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“The 2009 Guidelines Manual (effective November 1, 2009) is available in HTML and Adobe .PDF formats (large file and broken into chapters), which can be viewed, downloaded or printed via the website.” Related postings on sentencing guidelines
“The Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in conjunction with the Cornell Law School is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing …
News release: “The success of the highly regarded Supreme Court Database has been unparalleled. Information from the database is cited in the majority of peer-reviewed articles about the workings of the court. A team including Northwestern University School of Law’s Lee Epstein, a specialist in the politics of the Supreme Court, has expanded the database …
“The U.S. Sentencing Commission has issued a report, The History of Child Pornography Guidelines, as a first step in its review of the punishment prescribed for the sexual exploitation of children…The Commission has sought to implement congressional intent in the area of child pornography offenses in a manner consistent with the SRA and subsequent legislation. …
Tort Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005: “Discusses tort cases concluded by a bench or jury trial in a national sample of jurisdictions in 2005. Topics include the types of tort cases that proceed to trial, the differences between tort cases adjudicated by judges and juries, and the types of plaintiffs and defendants …
“One of the federal judiciary’s major statistical compilations, Judicial Facts and Figures, recently was updated to include caseload statistics and judgeship totals for fiscal year 2008.”
Juvenile Justice: Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help Girls’ Delinquency Programs. GAO-10-133T, October 20, 2009: “…from 1995 through 2005, delinquency caseloads for girls in juvenile justice courts nationwide increased 15 percent while boys caseloads decreased by 12 percent.1 More recently, in 2007, 29 percent of juvenile arrestsabout 641,000 arrestsinvolved girls, who accounted …
Follow up to October 10, 2009 posting, Mandatory Flu Shots for New York Health Care Workers, the New York Times today reported Thomas J. McNamara, an acting justice of the State Supreme Court in Albany, issued a temporary order halting the enforcement of mandatory flu vaccines for health care workers.
Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Continue to Face Challenges in Tracking Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, GAO-10-1, October 01, 2009 Emergency Management: Preliminary Observations on FEMA’s Community Preparedness Programs Related to the National Preparedness System, GAO-10-105T, October 01, 2009 Personnel Security Clearances: An Outcome-Focused Strategy and Comprehensive Reporting of Timeliness and …
Contract Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005: “Presents findings on contract cases disposed of by a bench or jury trial in a nationally representative sample of jurisdictions in 2005. Topics in the report include the types of cases that proceed to trial, differences between the types of cases decided by judges or juries, …
“In a case brought by Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice representing a coalition of farmers and consumers, a Federal Court ruled yesterday that the Bush USDAs approval of genetically engineered (GE) RoundUp Ready sugar beets [note: sugar beets produce 30 percent of the world’s sugar] was unlawful. The Court ordered the USDA to conduct …
Follow up to previous postings on what is becoming the saga of the Google Book Settlement, the following articles, legal documents and commentary today: New York Times: Google Working to Revise Digital Books Settlement Author’s Guild: “Beating their midnight deadline by about 90 minutes, the Justice Department on Friday filed a brief calling for modifications …
