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10 Oct 2015, 8:41 am by Bill Otis
Recent studies have also conclusively shown that reducing certain kinds of incarceration rates actually correlates with a drop in the crime rate.The fairest reading of a complex (and by this point relatively fulsome) set of data would indicate that, when it comes to incarceration rates and sentence lengths, there's definitely a correlation up to a certain point, but then inevitably there comes a point of not only diminishing returns but actually negative returns.I have started to… [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 7:50 am by Bill Otis
Doug Berman is one of the leading sentencing experts in the country and a strong backer of the "reform" bill introduced yesterday in the Senate. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 5:09 am by Jeff Welty
Doug Berman summarizes the legislation here, and a critical reaction to it is here. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 5:09 am by Jeff Welty
Doug Berman summarizes the legislation here, and a critical reaction to it is here. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 3:21 pm by CJLF Staff
  Mark Berman of the Washington Post reports that attorneys for Richard Glossip, a convicted murderer, requested that the state appeals court halt his execution, arguing that Glossip was improperly tried and sentenced due to reliance on witness testimony, but the court rejected the claims with a 3-2 vote, finding that his conviction was "not based solely on testimony of a codefendant. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 11:25 am by Quinta Jurecic , Elina Saxena
On Friday, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced an agreement to cease certain forms of economic espionage via cyberattack. [read post]
27 Sep 2015, 6:21 pm by Kevin LaCroix
At least one federal judge has held in light of Morrison that the U.S. securities laws do not apply to unlisted ADR transactions (refer here for a discussion of Judge Berman’s September 2010 decision in [read post]
26 Sep 2015, 6:41 am by Elina Saxena
Chantal Berman took a look back at the Iraqi refugee crisis and applied lessons learned to the current Syrian refugee crisis. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 5:00 am by Randi Morrison
As Broc blogged last week, on the heels of the SEC’s recently released Interpretive Guidance clarifying its position that an individual doesn’t need to report possible violations of the securities laws to the SEC to be characterized as a “whistleblower” entitled to Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation protections (rather, such protections are also available to individuals who report internally first), the Second Circuit – in a split decision… [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 8:27 am by Barbra Williams Diallo
This added provision will no doubt provide another avenue for employees to challenge the waiver of Berman hearings (administrative hearings before a Deputy Labor Commissioner regarding claims of California Labor Code violations) in arbitration agreements. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 1:57 pm by Kathryn Rubino
This time, Judge Berman is taking a crack. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 7:49 am by Jill Maturino
The post Five Steps for Your “What to do After an Auto Accident” Checklist appeared first on Houlon Berman. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 7:49 am by wmxadmin
The post Five Steps for Your “What to do After an Auto Accident” Checklist appeared first on Houlon Berman. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 6:33 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
Since Berman only reported violations internally and not to the SEC, if Dodd-Frank only protects whistleblowers who report violations to the SEC, then Berman cannot sue his employer for retaliation. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 3:00 am by Jeff Welty
So asks Professor Doug Berman over at Sentencing Law and Policy. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 3:00 am by Jeff Welty
So asks Professor Doug Berman over at Sentencing Law and Policy. [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 11:24 am by Robert Kreisman
One of the most in-depth analyses of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in its present condition is given by Ari Berman in his book “Give Us the Ballot. [read post]