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Wachovia Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement and Agrees to FinCEN Civil Money Penalty
News release: “Wachovia Bank, N.A. (Wachovia), one of the largest banks in the United States, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorneys Office in the Southern District of Florida and the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice to resolve charges that it… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: DNA Identification Evidence in Criminal Prosecutions
LLRX.com: DNA Identification Evidence in Criminal Prosecutions In criminal cases, there have been challenges on sufficiency grounds and concerns over the use of forensic DNA evidence as the sole or primary proof of guilt. Uncorroborated DNA matching might not be enough to satisfy the burden of establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The reliability of… Continue Reading
Bankruptcy Filings in 2009 Rose by 31.9 Percent
U.S. Courts news release: “Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts rose 31.9 percent in calendar year 2009, according to data released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The number of bankruptcies filed in the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2009, totaled 1,473,675, up from 1,117,641 bankruptcies filed in CY 2008.” Related postings… Continue Reading
ABA: Representing Juvenile Status Offenders
American Bar Association: Representing Juvenile Status Offenders “There are few training resources for attorneys representing juvenile status offenders or youth who are truant, runaways, or beyond their parents control. Yet representing this population of children, who often fall between the cracks of child welfare and juvenile justice, can be challenging. Often, few community or court… Continue Reading
New York District Court Releases Opinion and Order in SEC vs. Bank of America
Follow on to SEC Charges Bank of America for Failing to Disclose Merrill Lynch Bonus Payments, see the Opinion and Order in SEC v. Bank of America, Issued by the District Court for the Southern District of New York, February 22, 2010. “So should the Court approve the proposed settlement as being fair, reasonable, adequate,… Continue Reading
Google Book Search Legal Saga Continues in NY District Court
Follow up to postings on Google Book Search resources and related litigation, the latest news from The Laboratorium – GBS: Fairness Hearing Report [held February 18, 2010, U.s. District Court, Southern District of New York], with Part I here and Part II here. These report cover the arguments of settlement supporters and opponents; and the… Continue Reading
White Paper – Legal Abandon: How Limiting Lawsuits Led To The Financial Collapse And What To Do About It
“In a new White Paper, the national nonprofit consumer group Center for Justice & Democracy explores how the weakening of investors and borrowers legal rights since the 1990s has compounded deregulation and lax regulatory enforcement led to the recent economic collapse. In Legal Abandon: How Limiting Lawsuits Led To The Financial Collapse And What To… Continue Reading
The Public Index Tracks and Discusses Google Book Search Settlement
Follow up to previous postings on Google Book Search, this annotated public interest resource: “The Public Index is a project of the Public-Interest Book Search Initiative and the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School. We are a group of professors, students, and volunteers who believe that the Google Book Search… Continue Reading
TRAC: Federal Prosecution Data for November 2009
FY 2009 Federal Prosecutions Sharply Higher – Surge Driven by Steep Jump in Immigration Filings: “The latest case-by-case data from the Justice Department show that in November 2009 (the second month of fiscal year 2010) the government reported 11,816 new prosecutions. The immigration category continues to dominate the DOJ’s caseload, accounting for 53% of all… Continue Reading
Legislation to Limit Fallout From Supreme Court Ruling That Allows Unlimited Corporate Spending on Elections
News release: “U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, and U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on Thursday announced new legislation to mitigate the negative impacts of the Supreme Courts decision that allowed unlimited corporate spending on elections. The Court, in its ruling in the Citizens United case last month,… Continue Reading
Leahy, Feinstein In Letter To President Endorse Use of Federal Courts To Prosecute Terrorists
News release: “Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday sent a letter to President Barack Obama endorsing the longstanding use of federal criminal courts to prosecute terrorists. Leahy and Feinstein chair the Senate Judiciary Committee and Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively. Leahy and Feinstein have supported the administrations plans to try… Continue Reading
