legal privilege” with BCL Burton Copeland should be waived so the
Updated: 05/01/2012 02:12P
IBM Melds Crime-fighting, Big Data Analytics in One Security Package
software package that it expects will help law enforcement, government agencies and private businesses wade through the massive amounts of data they collect to help them predict, disrupt and prevent criminal, terrorist and fraudulent activities.
Updated: 05/01/2012 02:05P
On Campus: UW Law School may assist in prayer case
The court is still in the process of deciding whether the Neumanns qualify for a court-appointed attorney, paid for by the public. The Criminal Appeals Project takes about 20 cases a year, which are worked on by law students and supervising attorneys,
Updated: 05/01/2012 01:45P
Libya asks war crimes court to drop Kadhafi son's case
Libya fired the latest salvo Tuesday in a legal battle over the trial of Moamer Kadhafi's son, officially asking world war crimes court judges to quash a surrender request and throw out the case. "The Libyan government requests the Chamber to declare
Updated: 05/01/2012 01:42P
Real Politics Must be in the Streets: The Constitutional Crimes of Barack Obama
There is similar corruption, on a smaller scale in dollars, but perhaps more devastating in its long-term impact, in the Education Department, where the private charter school industry is gradually taking over education policy with the connivance of
Updated: 05/01/2012 01:32P
When possible, treat immigrants as criminals.
If Doctorow instead meant to refer to the treatment of suspected wrongdoers under either the immigration or the criminal laws, this otherwise brilliant author is flat wrong. Criminal suspects are guaranteed rights that people charged with violating the
Updated: 05/01/2012 01:24P
Fines could go up as BC law society seeks changes to Legal Profession Act
If passed, changes outlined in an amendment to B.C's Legal Profession Act will expand the law society's ability to suspend or disbar lawyers guilty of serious criminal offences and boost fines for misconduct. Amendments to BC's Legal Profession Act
Updated: 05/01/2012 01:23P
Fines could go up as BC law society seeks changes to Legal Profession Act
If passed, changes outlined in an amendment to B.C's Legal Profession Act will expand the law society's ability to suspend or disbar lawyers guilty of serious criminal offences and boost fines for misconduct. Amendments to BC's Legal Profession Act
Updated: 05/01/2012 01:23P
R. v. Tse - Supreme Court establishes notice requirement for wiretaps
184.4 of the Criminal Code, being the only legislative provision which authorizes an electronic interception in the absence of either the consent of one of the participants or a prior judicial authorization. Section 184.4 exists in recognition of the
Updated: 05/01/2012 12:52P
R. v. Tse - Supreme Court establishes notice requirement for wiretaps
184.4 of the Criminal Code, being the only legislative provision which authorizes an electronic interception in the absence of either the consent of one of the participants or a prior judicial authorization. Section 184.4 exists in recognition of the
Updated: 05/01/2012 12:52P
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