This document from the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee provides evidence of the extent of phone tapping by the News Corporation and how the higher-ups in the company knew about it, contrary to their protestations. One of the Committee’s conclusions reads thusly: “Corporately, the News of the World and News International misled the Committee about the true nature and extent of the internal investigations they professed to have carried out in relation to phone hacking …. Their instinct throughout, until it was too late, was to cover up rather than seek out wrongdoing and discipline the perpetrators, as they also professed they would do after the criminal convictions. In failing to investigate properly, and by ignoring evidence of widespread wrongdoing, News International and its parent News Corporation exhibited wilful blindness, for which the companies’ directors—including Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch—should ultimately be prepared to take responsibility.”(84) Because of the compexity of these hearings, a who’s who of the participants begins on page 86; this is in turn followed by a lengthy timeline dating back to 2000 starting on page 90. A review of these hearings and their outcome can be read at The New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter Institute, Press Gazette, BBC (with a very informative Q&A section), and The Guardian.
Archive for Law
Searchable Database of New Jersey Attorneys
The New Jersey Judiciary has just released a database of the 80,000 lawyers certified to practice in New Jersey. The data includes the date of admission to practice in the state, current status, and county and municipality where offices are located. The listing includes private, government, and in-house counsels; it is updated on a regular basis.
Is Your Lawyer Registered to Practice in Your State?
This list provides links and phone numbers to ascertain if your attorney is qualified to practice law in your state. Please read the notes and disclaimers.
Highway Safety Laws for All 50 States
Published by the Governors Highway Safety Association, this site – State Highway Safety Laws and Funding - represents laws gleaned from disparate sources and presented in a fashion where the information can be accessed either by state or by type of law. Additional relevant links are included, whether the topic is cell phone use or mature drivers. Here are New Jersey’s laws.
Women and Their Economic Rights Under the Law: An International Perspective
The Gender Law Library from the World Bank has gathered thousands of legal documents that stipulate what rights women have in the economic sphere. The texts include treaties, statutes, constitutional articles, decrees and regulations from 183 countries ranging from topics such as working hours to parental benefits to inheritance rights. Most, but not all, the documents are in English. Of course, being a legal resource, some disclaimers are present: ”We update the collection regularly but do not guarantee that laws are the most recent version, nor is the library exhaustive. Translations are not official unless indicated.” Other resources include: Women & International Law (American Society for International Law); Women’s Rights (Human Rights Watch); Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and the Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress).
2010 State Labor Laws Enacted and 2011 Proposed Labor Laws
It has certainly been a tumultuous year for labor across the country. We recommend these two sources if you want an overview of what has transpired in New Jersey as well as the rest of the country: State Labor Legislation Enacted in 2010 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, 134(#1, January 2011)) contains a recap of legislation passed both from a topical-oriented (34 major categories are presented) view as well as by state; the always excellent National Council on State Legislatures sponsors the 2010 Labor & Employment Bill Summaries which are arranged by subject, then by state as well as the 2011 Labor & Employment Legislation section which embeds within itself the very important Collective Bargaining and Labor Union Legislation Database highlighting pending laws (New Jersey currently has 61 proposed laws waiting).
