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The work of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in representing the illegal alien children in long-term detention is discussed. The draft of the Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act, which would establish an Office of Children's Services within the Department of Justice to help assure children access to appointed counsel, is also mentioned.
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In the federal courts, civil cases filed are expected to quadruple in the two decades of the 21st century, to 800,000 cases annually, and both federal and state courts are experimenting with technology to manage their rising caseload. The same Judicial Conference of the United States report forecasts a doubling of criminal court cases in the same time period, to 80,000 annually. Using technology as a caseload management solution is something courts can control, and some of the uses across the US are described.
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Class action suits alleging a violation of property rights have been filed by Midwestern land owners against railroads for using land to which they held only easements, and against large telecommunications companies for compensation for the fiber-optic cables those firms buried beside the railroad lines. Plaintiffs' lawyers propose that local landowners form a "corridor entity," a cooperative controlling the land jointly, including setting and collecting user fees.
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