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Threats
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Legal Profession Blog
Threatening Letters Get Attorney Reprimanded
An attorney has been reprimanded with terms by the Fifth District Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar for threatening to institute civil and criminal charges solely to obtain an advantage on…
Legal Profession Blog
Convicted Stalker Attorney Faces Sanction; Has “Better Things To Do”
An attorney convicted of numerous offenses should be disbarred, according to a recommendation by the California State Bar Court Review DepartmentBetween November 2011 and January 2012, respondent engaged in a…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Riverdale NJ Teenager Allegedly Threatened High School on Social Media
A Riverdale New Jersey teenager who goes to Pompton Lakes High School in Passaic County NJ was arrested after allegedly threatening the school online. According to law enforcement officials, the…
The Paterson Criminal Law Blog
Hawthorne NJ Man Allegedly Threatened to Shoot Police Officers
Police arrested a Hawthorne New Jersey man who allegedly threatened to shoot police officers at a local residence. The scary incident occurred around 2:00 a.m. at a home on Passaic…
Media Law Prof Blog
Strasser on Incitement, Threats, and Constitutional Guarantees: First Amendment Protections Pre- and Post-Elonis
Mark Strasser, Capital University Law School, has published Incitement, Threats, and Constitutional Guarantees: First Amendment Protections Pre- and Post-Elonis at 14 University of New Hampshire Law Review 163 (2016). Here…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Facebook Antagonist Has Conviction Reinstated
By Aaron Weems
We've reported on the United States v. Elonis in the past. This case involved a Northampton County man who made a series of threats on his Facebook page directed at…
Legal Profession Blog
Electronic Testimony Allowed In Canadian Bar Prosecution: Attorney Allegedly Threatened California Prosecutors
A Tribunal Hearing Division of the Law Society of Upper Canada has granted a motion to allow bar witnesses to testify by electronic means.The Law Society brought a motion for an order…
Legal Profession Blog
They Shoot Social Workers, Don’t They? Two Week Suspension for “Remarkably Flat” Joke
A decision from the Law Society of British Columbia Benchers on Review involves these factsThe Applicant, who normally represented parents of children who had been apprehended by the Ministry of…
The Right Coast
Craigslist ad threatens Orlando-style massacre in San Diego – 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego
SAN DIEGO - Police are investigating an online threat of violence to San Diego's LGBT community that read: "You're next."via www.10news.comI won't be going to any night clubs.
Newark New Jersey Criminal Law Blog
Caldwell NJ Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Police Officers
Caldwell New Jersey police recently arrested a man accused of threatening to kill police officers during a lengthy standoff. According to authorities, the suspect was wanted on arrest warrants out…