• Injured by a Generic Drug? You Can’t Sue Over Inadequate Warnings

    Updated: 2011-06-30 18:44:43
    Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Injured by a Generic Drug You Can’t Sue Over Inadequate Warnings Published by John Richards on June 30, 2011 in Personal Injury 0 Comments Tags : federal law generic drug generic drugs lawsuit sue supreme court warning label The Supreme Court has not been very friendly to consumers and employees over the past few years . Its most recent session seems to be a particularly strong example of this pro-business tendency . Between two recent opinions limiting consumer and employee class action lawsuits , and a ruling issued today consumers seeking redress in the federal courts may have a bumpy road ahead of . them The Supreme Court has ruled that customers who are injured by taking generic drugs cannot sue for

  • A Conversation with the Opportunity Maker

    Updated: 2011-06-30 15:17:01
    Ari Kaplan, the author of The Opportunity Maker, and his new book, Reinventing Professional Services, spoke to Omar Ha-Redeye during his last visit to Toronto.

  • certpool.com

    Updated: 2011-06-30 15:01:29
    HOME Main certpool.com June 30, 2011 8:01 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments John Elwood at the Volokh Conspiracy points us to certpool.com a website that tracks certiorari petitions in the United States Supreme Court . nbsp Very . cool As John notes , the certiorari docket isn't the whole docket . nbsp It is , however , the source of almost all SCOTUS cases of interest in criminal law . nbsp The exceptions : are 1. The original docket Historically , this has mostly been states suing each other about water-related issues : nbsp boundary disputes over shifting river channels , fights over the water itself e.g . Arizona v . California , a real case that lasted longer than Dickens's fictional Jarndyce v . Jarndyce and submerged minerals . nbsp . Zzzzzz Post-AEDPA , we also have a lot of

  • Music Break – Thievery Corporation

    Updated: 2011-06-30 07:37:38
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  • News Scan

    Updated: 2011-06-29 21:25:17
    HOME Main News Scan June 29, 2011 2:25 PM Posted by Christine Dowling 1 Comment Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Murder's Murder : Conviction Sean O'Sullivan on DelawareOnline reports Delaware's high court in a 3-2 decision reversed the first degree murder conviction of Allen J . Murder Taylor , after concluding a videotaped statement by a key witness implicating Taylor should not have been introduced at trial because it was coerced . nbsp The court also expressed concerns about the prejudicial effect of Taylor's street name , advising that in the retrial , the court should make an effort to delete all references to Taylor's nickname , if possible . Texas Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering : Family Melody McDonald of the Star-Telegram TX reports a Texas jury yesterday sentenced John

  • Los Angeles Dodgers File for Bankruptcy, Thanks to Owner’s Failed Marriage

    Updated: 2011-06-29 20:22:52
    , Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Los Angeles Dodgers File for Bankruptcy , Thanks to Owner’s Failed Marriage Published by Neha Sareen on June 29, 2011 in Bankruptcy 0 Comments Tags : Bankruptcy chapter 11 corporation creditors dodgers los angeles mccourt owner Recent news is that the Los Angeles Dodgers have filed for bankruptcy . Since the Dodgers are a team run by a corporation , the filing is under Chapter 11. Briefly , when a corporation files for Chapter 11, the aim is to restructure the business so that it can  remain in business . When a corporation files for Chapter 11 in Federal Bankruptcy Court , an automatic stay comes into play . This ensures the corporation the debtor that the creditors will not come after the corporation for

  • A One Line Summary of Blago

    Updated: 2011-06-29 19:29:14
    The Wall Street Journal has an article today about the recently convicted Gov. Blagojevich. For hitting the nail on the head in one sentence, I think this is the best I've ever seen: "You could cut his head off and he wouldn't be any dumber."

  • Support for Death Penalty Remains Steady

    Updated: 2011-06-29 16:25:05
    Rasmussen reports that public support for the death penalty remains steadily high. This is consistent with polls by Gallup and Quinnipiac, previously noted on the blog.

  • The Experiential Gap Between Tort and Criminal Law (Kolber)

    Updated: 2011-06-29 07:33:00
    Tort law pays quite a bit of attention to bad experiences. Pain and suffering are taken seriously, both in terms of actual doctrine (we are instructed to compensate individual plaintiffs for the amount of pain and suffering they experience) and...

  • USCA9 Blocks Murderer's Successive Habeas Petition

    Updated: 2011-06-28 23:28:24
    HOME Main USCA9 Blocks Murderer's Successive Habeas Petition June 28, 2011 4:28 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Notwithstanding my deservedly strong condemnation of the Ninth Circuit's record this morning , it is a large court with some not enough very good judges . nbsp Today in Bible v . Ryan USCA9 correctly enforced the most successful of Congress's 1996 reforms , the strict limit on a second federal habeas petition by a murderer who has already had one petition heard and . rejected Twenty-one years ago , Richard Bible kidnapped , molested , and murdered a nine-year-old girl . nbsp His appeals took far too long , culminating in a Ninth Circuit opinion issued two years ago . nbsp He has an execution date of June 30. He waited until this spring , ten years after Arizona enacted a

  • Salem Massachusetts Man, 17, Arrested And Charged With Indecent Assault And Battery

    Updated: 2011-06-28 23:04:45
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Salem Massachusetts Man , 17, Arrested And Charged With Indecent Assault And Battery June 28, 2011 Posted In : Bail Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 28, 2011 5:04 PM Permalink The Salem News reported today that Christian Clemons of Salem , Massachusetts has been charged with Indecent Assault and Battery in the Salem District Court . The report alleges that Clemons was at a friends' home watching a movie . With the exception of Clemons everyone at the apartment are girls . The girls fell asleep . One of them awakened to find Clemons fondling her . Clemons has been charged with three counts

  • The Day the Law Left Town

    Updated: 2011-06-28 22:49:43
    HOME Main USCA9 Blocks Murderer's Successive Habeas Petition The Day the Law Left Town June 28, 2011 3:49 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Ana Campoy reports in the : WSJ ALTO , Texas--Folks here are bracing for a crime wave after the city put its police force on . furlough Everybody's talking about bolt your doors , buy a gun , said Monty Collins , Alto's mayor , who was against the . measure But Alto wasn't going to make payroll in the coming months . So the City Council made the call , and on June 15 the police chief and his four officers secured the evidence room , changed the passwords on their computers and locked the department's doors for six months--longer if local finances don't improve by . then When people talk about essential services from government , we should bear

  • News Scan

    Updated: 2011-06-28 19:57:37
    HOME Main The Day the Law Left Town News Scan June 28, 2011 12:57 PM Posted by CJLF Staff 0 Comments Judge Blocks Parts of Georgia's Illegal Immigration Law Jeremy Redmon of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports U.S . District Court Judge Thomas Thrash has temporarily halted portions of Georgia's new anti-illegal immigration law pending the the outcome of a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality , including a section that empowered police to investigate the immigration status of suspects who they believe have committed crimes and cannot produce identification . nbsp Judge Thrash also rejected several other challenges to the law and upheld the portion that would require many Georgia businesses to use the federal E-Verify system . nbsp In his order Judge Thrash characterizes the

  • Circuit Scorecard -- Criminal

    Updated: 2011-06-28 14:17:24
    HOME Main Circuit Scorecard Criminal June 28, 2011 7:17 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 1 Comment SCOTUSblog is out with their batch of statistics for the US Supreme Court term just ended . nbsp This year , they have helpfully posted their spreadsheet of raw data so others can crunch the numbers in different . ways In accordance with the theme of this blog , I selected out the cases where the nature of the case is criminal or habeas . nbsp From this subset , I made my own circuit . scorecard In the full set compiled by SCOTUSblog , including civil cases , the Ninth Circuit is doing better than in prior years . nbsp In the criminal cases , though , the Ninth remains dismal . nbsp For cases decided on the merits with an opinion , reversals of the circuits line up as : follows CA1 : nbsp 0 2 0

  • The Visual Du Jour – LOL Your Surveillance State (and Private Cooperation)

    Updated: 2011-06-28 00:32:50
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  • News Scan

    Updated: 2011-06-27 21:34:06
    HOME Main News Scan June 27, 2011 2:34 PM Posted by Christine Dowling 0 Comments Ohio Governor Will Sign Sentencing Bill This : Week Joe Guillen of The Plain Dealer OH reports Ohio Governor John Kasich is expected to sign an overhaul of the state's criminal sentencing laws aimed at easing overcrowding and saving money . nbsp Among the changes , the reform package will send low-level offenders to halfway houses and community corrections facilities instead of prison , and will also eliminate the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine . Viewpoints : Don't blame state's three-strikes' law for prison overcrowding Margaret A . Bengs has this piece in The Sacramento Bee exposing some of the myths heralded by opponents of California's three-strikes laws . nbsp Bengs notes that

  • Blago Down the Tubes

    Updated: 2011-06-27 20:23:16
    HOME Main News Scan Blago Down the Tubes June 27, 2011 1:23 PM Posted by Bill Otis 0 Comments A federal jury in Chicago has convicted the former Democratic Illinois governor of trying to sell or barter Barack Obama's Senate seat , and of 16 additional felony . counts An earlier jury had convicted on only one count , and had been unable to reach a verdict on almost two dozen . others The outcome today is a huge victory for US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald , who had been widely criticized for his decision to re-try the case . nbsp Yes , it was costly , but justice has been done , and a powerful and prominent crook has been called to . account Lest it be thought that I'm being partisan here , former Illinois Gov . George Ryan , a Republican , is also in the federal slammer , also for corruption

  • Violent Video Games

    Updated: 2011-06-27 15:43:14
    HOME Main Blago Down the Tubes Violent Video Games June 27, 2011 8:43 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Much of the discussion on the Supreme Court today will likely be in the violent video game case , Brown v . Entertainment Merchants . Assn No . 09-1448. Gov . Moonbeam is automatically substituted as a party for the Governator . nbsp See S.C . Rule 35.3. It's not really up our alley , so I won't discuss it in depth on this blog . nbsp The split among the Justices is interesting , though . nbsp Justice Scalia takes a straight First Amendment approach along the same lines the Supreme Court used in olden days to legalize pornography . nbsp This is content-based regulation . nbsp Strict scrutiny applies . nbsp The statute fails that test as statutes almost always do Justices Kennedy ,

  • US Supreme Court Orders

    Updated: 2011-06-27 15:05:26
    HOME Main Violent Video Games US Supreme Court Orders June 27, 2011 8:05 AM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Today the US Supreme Court released an orders list from its last regularly scheduled conference day of the term . nbsp The 11 cases taken up for hearing next term include one criminal prosecution , one capital habeas case , and one civil suit against police . officers In United States v . Jones No . 10-1259 the question framed by the Government is , Whether the warrantless use of a tracking device on petitioner's vehicle to monitor its movements on public streets violated the Fourth Amendment . The Court's order granting certiorari adds the question , Whether the government violated respondent's Fourth Amendment rights by installing the GPS tracking device on his vehicle

  • Oh, Never Mind

    Updated: 2011-06-27 14:27:55
    The US Supreme Court will not decide whether retroactive application of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) violates the Ex Post Facto Clause in the ungainly-named case of United States v. Juvenile Male, No. 09-940.In that case, in 2007, the District Court ordered the juvenile sex offender to register until he turned 21. On a leisurely appeal, the Ninth Circuit decided September 10, 2009 that was ex post facto, apparently unaware that no-longer-Juvenile Male was by then 22.Moot.Oh, and federal courts, please figure out a better way to name your juvie cases.

  • Celebrating Graffiti, Not

    Updated: 2011-06-24 23:36:07
    , HOME Main Celebrating Graffiti , Not June 24, 2011 4:36 PM Posted by Kent Scheidegger 0 Comments Heather MacDonald in the City : Journal The Brooklyn Museum has canceled its participation in Art in the Streets a recklessly irresponsible exhibition glorifying graffiti that was scheduled to open in Brooklyn next year . Director Arnold Lehman says that the cost of mounting the show , which was organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA in downtown Los Angeles , was too great in the current financial climate . It's difficult to believe that the cost of mounting a graffiti exhibit is any higher than the cost , say , of insuring the sublime John Singer Sargent watercolors that the Brooklyn Museum will be exhibiting in 2013 in conjunction with Boston's Museum of Fine Arts . Let's hope ,

  • Summer Reading: YES! Magazine and Reason Magazine

    Updated: 2011-06-24 19:08:55
    At my local Borders yesterday I noticed not just one but two magazines on the newsstand featuring criminal justice topics this month: YES! Magazine‘s Beyond Prisons issue features articles on Washington State’s prison university program, Maori responses to youth crime, Hawaii’s women’s prison, and more. For activists, organizers, etc.: YES! licenses all its content through [...]

  • News Scan

    Updated: 2011-06-24 18:42:53
    HOME Main Celebrating Graffiti , Not News Scan June 24, 2011 11:42 AM Posted by Christine Dowling 0 Comments Oklahoma Selected for Intensive Criminal Justice : Study Oklahoma state leaders announced yesterday that the state's criminal justice system will be the subject of an extensive study , reports Sean Murphy of The Oklahoman . nbsp The Justice Reinvestment Initiative , funded in part by the federal Department of Justice , is aimed at improving public safety and reducing prison overcrowding and costs . nbsp Most states have seen a dramatic drop in violent crime rates over the past decade , but Oklahoma's violent crime rate has increased slightly and ranks 11th in the nation . nbsp Abandoned Houses Breed Crime in Chicago : nbsp Chicago Tribune reporters Dahleen Glanton , Antonio Olivo ,

  • America’s Prison System as a System of “Permanent Exclusion”

    Updated: 2011-06-24 17:11:19
    Continuing what seems to be this week’s theme of LWOP here at the Prison Law Blog, here’s UCLA law professor Sharon Dolovich: Of the 2.3 million people currently behind bars in the United States, only 41,000 – a mere 1.7% – are doing LWOP. Based on these numbers, one might well regard LWOP as the [...]

  • The Federal Judge’s Case for Criminal Justice Reform

    Updated: 2011-06-24 15:43:37
    Here’s Fourth Circuit judge Andre Davis, concurring reluctantly with a federal LWOP sentence for crack dealing (h/t Doug Berman): The record shows that [defendant Tony] Gregg was a classic “utility player” in America’s forty-year “war on drugs”: user, seller, “snitch.” A tenth-grade drop-out (after repeating the second grade and the seventh grade) with four half-siblings, he [...]

  • OxyCodone Trafficking Charges Issue Out Of Lynn Court, Man, 23 Held On High Bail

    Updated: 2011-06-23 23:22:58
    , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home OxyCodone Trafficking Charges Issue Out Of Lynn Court , Man , 23 Held On High Bail June 23, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Trafficking OxyContins By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 23, 2011 5:22 PM Permalink Can you imagine being only twenty three years old , being held in a jail on seventy five thousand dollars and facing a minimum mandatory fifteen year state prison sentence . That is exactly the predicament Roger Jones of Manchester , New Hampshire is in right now . According to an article in today's Lynn Item , Jones was arrested for Trafficking OxyCodone The estimated value of the drugs seized is

  • Cui Bono? Well, There’s An Answer

    Updated: 2011-06-23 04:39:21
    Paging Todd Krohn, since we had that discussion before, is anyone surprised? “Over the past 15 years, the number of people held in all prisons in the United States has increased by 49.6 percent, while private prison populations have increased by 353.7 percent, according to recent federal statistics. Meanwhile, in 2010 alone, the Corrections Corporation of [...]

  • Music Break – Friendly Fires

    Updated: 2011-06-23 03:28:25
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  • Framingham Man, 55, Charged Facing Child Pornography Charges In Woburn Superior Court

    Updated: 2011-06-22 20:44:57
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Framingham Man , 55, Charged Facing Child Pornography Charges In Woburn Superior Court June 22, 2011 Posted In : Child Pornography Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 22, 2011 2:57 PM Permalink Yesterday a Framingham , Massachusetts man was arraigned in the Middlesex County Superior Court after having been charged with Possession of Child Pornography and Distribution of Child Pornography The defendant , Thomas Hannover was released on his own recognizance . The Metrowest Daily News article did not provide details of the allegations stating only that the charges followed a two year

  • Web (& Not-Just-Web!) Resources: ACLU Mass Incarceration Initiative

    Updated: 2011-06-22 18:18:26
    Readers of this blog are likely familiar with the ACLU’s National Prison Project, which works to protect the rights of prisoners as well as pretrial and immigration detainees nationwide. Now, the ACLU has embarked upon a related initiative, the Safe Communities, Fair Sentences project, which will advocate against mass incarceration. Bookmark this site for a [...]

  • Prostitute Pleads Guilty At Arraignment In Framingham, Pimp Denies Claim He Derived Money From Prostitute

    Updated: 2011-06-21 17:26:42
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Prostitute Pleads Guilty At Arraignment In Framingham , Pimp Denies Claim He Derived Money From Prostitute June 21, 2011 Posted In : Prostitution Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 21, 2011 11:26 AM Permalink According to at least one person Kimberly Pietrini and Hassan Wilkes were on vacation and staying at a Framingham , Massachusetts motel . Why Wilkes was at a Dunkin Donuts near the motel Pietrini met with a man who responded to her backpage.com advertisement . The man met Pietrini at the motel . He assured her that he was not a cop . A fee arrangement was made and Pietrini told the man

  • If You’re a Juror, Don’t Ask The District Attorney on a Date

    Updated: 2011-06-20 19:46:28
    , Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About If You’re a Juror , Don’t Ask The District Attorney on a Date Published by John Richards on June 20, 2011 in Court 0 Comments Tags : date dating judge juror jury lawyer misconduct mistrial trial A word to the wise : if you’re a juror in a criminal trial , and find yourself attracted to one of the lawyers , it’s probably not a good idea to slip a note to the judge asking for the cutie” Assistant District Attorney’s name and phone number , while also asking if the judge can recommend a good divorce . lawyer The defense attorney thought that this amounted to juror misconduct , and moved for a mistrial . The judge , after considering the arguments from both lawyers , and speaking with the juror in question ,

  • Alabama’s New Immigration Law Toughest in U.S.

    Updated: 2011-06-17 19:30:32
    . Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Alabama’s New Immigration Law Toughest in . U.S Published by Jay Rivera on June 17, 2011 in Immigration 0 Comments Tags : alabama illegal immigrant immigrants Immigration law legal As predicted , Arizona’s fiery immigration policies are having a chain reaction effect on other states . Several states have attempted to institute laws that are similar to Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 law . The most recent state to join the fray is Alabama , which passed a tough immigration law just a few weeks . ago Now , we here at LegalMatch have blogged extensively about Arizona’s policies , which touch upon several aspects of immigration including birthright citizenship and employer punishments However , Alabama’s law

  • Lengthy Massachusetts Drug Trafficking Investigation Culminates With Arrests Of Two Lawrence Men, Methuen Man

    Updated: 2011-06-16 17:08:45
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Lengthy Massachusetts Drug Trafficking Investigation Culminates With Arrests Of Two Lawrence Men , Methuen Man June 16, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Search and Seizure By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 16, 2011 11:08 AM Permalink Over the course of a month-long drug investigation undercover state police officers purchased heroin on four occasions from Lawrence , Massachusetts resident Jonathan Castro . The buys occurred on two separate days in May and two in June , the latest being this past Tuesday . It is alleged that during the last transaction Castro sold somewhere around twenty grams of heroin to

  • Amesbury Man, Suspect In Stabbing, Arraigned On Felony Charges In The Newburyport District Court

    Updated: 2011-06-15 19:22:59
    , , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Amesbury Man , Suspect In Stabbing , Arraigned On Felony Charges In The Newburyport District Court June 15, 2011 Posted In : Violent Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 15, 2011 1:22 PM Permalink Christopher Nikas is being held following an arrest for his involvement in a stabbing incident . Authorities allege that on June 5, 2011 a stabbing occurred across from the public library in Newburyport The person accused of doing the stabbing is Joseph Poaletta who was recently arrested for this case in Lynn , Massachusetts and arraigned two days ago . The fight was supposed to be between Nikas and

  • Upcoming Event (& New Book!): Children of Incarcerated Parents Conference at Rutgers-Camden

    Updated: 2011-06-15 19:13:22
    Rutgers-Camden will host a public conference on Wednesday, June 23, “that aims to open a dialogue about the needs of children and families of the incarcerated and how the private and public sectors can better respond.” More details: Panels will be held on policy issues surrounding the Adoption and Safe Families Act (AFSA); the role of [...]

  • Humberto Leal's Execution Would be a Flagrant Violation of International Law

    Updated: 2011-06-15 08:00:00
    Humberto Leal Jr. is slated to be executed by the state of Texas on July 7th. His death will represent a grave miscarriage of justice as he received his sentence in clear violation of international law, which mandates that foreign nationals, like Mr. Leal, must be advised of their right to consular assistance after they have been arrested and charged.

  • Supreme Court Orders California to Reduce its Prison Population

    Updated: 2011-06-14 18:45:40
    Skip to content Law Blog Subscribe Find a Lawyer Home Archives Find a Lawyer About Supreme Court Orders California to Reduce its Prison Population Published by John Richards on June 14, 2011 in Criminal Law 0 Comments Tags : california incarceration jail overcrowding population prison supreme court The U.S . Supreme Court recently ruled that California’s prisons are so crowded it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution . This may well prove to be a landmark ruling , and it further deepened the divide between the Court’s liberal and conservative . wings The Supreme Court upheld a ruling by a lower federal court , requiring California to reduce its prison population by 23 or about 33,000 inmates , by the year 2013. Presumably , the deadline was meant to give

  • Edmonton man charged in $450M Internet Fraud Scam

    Updated: 2011-06-09 06:27:17
    Every day a New Web based scam is fuming up and defrauding innocents people. Now this time a 24 year old man from Edmonton has been accused of $450 internet scam in which consumers around the globe were worst victims. According to US Federal Trade Commission (FTC ) suit Jesse Willms is prime culprit who [...]

  • Call for Papers — U.S. Prisons, William Mitchell Law Review

    Updated: 2011-06-08 20:46:32
    Please direct any questions to the contact info below; I am just passing the info along. Call for Papers – U.S. Prisons William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 38, Issue IV (Spring 2012) The William Mitchell Law Review is proud to dedicate the fourth Issue in the upcoming Volume 38 (Spring 2012) to the topic of [...]

  • Trial Of Level 3 Massachusetts Sex Offender Begins, First In Massachusetts Under Jessica's Law

    Updated: 2011-06-08 17:17:03
    , Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Trial Of Level 3 Massachusetts Sex Offender Begins , First In Massachusetts Under Jessica's Law June 8, 2011 Posted In : Child Pornography Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 8, 2011 11:17 AM Permalink Brian Racine is forty six years old . He is registered under Massachusetts law as a level three Sex Offender . He is now in the fight of his life , fighting allegations that he committed Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under the Age of 14, a Second or Subsequent Offense on several occasions back in 2008. The Lowell Sun has been reporting the trial . The victim , who was eight years old

  • Beware of Door to Door Sellers , Avoid Falling to empty promises ,Warns BBB

    Updated: 2011-06-08 07:07:28
    Sometimes ,Something goes definitely wrong when innocent people still fall victims for those friendly greetings and deals ,which sounds too good to be true. Reports reveals every year BBB (Better Business Bureau) receives complaints from large number of consumers who are victims of deal mostly offered from front door. Some of the deals which really [...]

  • 67 Year Old Haverhill Man Indicted For Rape Of A Child To Be Arraigned In Salem Superior Court

    Updated: 2011-06-07 23:04:59
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home 67 Year Old Haverhill Man Indicted For Rape Of A Child To Be Arraigned In Salem Superior Court June 7, 2011 Posted In : Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 7, 2011 5:04 PM Permalink If today's Lawrence Eagle Tribune story is true sixty seven year old Robert Levesque appears to be in a great deal of trouble . The Haverhill native is being charged with Rape of A Child and has been indicted by an Essex County Grand Jury . Levesque's case will move from Haverhill to the Essex County Superior Court in Salem where he will be prosecuted . Apparently , on March 16, 2011, accompanied by his wife

  • The Rap Sheet Has Moved (But in the Electronic World, Not Far!)

    Updated: 2011-06-07 00:01:13
    , : The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog Published by Home Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Jun 06, 2011 The Rap Sheet Has Moved But in the Electronic World , Not Far The Rap Sheet has moved to the bucoloic community of . blog.Nolo.com The blog's URL is http : blog.nolo.com criminallaw Don't leave home without it Paul Posted by Paul Bergman Permalink Email This Post Posted In : Tweet Share About This Blog About This Blog Reach Us Click here to contact us Subscribe Subscribe to this blog's feed Subscribe By Email Search Nolo Blogs Nolo’s Small Business Legal Blog Nolo's Bankruptcy Foreclosure Blog Dear Rich : Nolo's Patent , Copyright Trademark Blog Nolo's Fundraising Tips for Busy Nonprofits Queer Justice : Nolo's LGBT Law Blog The Rap Sheet : Nolo's Criminal Law Blog

  • Man Accused Of Supplying Lawrence Massachusetts Drug Dealers With Class A And Class B Substances Arrested At Local Apartment Complex

    Updated: 2011-06-03 14:21:16
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Man Accused Of Supplying Lawrence Massachusetts Drug Dealers With Class A And Class B Substances Arrested At Local Apartment Complex June 3, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Federal Crimes Search and Seizure Trafficking OxyContins By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 3, 2011 8:21 AM Permalink Two nights ago Guarionex Pratts of North Andover , Massachusetts was arrested at his apartment by North Andover Police and DEA agents . Apparently a call to the DEA Tipline alerted authorities to the existence of Drug Dealing Activities at the apartment . The tip stemmed from neighbors concerns about an odor suggestive of

  • Criminal Complaint Issues Against Methuen Massachusetts Hotel Owners For "Permitting Immoral Conduct"

    Updated: 2011-06-02 21:52:43
    Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog Published by Boston , Massachusetts Criminal Defense , Attorney Stephen Neyman , . P.C Home Firm Website Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Criminal Complaint Issues Against Methuen Massachusetts Hotel Owners For Permitting Immoral Conduct June 2, 2011 Posted In : Drug Crimes Prostitution Sex Crimes By Stephen Neyman , . P.C on June 2, 2011 3:52 PM Permalink In a somewhat rare move local authorities have charged Dilip , Navin and Ashok Patel , owners of a local Days Inn with a criminal complaint that they permitted immoral conduct at their Methuen , Massachusetts hotel . According to a report in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune the hotel has been catering to drug usage , permitting minors to drink alcohol and for Prostitution For nearly a four

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