As reported by crime victims, the national crime rate last year remained about the same as the 2015 total, the U.S. Justice Department’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) reported on Thursday. In 2016, the survey said, residents aged 12 or older experienced 5.7 million violent victimizations,...
Striking an agreement with your cell phone company could increase privacy protections for your records....
Homicide rates in the United States rose sharply in 2015 and continued to increase, at a somewhat diminished pace, the following year. Both the scholarly and popular narrative surrounding the homicide rise identifies tensions between African-American communities and the police as the primary culprit. That is a...
In 1990, there were 2,245 murders in New York City. This week, the police department said there are likely to be fewer than 300 in 2017. That is less than most years in the 1950s, when there were fewer people living in the city, writes...
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases. The first was Murphy v. Smith, which asks who should pay attorney’s fees in successful civil-rights cases brought on behalf of prisoners. Subscript has a graphic explainer for the case. Yesterday’s second case was Marinello...
In no reasonable sense does Colorado have a compelling interest in requiring this baker to engage in speech to which he has religious objections....
Individuals arrested in Los Angeles, most of them from the city’s poorest neighborhoods, paid nearly $194 million in nonrefundable bail bond deposits and more than $17.5 million in cash between 2012-2016, according to a study of the impact of the money bail system in America’s...
In the past few years, we have seen the advancement of cloud computing to levels we could not have possibly fathomed two decades ago. There are so many benefits to be reaped from its rise, and different industries are rushing to do so. There are numerous...
A few years ago, a significant snowfall left my family without power and with a limited supply of food. My husband was without his diabetes medication for several days. Some people might welcome the serenity of a beautiful blanket of fresh snow, but a caregiver without access...
Commentators (including me) have long speculated about the possible future direction of data breach-related litigation. There have of course been a number of very high profile data breach-related consumer class action suits, but so far relatively few data breach related D&O lawsuits. Of course, more...