Thursday, March 22, 2012

Rutgers Webcam Trial Coverage for Lawyers.com

Coverage of the defense portion and verdict of the Rutgers webcam trial, in which Dharun Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation for spying on roommate Tyler Clementi's romantic encounter via webcam. Clementi committed suicide shortly afterward and the trial was heralded as a groundbreaking test of hate crime laws.

PW February 29

Employees in the Controller's Office Should Think Twice About Swearing: The Philadelphia Controller's Office launches an expensive, invasive investigation of a dozen employees after a sexually explicit scrawl is found on a bathroom wall. Meanwhile, another employee is fired for writing "shit" on an anonymous survey.