This is a civil case in which the plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe in the caption of the case, sued a class of defendants for statutory damages under a Federal law known as “Masha’s Law,” which was enacted by Congress in 2006 to provide statutory redress for victims of crimes ...

This case is more than just another example of the evils of the over-the-top, nighttime, military style drug raids that have become all-too-common in America. It is also a case that exposes the appalling failure of the judicial system to put any meaningful and consistent reins on the excessive culture ...

Here the en banc Court held that, despte extensive participation of the NCIS in a civilian criminal investigation that clearly violated the Posse Comitatus Act, suppression of the evidence was not waranted under the facts of this case.

In the October 20, 2014 issue of P&J, we noted a decision ...

In this case, Judge Conley denied the Government’s request to introduce expert opinion testimony from a U.S. Postal Service handwriting expert to the effect that the hand printing on an envelope and a letter belonged to the defendant. After reviewing the expert witness’ proposed opinion testimony for both relevance and ...

This case is noted because it represents the very first convictions for cyberstalking resulting in death that have been achieved under the broad and potent provisions of the Federal cyberstalking statute (18 U.S.C. § 2261A) - and that milestone will undoubtedly encourage Federal prosecutors throughout the country to bring more ...