Miscellaneous

How an Experienced Southern California Criminal Defense Team Can Help You if You Are Charged With a Crime: Part 2
In our previous post, we discussed how important it is to have not just one criminal defense lawyer representing you, but an entire criminal defense team dedicated to your case. In addition to attorneys, you will also want to have private investigators on your criminal defense team...

CONCERN OVER PROTECTING TRADE SECRETS, AVOIDING FRAUD LEADS FIRMS TO HIRE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS TO ASSIST THEM
Broward Daily Business Review Vol 49, No. 188 (September 5, 2008_ SPIES ON THE RISE : CONCERN OVER PROTECTING TRADE SECRETS, AVOIDING FRAUD LEADS FIRMS TO HIRE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS TO ASSIST THEM Tresa Baldas baldas0@yahoo...

Disparity Between State and Federal Sentences for Same Conduct
In a Booker remand in United States v. Wilkerson, No. 02-1729 (1st Cir. June 9, 2005) the panel seems to be endorsing the idea that a district court may take into account the disparity between federal and state sentences for the same conduct in arriving at a correct sentence in the post-Booker world...

Second Circuit Reverses Sentence as Procedurally Improper Due to Improper Reliance on State-Federal Disparities
The vast majority of street-level drug sellers in New York are usually prosecuted in state court, where first-time offenders often receive far more lenient treatment than in federal court, and where there is no disparity between crack and cocaine sentences...

How a Good Private Investigator Can Help Your Attorney Win Your Case
Private investigators are essential to any criminal investigation. If accused of a crime, you cannot rely solely on the police investigation. Police are trained to gather evidence to convict; they are not trained to search for evidence of innocence...

Are the Government's Lap Dogs Private Actors
What is a practical consequence of deputizing corporate counsel as agents of the federal government? For one, the Constitution gets thrown into the trash. As you likely know, several constitutional provisions limit what the government can do to you...

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Private Investigators and Detectives
Services Provided by Private Investigators

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Self Defense
It's legal to defend yourself and your family

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

US Government
alleging land surveyors should not be allowed on private property to build a US Mexican border wall.

Government Overbilling
Defense contractor to pay $8.9 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.

Federal Government
alleging discrimination against black farmers

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.

Immigrant SSI
US Federal Government agrees to extend benefits in class action settlement.

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.