The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Photo by Macwagen via Flickr. Public safety is facing monumental change. COVID, budget cuts, the opioid epidemic, rising violent crime, cyberattacks, and public anxiety about crime have left many agencies wondering, “How do we move forward?”. Driven by calls to “reimagine public safety,” many public safety agencies are partnering with other government agencies and community organizations while restructuring some traditional law enforcement functions.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2022

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to increase network security monitoring for high and medium-impact bulk power systems to protect against cyberattacks. Existing Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standards focus on the security perimeter of computer networks, and there is concern that those standards do not address vulnerabilities to internal networks.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 23, 2022

Most of us trust others. After all, we would not scam someone else, so why would they scam us? Scams have been around for hundreds of years, but the sophistication of scams grows with the use of technology. I am going to write this article in reverse order. Rather than relating the horror stories of how innocent people, just like you and me, were ripped off; I am going to tell you first how to avoid being scammed.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2022

But don't hold your breath waiting for actual consequences. The post Judge Refuses COVID Vaccine, Gets Banned From Courthouse… Shows Up Anyway, Without A Mask appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

A new report reveals Florida’s 31 different court fees, costs and surcharges imposed on youth involved in the state’s juvenile justice system and their families are not only ineffective, costly to administer, and difficult to collect, but also trap thousands in inescapable debt and poverty, reports the the Fines and Fees Justice Center. Fees also increase the likelihood that youth will face extended or repeated involvement in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, with young people who

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Share This article is part of a series of tributes on the career of Justice Stephen Breyer. Judge Vince Chhabria is a federal district judge in the Northern District of California. He clerked for Breyer during the 2001-02 term. I clerked for Justice Breyer 20 years ago, in the term following Bush v. Gore. Before arriving, I expected to see a lot of division and mistrust.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2022

Don't make US District Judge Mark Walker angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. The post Epic Benchslap: University Of Florida Gets Spanked In Effort To Gag Professors Testifying Against State appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

Rising violent crime rates and wide-scale crises and disasters have exposed glaring communication disparities that undermine collaboration among first responders. There are few more important nationwide challenges to law enforcement; but unfortunately, the traditional tools officers have to work with often result in bottlenecks and communication breakdowns.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2022

The San Jose City Council Tuesday passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance mandating residents who own a gun to carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee aimed at reducing gun violence. The new ordinance, which is set to take effect in August if approved by the City Council at its second reading on February 8th, requires that all San Jose residents who own a gun obtain a homeowner’s, renters or gun liability insurance policy that covers explicitly losses or damages resulting from neglige

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JANUARY 25, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. Masimo Corp. v. True Wearables, Inc. ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ) (nonprecedential). This trade-secrecy decision includes a few interesting holdings: Published and Widely Distributed, but Still a Trade Secret : The fact that information was found in a prior publication “that has been cited over 1,200 times. does not necessarily compel a finding that the information cannot maintain its status as a trade secret for a party in an entirely different field.” Serious Questions : A

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LegalReader

JANUARY 26, 2022

Anyone who wants to secure their assets for the future and save time and money for their loved ones should connect with an estate planning attorney.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

According to experts and advocates, the last year has seen a spike in violence against the homeless, with dozens of acts of violence occasioned by increasing collisions between the housed and unhoused populations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic occurring daily, reports the Washington Post. Although past studies have shown the homeless are more likely to be victims of violent crime than housed people, tracking crimes against them has always presented a deeper challenge as housing status i

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Supreme Court of Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik Monday as its first woman Justice. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed administered the oath to Justice Malik at a ceremony held within the premises of the Supreme Court with several judges, lawyers and Law and Justice Commission officials in attendance. According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan , women make up only about 17 percent of all judges in the nation and less than five percent of judges in the high courts.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

There was record viewership for the last-second victories in each of the 2022 NFC and AFC Divisional Round games. Thus, the interest in this year’s Super Bowl game may be unprecedented and advertisers may want to take advantage. For the last six years, I have posted guidelines about engaging in or accepting advertising or promotions that directly or indirectly reference the Super Bowl without a license from the NFL.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2022

'I'm a decent person. I don't want people to unnecessarily become ill or die. The situation with the unvaccinated is stealing my decency.'. The post The Lament Of The Vaccinated appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

Three random killings in New York City and Los Angeles, all allegedly committed by homeless men, have ignited a wave of fear and animosity, but experts argue that unhoused people are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators, reports the Associated Press. In Los Angeles, for example, while homeless people were suspects in 43 of the city’s 397 homicides (11 percent) in 2021, they were victims more than twice as often, suffering 90 fatalities (23 percent) in the same time span.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Tuesday ruled that plaintiffs in The Arc of Iowa v. Kimberly Reynolds are entitled to a preliminary injunction. Under the terms of the injunction, Iowa’s ban on school mask mandates must include an exception for schools with disabled students who are at elevated risk due to COVID-19. The three-judge panel consisted of Judges Benton, Kelly, and Erickson.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 25, 2022

At a recent webinar in connection with my book “ Women Rainmakers’ Best Marketing Tips ,” an audience member said she wanted to write as part of her marketing plan, but couldn’t think of anything to write. What should she do? Fodder for your blog, email alerts, social media posts, and professional articles is everywhere. You only need to recognize it.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 23, 2022

Share On Monday, January 24, we will be live blogging as the court releases orders from the January 21 conference and opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of orders and opinions for Monday, January 24 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

Across the country, police chiefs say they are struggling to keep departments fully staffed as resignations increase and hiring gets tougher in the face of a tight labor market and growing awareness of the stresses and criticisms of a job that also offers more physical risk for equal or less pay than others currently available on the market, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

JANUARY 23, 2022

The US Department of Justice issued a statement Thursday explaining its charges of “conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy” against four Belarusian government officials for diverting a Ryanair flight in May 2021 allegedly for arresting a dissident Belarusian journalist who was on board the plane. The United States has claimed jurisdiction in the case as there were four American citizens on board the flight along with more than a hundred other passengers and crew members, making the piracy a violat

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Above The Law

JANUARY 27, 2022

Useful tips and practical advice for lawyers interested in expanding their law firm's social media footprint. The post 3 Lawyers Weigh In With Their Top TikTok Marketing Tips appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 27, 2022

Sales for LVMH amounted to 64.2 billion euros ($71.55 billion) for the 2021 fiscal year, an increase of 44 percent compared to the year before and 20 percent compared to pre-pandemic 2019, the French luxury goods group reported on Thursday. Organic revenue growth was up by 36 percent and 14 percent compared to 2020 and 2019, with the group saying that its performance for the year “confirms a return to strong growth momentum following the severe disruption to the first half of 2020 resulting from

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

In January, both the American Bar Association (ABA) and the consulting firm Moss Adams LLP released two reports, detailing a public defender shortage in Western American states. What’s more, legal experts say that these shortages have been the operational norm for years across our country as a whole, Law360 reports. . According to the reports, which are the result of two years of research, New Mexico is short more than 600 full-time public defenders across adult and juvenile courts, whereas Oreg

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2022

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider whether race can be used in college admissions decisions. The court granted certiorari in Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina , consolidating the cases for one hour of oral argument. The cases will give the court the opportunity to consider its 2003 decision in Grutter v.

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