A Criminal Defense Attorney’s take and analysis on how the recent US Supreme Court Decision on 4th Amendment Search and Seizure law affects how Defense Attorneys will challenge illegal searches from now on. The decision provides confirmation that there are 2 separate legal theories for challenging an illegal search: 1) reasonable expectations of privacy and 2) common law trespass. Continue reading
A Criminal Defense Attorney’s take and analysis on how the recent US Supreme Court Decision on 4th Amendment Search and Seizure law affects how Defense Attorneys will challenge illegal searches from now on. The decision provides confirmation that there are 2 separate legal theories for challenging an illegal search: 1) reasonable expectations of privacy and 2) common law trespass. Continue reading
The latest edition of the ABA’s Law Practice Today webzine has good articles on elawyering and virtual practice and a really innovative piece by Marc Laurtisen titled, Dancing in the Cloud, and an introduction to the elawyering concept by Stephanie Kimbro — Getting Started With eLawyering).
I also wrote a short article on Document Assembly Over the Internet , which as readers of this Blog will know is an old theme for me.
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Bloomberg Business Week has a lengthy analysis on the failure of Borders Books called The End of Borders and the Future of Books. The pull quote is “Borders seems to have been in the business of making mistakes.” The article…
“‘Big data’ refers to sets of data whose size surpasses that of what data storage tools can typically handle. As the amount of digital data grows exponentially each year, big data has the potential to become the next frontier for…
After presenting a statistical analysis showing that enrollment rates at ABA law schools have been increasing while LSAT takers and law school applicant rates have been declining over time, Gary Rosen writes If the sharp drop in takers in June…
Thomson Reuters News and Insight “provides legal news from Reuters with supporting documentation and analysis from Westlaw.” Yes, of course, you must have a user account to access the Westlaw material. Free Reuters news to push Westlaw usage, oddly interesting…
Don’t know but Facebook did implement some new Google+ like user controls without using the words “privacy” or “Google+” on August 25th. See Facebook’s Making It Easier to Share With Who You Want and the ACLU’s analysis of the changes,…
EDUCAUSE has released Data Privacy Legislation: An Analysis of the Current Legislative Landscape and the Implications for Higher Education. 18 bills have been introduced in Congress on data privacy. These privacy bills generally fall into three distinct areas: comprehensive online…
