Canadian Institute’s Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition, returns to Mississauga with the latest updates on how policing is progressing in Canada. Join this conference for two days of meaningful conversations and...more
While legislators and lobbyists continued to nurse the hangover of Crossover Day, the most unlikely of events unfolded in the Georgia State Senate on Monday. Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega) awarded the...more
New York’s intention to create a comprehensive regulatory scheme is clear with the May 10th proposal of Bill 7024 on the back of the CRPTO Act that was proposed by New York Attorney General Letitia James last week. New York’s...more
After years of steady declines in violent and other criminal activity in New Jersey, the COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with increases in crime both here in New Jersey and around the country. While New Jersey still has much...more
The General Assembly marked another day off the legislative calendar on Tuesday, and opossums and raccoons moved one step closer to being knocked off any time of the year in Georgia. HB 1147, allowing year-round hunting of...more
A California appellate court has ruled that bail bond premium financing agreements are consumer credit contracts for which cosigners must be given a statutorily prescribed notice that warns of the potential consequences of...more
Last week, the Supreme Court of California issued a landmark decision finding that both state and federal constitutional law principles require judges to consider whether an arrestee can actually pay an amount fixed for money...more
On April 3, 2020, and April 6, 2020, United States Attorney General William Barr issued two related memos directing the DOJ to consider, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the DOJ’s obligations to protect both the federal...more
Bail, Evictions, Remote Hearings and Depositions and Statutes of Limitation Rule Changes - The California Judicial Council, the rule-making arm of the California court system, adopted several important statewide rules at...more
In a significant vindication of the public’s right of access to court proceedings, Judge Harvey Bartle III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that court rules barring the public from...more
In a short opinion, United States v. Boustani, the Second Circuit (Cabranes, Hall, and Stanceu) clarified the Bail Reform Act standard for when a defendant requests to be released on bail and agrees to pay for private armed...more
In Illarramendi v. United States, 18-35 (October 16, 2018), the Second Circuit (Walker, Calabresi, Livingston) in a per curiam decision affirmed the denial of a motion for bail pending resolution of the motion to vacate...more
Precedential Opinions of Note - Third Circuit Affirms Constitutionality of New Jersey’s Non-Monetary Bail Reform - Holland v. Rosen (July 9, 2018), No. 17-3104 http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/173104p.pdf Unanimous...more
The General Assembly convened for the 2015 legislative session on January 14. Lawmakers returned to Raleigh on January 28 to begin the session in earnest. The MVA Public Affairs Legislative Report on North Carolina will be...more
A federal magistrate judge has released on bond the accused trade-secrets larcenist and former W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. employee Kwang Seoung Jeon, who was arrested as he allegedly tried to flee the United States for his...more