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/ 18 Sep 2020

Can the police search your smartphone, or force you to unlock it?

Smartphones are a goldmine of personal data for criminal investigators, from credit card information to compromising photos. But can law enforcement search a smartphone’s contents without a warrant, or force someone to give them access to a passcode-protected phone?

By Elizabeth Anne Brown

/ 18 Sep 2020

Can the police search your smartphone, or force you to unlock it?

Judge in Diocese of Buffalo Bankruptcy Sets Bar Date

Chief Judge Carl L. Bucki of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Western District of New York ruled Friday that the bar date for abuse victims to submit claims should be the same day that the extended Child Victims Act expires – Aug. 14, 2021.…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 17 Sep 2020

Judge in Diocese of Buffalo Bankruptcy Sets Bar Date

Jury consultant: Dress can be a key to a courtroom win

Dr. Noelle Nelson, a California-based jury consultant, recalls the time she was helping a law firm prepare witnesses for trial and asked a woman to come to her prep session dressed as she would in court. "I used to say, ‘your Sunday best.’ So this gal came in fishnet hose.'' Nelson travels the count

By Philip Morgan

/ 17 Sep 2020

Jury consultant: Dress can be a key to a courtroom win

Your risk of being a crime victim likely not as high as you think

What are the chances you will get robbed this year, or assaulted, or otherwise be a crime victim? Many overestimate the risk.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 17 Sep 2020

Your risk of being a crime victim likely not as high as you think

Predictive policing is predictably controversial

As the debate over data-driven predictive policing continues to heat up, not every department is ready to back away from its use.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 16 Sep 2020

Predictive policing is predictably controversial

Artificial intelligence can infringe on real-life civil liberties

Many people don’t realize is that there are gaps in artificial intelligence regulations, some of which allow infringement on civil rights. That can include housing and employment opportunities.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 16 Sep 2020

Artificial intelligence can infringe on real-life civil liberties

Online bar exam delay causing lawsuits, frustration

It’s not often you see a Chief Justice of a state Supreme Court apologize for making a mistake. But that’s exactly what recently happened in Florida after the Florida Board of Bar Examiners recommended cancelling a scheduled on-line Bar exam just days before the test.

By Craig Kopp

/ 15 Sep 2020

Online bar exam delay causing lawsuits, frustration

Stem Cells Could Offer Treatment For COVID-19 Lung Damage

Dr. Matthay and his team are aiming to use their work with stem cells to develop an effective treatment for some of those hardest hit by COVID-19.

By Christopher T. Nace

/ 14 Sep 2020

Stem Cells Could Offer Treatment For COVID-19 Lung Damage

Report: School police do not keep students safer

Posting armed police in public schools does not make schools safer, concludes a recent study of law enforcement in Florida schools. The study focuses on Florida schools, which are required by state law to have armed law enforcement officers on all campuses, even at elementary schools.

By Sheila Mullane Estrada

/ 14 Sep 2020

Report: School police do not keep students safer

Civil liberties at risk as crisis managers turn to tech solutions

When a crisis rears its head and government and the tech community invent ways to handle it, lots of personal data is collected and stored. What happens to that data once an emergency passes? What happens to the technologies used to collect it? What civil liberties are at risk?

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 11 Sep 2020

Civil liberties at risk as crisis managers turn to tech solutions

How Many Lives Can Trucking Technology Save?

Perhaps you’ve had this fear. You are driving on a highway. You look in the rearview mirror, and a large truck, weighing several tons more than your car, is speeding towards you. For a minute, you panic, envisioning the truck plowing into you. If statistics…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 10 Sep 2020

How Many Lives Can Trucking Technology Save?