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A New Era in Federal Sentencing: Updates to the Guidelines and the Elimination of Departures

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The federal sentencing landscape in the United States could undergo a significant transformation with recent amendments to update the United States Sentencing Guidelines that will go into effect on November 1, 2025, unless...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The JustPod: The State of Prosecutorial Independence and Prosecutorial Discretion

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The JustPod is a podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler. This episode features Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky (Hofstra Law School), and John Choi...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 16th Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition - May 14th - 15th, Mississauga, ON, Canada

The law is always changing. It’s especially true in policing where public opinion influences the law and police operations. That’s why Canadian Institute's 16th Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition continues...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The JustPod: What's it like to lead a death penalty “Execution Team”?

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The JustPod is a podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler. This episode features a discussion with retired prison warden Ron McAndrew and Dr. Shanker...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Can Juvenile Records in Ohio Be Sealed or Expunged? What Parents Need to Know

Mistakes don’t have to follow your child into adulthood; we can assist with sealing and expunging juvenile records. While juvenile convictions are not technically criminal convictions, a juvenile record can have the same...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The JustPod: Lawyer, Gentleman, and Counsel to the Stars: A Discussion with Brian McMonagle

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The JustPod is a podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler. This episode features trial lawyer Brian McMonagle. Brian began his career in the...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Examining the United States Sentencing Commission’s Recent Voting History for Insight into its 2025 Term

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At the American Bar Association’s White-Collar Crime Institute’s conference held in Miami, Florida on March 6-7, 2025, two panelists from the panel “Sentencing: Effective Mitigation in White-Collar Cases” differed on whether...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Judge Rakoff Takes Aim at ‘Trial Penalty’

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On March 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in the case of United States v. Tavberidze, finding Section 3E1.1(b) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines in...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 20 - February 2025

As both lobbyists and legal nerds, our ears perk up when the Georgia General Assembly takes up legislation that directly implicates the workings of the State’s criminal and civil justice systems. So, we’re listening closely...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 55 - The Power of the Presidential Pardon: Traditions and Turning Points

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Recent pardons issued by presidents of both major parties, wielded both to reward and protect, are unprecedented in their purposes. That’s according to Rachel Barkow, Charles Seligson Professor of Law and Faculty Director...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

EAC Network – Empower, Assist and Care

In this episode Host Zack Fink sits down with Neela Lockel and Robert Stricoff from E.A.C. Network, which stand for “Empower, Assist and Care.” E.A.C currently provides a range of services including counseling, substance...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 52 - Engineered for Injustice: How Coerced Pleas Trap the Innocent

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Rodney Roberts was given a total of 25 minutes to make a life-altering decision. In custody, isolated from family and advised by a public defender to plead guilty to lesser charges in a crime he did not commit, Rodney...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Antitrust During Trump 2.0: It’s Complicated

What antitrust enforcement will look like during a second Trump administration is, like antitrust law, complicated. Notions that Republicans are pro-business and therefore will take a laissez-faire approach to antitrust...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 42 - AI in Criminal Justice: Opportunity or Opportunity for Misuse?

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Can artificial intelligence be a positive, productive tool in criminal justice or are its flaws and the opportunity for misuse too great? Host Matt Adams covers these issues and more with Pramod Kunju, a data analytics and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Business of Social Justice: How a Startup Is Holding Law Enforcement to Account

Devshi Mehrotra channeled her passion for social justice into a company that, after four years, is profitable and delivering a tool to enable public defenders to hold police accountable.   Q: Tell us about your background...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 40 - Debunking Courtroom Pseudoscience: A Conversation With the Innocence Project's...

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It’s a sense of outrage that gets M. Chris Fabricant, Director of Strategic Litigation at the Innocence Project, out of bed every morning. Approximately 2.3 million people are incarcerated at any given time in the United...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15h Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition - May 8th, Mississauga, ON, Canada

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

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Personal Matters - How will the risks to firms from individuals’ behaviour increase in 2024?

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Financial regulators in the UK have been interested for some years in the question of how personal behaviour can affect the risk profile of a financial institution. A recent SEC case suggests that US regulators may now be...more

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The Real Price of Forced Prison Labor

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865 at the conclusion of the Civil War, abolished slavery across the United States with one notable exception. According to the amendment, “neither...more

White & Case LLP

Negotiated Criminal Justice and French Guilty Plea Procedure: Improved Rights for the Prosecuted Individuals

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A number of recent legislative and jurisprudential developments have improved the rights of persons prosecuted under the French guilty plea procedure (Comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité in French, or...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Automated Decisionmaking Technology in California: New Rules Would Impose Transparency, Notice, and Consumer Opt-Out Obligations...

On November 27, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft regulations mandating notice, opt-out, and information access requirements for companies using automated decision-making technology (ADMT)...more

Rodemer Kane Attorneys at Law

When Is It Possible to Expunge or Seal A Record in Colorado

If you're like most individuals, your reputation matters, and you don't want your criminal record to hinder your chances of securing a job, gaining admission to school, obtaining a professional license, securing a loan, or...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Proskauer Files Amicus Brief in Support of Georgia Prosecutors Challenging Oversight Commission

Proskauer, along with local counsel Canfield Law LLC, recently submitted an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College (“IIP”) in support of Georgia prosecutors who are...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

NIST Zeroes In on AI: New Government Actions to Keep Up with Rapid Tech Advance

In response to the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies over the past few years, the United States (U.S.) Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been...more

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US Officially Recognizes Medical Use and Safety of Cannabis: The Top 6 Things to Know About Schedule III and the Process Ahead

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On August 30, 2023, the federal government formally acknowledged the medical use and low potential of abuse for cannabis, with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommending that cannabis be rescheduled to...more

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