International News

• Kenya's Maraga launches guide book for criminal c

  Chief Justice David Maraga has launched a quick-reference book for judges and magistrates presiding over criminal cases.   The Criminal Procedure Bench Book will provide guid...

• Publicly Available Information and PIPEDA

  In an effort to summarize the general principles that have emerged from court decisions and the Commissioner’s findings to date, the OPC issues Interpretations of certain key concep...

• Handwritten documents, Manila folders, carbon pape

  Every workday, attorneys enter criminal courtrooms across Cook County, put away their smartphones and operate in a world that their grandparents would have recognized: accordion-style Man...

• Lap Dancing A Crime In Israel

  Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Sunday that law enforcement had received a statement from the state attorney’s office saying lap dancing can be considered a form of pro...

• Guadalajara Is First To Relax Sex In Public LawS

  It’s now less risky to get frisky – in public – in Guadalajara.   Mexico’s second-largest city has made it harder to police sexual activity in places...

• Proposal to decriminalise traffic offences in Keny

  The high number of traffic cases is disrupting the criminal justice system yet there is little evidence to show that sentences are making roads safe.   Traffic offences const...

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National News

• Clark County Common Pleas Court launches updated w

  The Clark County, Ohio Common Pleas Court’s case management system is up and running.   Clark County Common Pleas Court Clerk Melissa Tuttle said the public now has acc...

• Chief justice: Public will be able to access Maine

  The judiciary Thursday announced that the public would be able to access some court documents online once the $15 million electronic case filing system is implemented over the next few ye...

• Proposed bill would eliminate PACER fees

  A new bill before the U.S House of Representatives would prohibit the federal courts from charging for public documents. The Electronic Court Records Reform Act would require that documen...

• Public records hard to access in Minnesota

  Getting your hands on government information in the state of Minnesota is not always as easy as it may sound. In fact in some cases it may be impossible.   A KARE 11 investig...

• Long-public Nevada arrest database made secret

  A database of Nevada arrest records that was open to public inspection for decades has been made secret by a new state law.   The Nevada Department of Public Safety, which co...

• Legal nonprofit expands access to Maryland court d

  Matthew Stubenberg may be leaving his job as information technology director at Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service later this month, but his chief accomplishment at the Baltimore nonprofi...

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