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The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in two cases that spotlighted the importance of competent lawyering at the plea agreement stage. One case involved a lawyer’s flawed advice to reject a plea offer; the other involved a lawyer’s failure to inform his client about a proposed plea deal. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

LEGAL NOTICES: Provincetown Banner Oct. 27, 2011Wicked LocalBy Anonymous PLACE AN AD: To place your Provincetown Banner Legal Notice, call toll-free (888) 782-2267 or email classsub@provincetownbanner.com. Please contact us before 1pm EST Thursday for publication in the following Thursdays' edition The Town of …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

A report released Friday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found security efforts at federal courthouses nationwide have kept pace with the growing number of threats, but the federal agencies with a hand in security could do a better job of communicating. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Legal issues examined in priest sex allegationDetroit Free PressThe Oakland County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the statute of limitations to determine how to proceed with a sexual misconduct allegation turned over by the Archdiocese of Detroit involving one of its priests. The Rev. …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

Although the struggling recovery must still be reckoned with, feedback from the technology chiefs who responded to American Lawyer’s annual survey on law firm technology and follow-up interviews with nearly a dozen of them reveal that the main focus has moved from dollars to data. The key issue: How do firms make information accessible to [...]

Mother Jones Education pushed on Tennessee voter ID lawChattanooga Times Free PressIn Hamilton County, officials will hold a town hall meeting to field voters' questions about the new law requiring government-issued photo ID to vote. The meeting is today from 10-11 am at the county Election Commission's headquarters at …Election commission to hold town hall [...]

Daily Mail Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BillBBC NewsWatch live coverage of debate on the remaining stages of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill for the second day on 1 November 2011 from 2.30pm. MPs will focus on the government's plans to introduce a new offence of squatting, …Thousands will [...]

Enact Balanced Law on AnimalsWheeling IntelligencerOhio state law regulates a variety of potentially dangerous behaviors, everything from use of fireworks to drunken driving. There is no reason a balanced statute on ownership of exotic animals cannot be added to the books. …and more » View full post on law – Google News

Los Angeles Times Law Enforcement Doing Sexual Offender Checks on HalloweenWJHG-TVThousand of kids hit the streets Monday for Halloween and so did a number of local law enforcement officers, checking on the activities of registered sexual offenders. It's called "Operation Heat". The Bay County Sheriff's Office and the Department of …Sex Offenders Slapped with Halloween [...]

New York Times Raucous Trial Is a Test of Haiti's Legal SystemNew York TimesMore Photos » By WALT BOGDANICH and DEBORAH SONTAG LES CAYES, Haiti — It is a legal spectacle unlike anything Haiti has seen: the government trying 13 of its own police officers — including high-ranking prison officials and riot squad members — [...]