JURIST
APRIL 30, 2021
As an extension of JURIST’s mission, we launched the JURIST Digital Scholars (JDS) Program in the summer of 2020. How do we encourage innovation while protecting privacy and preventing malfeasance? It aims to cultivate interdisciplinary talent at the crossroads of law, public policy, and technology. 2021 Challenge Areas.
The Crime Report
MARCH 21, 2022
The current Rikers plan would raze the 11,300-bed jail complex — which long has been plagued by horrific living conditions and officials’ malfeasance — and replace it by August 2027 with four new high-rise lockups located in each of the city’s boroughs, excluding Staten Island.
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The Crime Report
DECEMBER 20, 2021
A 2020 study by the NRE of over 2,400 confirmed exonerations found that in 30 percent of the cases prosecutorial misconduct was specifically a factor. Of the 106 exonerations through the end of 2020 in Pennsylvania, prosecutors committed misconduct in 48 of them, or about 45 percent. Enhance Prosecutorial Self-Regulation and Reporting.
InHouseOps
JULY 2, 2021
Between March 20 and August 11, 2020 Ari Kaplan personally interviewed 31 regulators responsible for securities, financial services, and competition in 18 countries. Below is a summary of the findings on the perception of investigations, the composition of key regulatory teams, the impact of technology, and impressions of enforcement.
LexForti
JUNE 2, 2022
A rising sector with little legislation might result in marketplace malfeasance, while a moderate-risk industry with much legislation might stifle development. 1] Gladwin Issac & Trishna Menon, Walking the Tightrope of Third-Party Funding in Arbitration in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects , IALR 1–15 (2020). [2]
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 23, 2022
As shown by the King case in 1991 and the Floyd case in 2020, we are still grappling with how to address excessive force. While lower courts have complained that “ Screws is not a model of clarity ,” it remains a serious hurdle for prosecutors to require something beyond mere negligence. Not much has changed.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
SB 40 establishes more stringent expectations for lawyers to report professional malfeasance , particularly when such activities could adversely affect clients and cast aspersions on an attorney’s integrity, competence or ethical standing.
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