Criminal Law 
Criminal probe leads Labor Dept. to change data releases – USA Today
WASHINGTON – Federal criminal and civil investigators looked into possible … Labor also revoked access for RTTNews, among others. The SEC and federal law enforcement authorities have been engaged in a broad investigation of insider trading …
New Law & Crime and Linguistics Resources Published at Sciences Social Network – YAHOO!
ScienceIndex.com is a Linguistics Sciences social network established in 1998 to index the very latest news, headlines, references and resources from science journals, books and websites worldwide. The site covers news in all fields of biology, business …
New Law & Crime and Linguistics Resources Published at Sciences Social Network – PRWeb
ScienceIndex.com is a Linguistics Sciences social network established in 1998 to index the very latest news, headlines, references and resources from science journals, books and websites worldwide. The site covers news in all fields of biology, business …
Calif. restitution law’s scope broadened by court – San Francisco Gate
Under California’s restitution law, the victim of a property crime is entitled to recover the item in its previous condition, the court said in a unanimous decision. The ruling in a Yolo County case resolved a disagreement between California appellate … Continue reading
Jury nullification can highlight the law’s flaws – San Francisco Gate
The practice is rare these days, when a complex and detailed criminal law leaves the jurors with relatively few judgment calls, and increasingly long sentences make plea agreements far more common than trials, said Robert Weis-berg, a Stanford law professor.
Drug ‘Tourists’ Traffick Painkillers, Cause Headache For Law Enforcement – Huffington Post
In Tennessee, strict laws governing pain clinics force drug dealers out of state for supplies, using Interstate 75 to bring pills back from Florida or move them farther north, said Kristin Helm, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
National Reconnaissance Office hasn’t told police of crime confessions – Miami Herald
as criminal investigators often are required to do. In the lieutenant colonel’s case, the polygrapher was supposed to inform him of his rights under military law but did not, the records show. Many courts don’t allow polygraph evidence …
Chile’s Pinera signs hate crime law after gay youth death – YAHOO!
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile on Thursday became one of the last Latin American nations to pass an anti-discrimination law, after a brutal beating that led to a young gay man’s death put pressure on conservative president Sebastian Pinera’s government to … Continue reading
New Indiana Law Regarding Criminal Background Checks – jdsupra.com
As of July 1, 2012, Indiana employers are now prohibited from conducting certain preemployment inquiries and are restricted in the types of information they can obtain from consumer reporting agencies and Indiana state courts with respect to background …
Libor Criminal Probe, CFTC Bank Exemptions, Canada: Compliance – Businessweek
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office opened a criminal probe into the attempted rigging of interest … allowing those banks and other companies an exception from the 2010 law’s clearing mandate designed to limit risk in trades, the people said …
