New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest December 2, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Criminal Practice<br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Panel Upholds Convictions in 1998 al-Qaida U.S. Embassy Bombings in Kenya, Tanzania</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426386902&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States, appellee v. Mohamed Sadeek Odeh et al., defendants-appellants</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Torts<br/><font>Owner Fails to Exercise Vigilance to Prevent Falls; No Signs Barring Drinks on Roller Rink</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426384030&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Rivera v. Beer Garden</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Labor Law</b></font><br/><font>Worker Falling on Scaffold, Not from Scaffold, Is Still Covered by Labor Law
240(1)</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383942&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Julien v. New Greenwich Gardens Associates LLC</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Contracts</b></font><br/><font>Court Awards Defendant $2,500 in Sanctions Against Plaintiff for Bringing Frivolous Suit</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383669&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>587 Development Inc. v. 16 Avenue Z LLC</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>WESTCHESTER COUNTY<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Party Cannot Be Forced To Sign Release; CPLR
2104 Terms Are Not Met</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426384001&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Bergassi LLC v. Ikon Solutions Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>ORANGE COUNTY<br/>Insurance Law</b></font><br/><font>Court Finds Plaintiffs Are Additional Insureds; Policy Provides Primary Coverage</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383972&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Briarwoods Farms Inc. v. Central Mut. Ins. Co.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>ESSEX COUNTY<br/>Land Use and Planning</b></font><br/><font>Dwelling Units Agricultural Use Structures, Exempt From Adirondack Park Permit Rules</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383698&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Lewis Family Farm Inc. v. Adirondack Park Agency</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Foreign Evidence Obtained Without Warrant Properly Admitted in Embassy Bombing Trial</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426386873&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. Mohamed Sadeek Odeh et al.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Panel Rules on Fifth Amendment, 'Miranda' Issues in 1998 Embassy Bombing Appeals</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383782&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. Mohamed Sadeek Odeh et al.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Employment</b></font><br/><font>IBM 'Power' Microprocessor Architecture Expert Temporarily Enjoined From Working for Apple</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383813&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>International Business Machines Corp. v. Papermaster</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Civil Rights</b></font><br/><font>Arab Ethnicity Not Ground for Probable Cause To Arrest Passengers on Domestic Air Flight</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383913&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Farag v. United States</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 02, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>International Law</b></font><br/><font>Child's Return to UK 'Country of Habitual Residence' Ordered Under Hague Convention</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426383842&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Lachman v. Lachman</i></b></a></font></font></p></font>
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