New Policy: “UNESCO will make its digital publications available to millions of people around the world free-of-charge with an open license. Following a decision by the Organizations Executive Board in April, UNESCO has become the first member of the United Nations to adopt such an Open Access policy for its publications. The new policy means… Continue Reading
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Updated Edition of Benchbook Now Available
US Courts: “The 6th edition of the Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center, is now available online. The book, last updated in 2007, is a concise and practical guide to situations federal judges are likely to encounter on the bench. The Benchbook covers procedures that are required by… Continue Reading
Annual Energy Outlook 2013
Annual Energy Outlook 2013: “The projections in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2012) focus on the factors that shape the U.S. energy system over the long term. Under the assumption that current laws and regulations remain unchanged throughout the projections, the AEO2013 Reference case provides the basis for examination and… Continue Reading
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013. Barbara Salazar Torreon, Information Research Specialist, May 3, 2013 This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in… Continue Reading
NYT – Corporations Find a Friend in the Supreme Court
Adam Liptak: “While the current courts decisions, over all, are only slightly more conservative than those from the courts led by Chief Justices Warren E. Burger and William H. Rehnquist, according to political scientists who study the court, its business rulings are another matter. They have been, a new study finds, far friendlier to business… Continue Reading
CRS – Terrorism, Miranda, and Related Matters
Terrorism, Miranda, and Related Matters. Charles Doyle, Senior Specialist in American Public Law. April 24, 2013 “The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides in part that No person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process… Continue Reading
TRAC – Foreclosure Suits Rising Again
TRAC: “The latest available data from the federal courts show that during March 2013 the government reported 592 new lawsuits filed under the category of Real Property – Foreclosures, according to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). This increase of 17.9 percent over the previous month reverses a sharp decline… Continue Reading
TRAC – Domestic Terror Cases Outnumbering International Two-to-One in FY 2013
“During February 2013, there were 16 new federal criminal prosecutions for terrorism and national internal security offenses, according to the latest available data from the Justice Department. So far during fiscal year 2013 (which began October 2012), a total of 83 such cases have been filed. These criminal prosecutions have been brought in a surprisingly… Continue Reading
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Criminal Complaint Filed in Federal Court
(FindLaw’s Courtside) – “A criminal complaint against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, has been filed in federal court. The White House announced that in charging Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction would not be tried before a military tribunal as an enemy combatant. United States of America… Continue Reading
ACLU – Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics
“On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed a lawsuit charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2, are unconstitutional and invalid. On November 30, 2012, the Supreme Court agreed to hear argument on the patentability of human genes [via SCOTUSblog]. The… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Rules Against Reseller of preowned digital music
FindLaw – Adam Ramiriz: “A federal judge has declared a unique website enabling the online sale of pre-owned digital music files unlawful. “The first sale defense is limited to material items, like records, that the copyright owner put into the stream of commerce,” ruled U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan. This is bad news for ReDigi,… Continue Reading
Court Rules for EPIC, Denies FBI Request for Delay in StingRay Case
“A federal judge in Washington, DC today issued an Opinion denying the FBI’s motion to delay the release of records sought under the Freedom of Information Act. The decision follows from a lawsuit filed by EPIC against the FBI for records about the agency’s use of cell-site simulator technology, commonly referred to as “StingRay.” These… Continue Reading
