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Police Can Stop You For Having A License Plate Bracket On Your Car, Beau James Brock, Rikki Weger Oct 2012

Police Can Stop You For Having A License Plate Bracket On Your Car, Beau James Brock, Rikki Weger

Beau James Brock

The Fourth Amendment must be protected from police excesses. Now, law enforcement is relying upon the most hyper-technical of violations to stop a vehicle. Both attorneys and judges must guard against the temptation that the ends will justify the means, only to find out later we sold out our freedom to the golden calf of drug interdiction.


The Practice Of Criminal Defence: Why We Fight And Defend Those Most Imperilled, Every Day, Beau James Brock Dec 2011

The Practice Of Criminal Defence: Why We Fight And Defend Those Most Imperilled, Every Day, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

Being a criminal defense attorney is a special calling. Aside from dealing with the human element, they also fight daily to see the government acts within the bounds established by the Bill of Rights.


The Empire Strikes Back: How To Prepare & Respond To Environmental Criminal Investigations, Beau James Brock, Andre Belanger Dec 2011

The Empire Strikes Back: How To Prepare & Respond To Environmental Criminal Investigations, Beau James Brock, Andre Belanger

Beau James Brock

Powerpoint presentation on defending corporations, individuals, and governmental entities who are under criminal investigation by EPA.


The Practice Of Criminal Defense: Principles Of Why We Fight, Beau James Brock, Andre Belanger Aug 2011

The Practice Of Criminal Defense: Principles Of Why We Fight, Beau James Brock, Andre Belanger

Beau James Brock

The eleven principles of why and how we are proud to professionally represent families in need in the practice of criminal law.


Getting To Know Some Of Baton Rouge's Young Public Defenders, Beau James Brock Aug 2011

Getting To Know Some Of Baton Rouge's Young Public Defenders, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

Article interviewing some of East Baton Rouge Parish young Public Defenders. Published along with companion article interviewing some of the young Assistant District Attorneys in East Baton Rouge in the same issue of the Around the Bar magazine.


Getting To Know Some Of Baton Rouge's Young Prosecutors, Beau James Brock Aug 2011

Getting To Know Some Of Baton Rouge's Young Prosecutors, Beau James Brock

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Article on some of our young prosecutors in East Baton Rouge Parish.


A New Clear And Present Danger: Security, Freedom And Ordered Liberty On The Home Front During The War Against Terrorism, Beau James Brock Sep 2010

A New Clear And Present Danger: Security, Freedom And Ordered Liberty On The Home Front During The War Against Terrorism, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

Regardless of the foreign policy rationalizations for failing to respond to Osama Bin Laden’s declaration of war against the United States prior to September 11th, we are faced with a de facto state of war, for over a full decade now, that will require an ever vigilant and determined commitment in order to secure the domestic security of our land. The use of available technology to break through our opponents’ intelligence networks has been a vital instrument of victory in past wars and will be in this struggle we now face. But, where is the line marking appropriate federal action …


After The Crisis: Consequences, Beau James Brock Sep 2010

After The Crisis: Consequences, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

Powerpoint presentation on potential consequences of failing to properly plan and prepare for environmental incidents which may result in dire civil or criminal liability. Also, a discussion of the LDEQ and EPA upcoming enforcement directives is included.


Hanousek V. United States: Social Engineering Encroaching On Individual Liberty, Beau James Brock Apr 2010

Hanousek V. United States: Social Engineering Encroaching On Individual Liberty, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

A legal decision that unexpectedly judicially “extended the reach environmental criminal law” was Hanousek v. United States, wherein the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held the legal standard for criminal negligence under the Clean Water Act (CWA) was ordinary negligence.


Environmental Crimes, Beau James Brock, Walter Becker, Jr., Dorothy Taylor Apr 2010

Environmental Crimes, Beau James Brock, Walter Becker, Jr., Dorothy Taylor

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Power point team presentation on environmental crimes.


Renaissance Of Environmental Criminal Investigation In Louisiana: A Model For The Nation, Beau James Brock, Michael Daniels Mar 2010

Renaissance Of Environmental Criminal Investigation In Louisiana: A Model For The Nation, Beau James Brock, Michael Daniels

Beau James Brock

In Louisiana, perpetrators of knowing criminal violations of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act, Title 30 subject themselves to felony conduct. Now, that is not just idle words on a page. This law enforcement arm built to preserve the quality of life for every citizen of Louisiana is no longer a paper tiger, but a fightin’ tiger, capable of and willing to investigate in any situation. In the spring of 2008, sustainable programmatic changes in CID were immediately put into place. Some of these included the following: 1) comprehensive overhaul of the then current policies and procedures; 2) the replacement of …


Leviathan Menacing The Gulf Coast: Catastrophic Consequences May Imperil The Rule Of Law, Beau James Brock Dec 2009

Leviathan Menacing The Gulf Coast: Catastrophic Consequences May Imperil The Rule Of Law, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

The criminal negligence standard under the Clean Water Act should be one of gross negligence and not merely ordinary negligence and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals should not be tested on this point of law as it will disagree with the previous findings of the Ninth and Tenth Circuits.


Overview Of Environmental Criminal Investigations, Beau James Brock Oct 2008

Overview Of Environmental Criminal Investigations, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

Power point presentation overview of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Criminal Investigation Division investigative guidelines and procedures.


The Current State Of Environmental Criminal Enforcement In Louisiana, An Insider’S View, Beau James Brock Feb 2002

The Current State Of Environmental Criminal Enforcement In Louisiana, An Insider’S View, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

The costs of committing environmental crimes are going up in Louisiana as increased enforcement by EPA-CID has been initiated with other federal and state partners.