Portland PD Face Internal Investigation for Violating State Law, Making Mugshots Public

Officers with the Portland police department are facing an internal affairs investigation for putting a slideshow together on people committing retail theft featuring mugshots of Black suspects, an act that may violate... Read more »
MyCase Releases Public API For Easier Integration with Third-Party Software; Adds LawPay Reconciliation

MyCase Releases Public API For Easier Integration with Third-Party Software; Adds LawPay Reconciliation

The law practice management company MyCase this week introduced a public API for easier integration with third-party software, as well as two new payments features that more tightly integrate LawPay within the... Read more »
UN official warns South Sudan must secure public confidence to hold peaceful elections – JURIST

UN official warns South Sudan must secure public confidence to hold peaceful elections – JURIST

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Nicholas Haysom stressed that South Sudan must secure public confidence to ensure that its first post-independence elections in... Read more »

NYPD Spends Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to Encrypt Radio System, Deny Public Access

The NYPD is spending $390 million on a new radio system that will encrypt officers’ communication, denying the public and press access to police dispatches for the first time in more than... Read more »
Sri Lanka Supreme Court rules government officials breached public trust in management of the economy – JURIST

Sri Lanka Supreme Court rules government officials breached public trust in management of the economy – JURIST

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka declared Tuesday that several former politicians, including former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, breached the public trust... Read more »
US Supreme Court hears arguments on public officials’ social media use – JURIST

US Supreme Court hears arguments on public officials’ social media use – JURIST

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in the cases O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed on Tuesday regarding whether public officials blocking constituents on personal social media accounts used for some... Read more »

Maine Approves Proposal for Statewide Network of Public Defenders Offices

Officials at the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services (MCILS) have offered initial approval for an $8.8 million proposal that would create a statewide network of public defender offices, reports Samantha Hogan... Read more »
California governor signs bills compelling public universities to return Native American remains and cultural items – JURIST

California governor signs bills compelling public universities to return Native American remains and cultural items – JURIST

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Tuesday that compel California public universities to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001 (Repatriation Act), which requires state... Read more »

Public Policy Institute of California Schedules Youth Violence Trends Discussion

On October 5, 2023, the Public Policy Institute of California will be hosting a discussion around a new report examining whether youth in California are less criminally active than previous generations, if... Read more »
AI Update: Public Unease, Another Author Suit, Is Your AI Conscious?

AI Update: Public Unease, Another Author Suit, Is Your AI Conscious?

A recent Pew Research Center study reveals that public unease regarding artificial intelligence remains a major hurdle for businesses looking to incorporate AI-based tech into their operations, Legaltech News reports. Stephanie Goutos of... Read more »
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