As I stared up at the ceiling of my cell, my body still aching from the brutal beating I received the day before, unable to move more than the few inches or even scratch the unrelenting itch t at the tip of my nose, due...
Over the past couple of years, there have been many interesting Big Data legal projects where information is used for predictions around litigation. Additionally, some companies commission surveys of their customers to identify consumer trends. Earlier this spring, LegalShield publicly launched the LegalShield Law Index...
Race continues to determine the length of sentences received for offenses of all kinds in the federal system, according to a new analysis by the United States Sentencing Commission. In its third study of the subject since 2010, the Commission found that African-American male offenders were...
Briefly: Subscript offers a graphic explainer for SAS Institute Inc. v. Matal, which asks whether the board adjudicating challenges to existing patents via the inter partes review process must issue a final written decision with regard to all of the claims raised by a challenger. At Legal...
On a 144-9 vote, the Massachusetts House on Tuesday passed its most sweeping criminal justice bill in years, aimed at reducing recidivism by paring back mandatory-minimum sentences and making it easier for some convicts to obtain employment and housing, reports the Boston Globe. At the...
The petition of the day is: Silver v. United States 17-562 Issues: (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. ยง 1957 requires the government to trace funds in a transaction involving a withdrawal from a commingled account, precluding a conviction where the account contains sufficient clean funds to cover the transfer;...