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• Four More Decisions!

  The Supreme Court handed down four decisions today: Kennedy v. Louisiana , striking down the death penalty for child rape; Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker , limiting punitive damages in maritime cases; Giles v. California , curtailing an exception to the... Posted Jun 25 2008, 10:55 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, News And Announcements, Judiciary, Economic, Workplace, and Environmental Regulation

• Three Unanimous Supreme Decisions: RICO, Private Attorney Generals, and Patent Law

  In addition to its 6-3 decision in Enquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agriculture , the Supreme Court issued three unanimous decisions today. One decision concluded that first-party reliance is not necessary to prove a RICO claim. A second decision considered... Posted Jun 09 2008, 12:43 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Judiciary, Economic, Workplace, and Environmental Regulation

• Federal Privacy Law and Accessing Personal Records Held by Federal Agencies

  Two State Department contractors were fired and a third was suspended for improperly accessing Senator Barack Obama's passport file , the Washington Post reported. Although the earliest of the three incidents occurred on January 9, 2008, the State... Posted Mar 21 2008, 10:16 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Equality and Liberty, Economic, Workplace, and Environmental Regulation, IP and Tech Law