That said, identity theft defense is a fairly new area of the law. For this reason, experience may not mean a list of hundreds of successful cases. You want a lawyer who knows this branch of the law well, but set your expectations at a reasonable level to ensure that you get quality representation, without expecting too much experience in a new branch of the law.

If you have been accused of taking someone else's personal information, you need to know that it is vital that you hire an identity theft defense attorney. Whether or not you are guilty, these are very serious accusations and carry strict penalties and fines. In fact, this is considered a federal offense, and thus you need a lawyer with experience in federal crimes.

Very interesting report, but without much to say about one country of considerable interest: the United States where FOIA laws are increasing honored mostly in the breach. It's so bad that the Obama administration is now urging court approval of its own everyday tactic of refusing FOIA requests by falsely claiming the information doesn't even exist.