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Due Process
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Will SCOTUS Let Fear of Sex Offenders Trump Justice?”
Main September 27, 2017"Will SCOTUS Let Fear of Sex Offenders Trump Justice?"The title of this post is the headline of this new Reason commentary by Jacob Sullum spotlighting two cases…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Dept Ed Rescinds Obama Title IX Procedures for Campus Sexual Assault
By Tracy Thomas
Today the Dept of Education rescinded the prior Title IX "Dear Colleague Letter" on handling claims of campus assault and issued its own letter.2017 Dear Colleague Letter (Sept. 22, 2017)The…
PrawfsBlawg
Policing and Procedural Justice in an Unjust Society
Main Thursday, September 14, 2017Policing and Procedural Justice in an Unjust SocietyThere is a sense, at least among a chunk of people, that policing in this country is broken: that…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Dept of Education to Ensure Due Process for those Accused of Sexual Assault under Title IX
By Tracy Thomas
Wash Post, Devos Decries "Failed System" on Campus Sexual Assault, Vows to Replace It“We must do better because the current approach isn’t working,” she said.[Read the full transcript here: Betsy DeVos…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal district judge finds Colorado’s Sex Offense Registration Act, as applied, amounts to unconstitutional punishment
Main September 1, 2017Federal district judge finds Colorado's Sex Offense Registration Act, as applied, amounts to unconstitutional punishmentA couple of helpful readers made sure I did not miss a notable…
IP Intelligence
Federal Circuit’s Concern Regarding PTAB ‘Panel-Stacking’ – Back To The Future?
By Bill Smith
In Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 15923, Circuit Judge Dyk, in a concurring opinion joined by Circuit Judge Wallace, questioned “whether the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal district judge finds due process problems with Indiana’s forfeiture procedures
Main August 23, 2017Federal district judge finds due process problems with Indiana's forfeiture proceduresAs reported in this local article, a "federal judge has issued an order that partially halts the…
SALT Shaker
Arizona Court of Appeals: Failure to Publish Law Change Violates Due Process
By Ted Friedman and Charlie Kearns On August 3, 2017, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that the issuance of a sales tax assessment by the City of San Luis…
Defense Litigation Insider
California’s Proposed Bill Seeks to Place Time Restraints on Depositions and Threatens Defendants’ Due Process Rights
California’s Senate Bill 632 seeks to impose a seven hour limit on depositions in asbestos cases at the expense of defendants’ due process rights. Specifically, SB 632 will require that…
Inside SALT
Resistance is not Always Futile: New Decision in Ongoing Delaware Unclaimed Property Audit Litigation
By Eric Carstens, Stephen P. Kranz, Diann Smith
On August 9, 2017, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Third Circuit), overruling the US District Court for the District of Delaware (District Court), allowed a claim…