USA NEWSLETTER JUNE 2008
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Welcome back! We've been busy over the past few months giving the X-Pro site an exciting new facelift. The same features are all there but the look of the site will definitely be changed for the better. Our new look will be launched soon and we'll keep you posted. Our $60 annual membership offer is about to be withdrawn so hurry if you want to take advantage of this great offer. We hope you enjoy this month's edition of 'X-Pro News'.
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Law
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| The New Federal Rule of Evidence, Rule 502
Click on the link for a useful online article. Every litigation attorney should
know the implications of this legislation passed into law on September 19.
Click here to download the Rule in Pdf. format.
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| Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 2008 After all the debate this was the final draft passed into law by Congress and signed by President Bush. An Act that ultimately affects everyone - no question.
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| Moore v United States No.07-10689 (U.S.Supreme Court) Criminal procedure, Sentencing, Drugs. The Court reversed a sentence for possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute and the case was remanded where the district court's statements during sentencing showed that it did not think it had the discretion, which was later upheld by the Supreme Court in Kimbrough v. U.S., to reject the Guidelines' crack-to-powder cocaine sentencing ratio.
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| Berg v Obama (U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. Penn., Oct. 24, 2008) Dismissal of case challenging Presidential candidate's eligibility. The Plaintiff, a Clinton supporter, was determined that Barack Obama should not be allowed to run based on ineligibility through allegedly not being born in the U.S.A.
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Articles
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States Wrestle With Immunity Expert contributor Robert Ambrogi summarizes the position of experts' civil immunity in the U.S. Note: There are no hyperlinks from the quoted cases. If you are interested in looking at them in more detail just cut and paste into a Google search.
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| Go Tell It To The Jury - Persuading Jurors in a Civil Court. Not an in-depth piece but useful pointers from Canada on how lawyers who may not be used to dealing with juries get the job done in civil claims.
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Events
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11/12-15/08 (MO): |
American Society of Criminology Annual meeting. Some last minute spaces are available. The venue is the Hyatt Regency, St.Louis.
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11/11/08 (CA): |
Expert Witness Workshop The L.A Bar have organized a workshop will provide attendees with introductory and advanced instruction on how to use expert witnesses in civil and criminal actions, with special emphasis on expert testimony.
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11/20-21/08 (TX): |
Problem Solving Techniques for Fire Investigations Event run by the International Association of Arson Investigators. James R. Allen will be presenting up-to-date information on how to use NFPA 921 to your advantage when preparing to give expert testimony on the origin and cause of a fire.
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12/2-4/08 (London, U.K): |
From Failure to Understanding Insitute of Civil Engineers - International Conference on forensic engineering that will focus on moving from failure to understanding of built environments in order to help with managing sustainable life-time performance of constructed assets.
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