August 2011

Evidence: how to get material from social network and other websites into evidence

Posted on: 08/31/2011

Appellate Case Digest

If you need to know how to get that Facebook page, or Tweet, into evidence, this is the case for Maryland.

If I ever get a breather, I collected some good materials from a training I helped create and present at the MD Bar Association meeting in July. This was one of the cases we reviewed for Maryland, and is the primary test for evidence now.

Without meaning to offend the prosecutors in this case, the evidence presented on where the documents came from, and who had control over the website, was pretty thin. As a result, it is now more important than

2011 – Lenahan (Gonzales) vs. USA - IACHR Report - Finding of Human Rights Violations

Posted on: 08/31/2011

Family Law Case Digest

International Commission Finds United States Denied Justice to Domestic Violence Survivor

2010-2011 Journal Articles on Same-Sex Marriage & Civil Unions

Posted on: 08/31/2011

Family Law Case Digest

Some recent journal articles on gay rights/same-sex marriage/civil unions:

Courtney G. Joslin, Searching for Harm: Same-Sex Marriage and the Well-Being of Children, 46 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 81 (Winter 2011)

Rachael M.