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Security Breach Notification: State Laws Chart
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: Lexology, July 28, 2009. Security breach notification: state laws chartPerkins Coie LLP"This chart provides information regarding security breach notification legislation which has been enacted in U.S. jurisdictions."
U.S. Department of Justice Continues to Expand Scope of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: Lexology, July 28, 2009. DOJ continues to expand scope of FCPAKatten Muchin Rosenman LLP"The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibits individuals or companies from bribing foreign government officials to obtain or retain business".
U.S. Supreme Court: Even Well -Intentioned Decisions Cannot be Race-Based
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: Lexology, July 28, 2009. U.S. Supreme Court: even well-intentioned decisions cannot be race-basedDavis Wright Tremaine LLP"On June 29, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Ricci v. DeStafano, a case brought by white and Hispanic firefighters in New Haven, Conn...
Recent Litigation Highlights Importance of IP, EULA's
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: Lexology, July 28, 2009. Recent litigation highlights importance of IP, EULAsPerkins Coie LLP"You likely know Zynga from its Mafia Wars, Texas Hold'Em, Sudoku and other games, which are almost ubiquitous on Facebook and other social networking sites...
Some Technologies You Cannot Afford to Ignore
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: Lexology, July 28, 2009. Some technologies you can't afford to ignoreDinsmore & Shohl LLP"Still listening to CDs instead of downloading the latest songs to your iPod?"
Executive Compensation Issues for Financial Institutions
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: Lexology, July 28, 2009. Executive compensation issues for financial institutions: compensation committee independence and ?say on pay?Bricker & Eckler LLP"Ongoing legislative and agency initiatives arising from the administration?s "Regulatory Reform Agenda" are increasingly moving toward 'federalizing' corporate law and regulating the activities of management and boards in private business, even outside of the TARP recipient environment...
Governor David Paterson and New York Finance
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: Google News Alert Service, July 28, 2009. NY Seeks Disaster Declaration For Crop DamageNorth Country GazetteDavid A. Paterson has requested the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) designate 17 New York counties as agricultural disaster areas due to bad weather ...
List of Selected U.S. Documents from Gallerywatch.com
Posted on July 28, 2009Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible only through subscription to the GalleryWatch...
Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 28, 2009
Posted on July 28, 2009Source: NLJ.com, July 28, 2009. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp DOJ seeks stay on suit against new patent rules "The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to halt all proceedings in its en banc review of controversial patent prosecution rules until after the Senate confirms a new director of the U...
New Jersey Law Journal: News Briefs July 28, 2009
Posted on July 28, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to the New Jersey Law Journal News Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. Subscription required for online access: ANDREW BERRY, 69, LED McCARTER & ENGLISH'S GROWTH TO REGIONAL FIRM"Andrew Berry, the chairman of McCarter & English who spearheaded its transformation from a local firm to a regional power, died on July 24 at his vacation home in Southport, Maine...
New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending July 26, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run July 26, 2009. Although the New York Legislature is officially in recess the following activity in the areas covered by this blog has been reported for the week ending July 26, 2009: To retrieve the text of any of the New York bills listed below, go to http://public...
New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest July 27, 2009.
Posted on July 27, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to this service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access any of the decisions listed which interest you. http://www.nylj.com Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted: U...
New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists July 27, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to the New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. http://www.nylj.com Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted:Municipal LawMonday, July 27, 2009By Jeffrey D...
New York Law Journal: Lead Articles July 27, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to the New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. http://www.nylj.com Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted: Monday, July 27, 2009 Judge Blasts NYPD Over Destruction of Fireworks Free: Proposed Rule Changes Would Enhance Diversity of N...
LAW.COM Newswire Highlights July 27, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to the LAW.COM service you should be able to click on any of the links below, sign in, and access the full text of all articles listed. A subscription to LAW.COM is needed for online access to this service...
Twitter Tips: How to Find Job Posts on Twitter
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: CIO Insider, July 27, 2009. Twitter Tips: How to Find Job Posts on Twitter"Many recruiters and some employers have begun posting job openings on Twitter. But knowing how to get what you want from Twitter's search tool, and sorting through hashtags (#) assigned to job posts, can be tricky...
New York Criminal Law News - July 25-26, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: LexisNexis, Search run July 27, 2009l Lexis ID and Password Required for Online Access: 1. The Associated Press State & Local Wire, July 26, 2009 Sunday 2:52 PM GMT, , STATE AND REGIONAL, 986 words, AP Sources: US man was 'gold mine' of terror intel, By ADAM GOLDMAN and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers, NEW YORK ...
Google Worldwide Alerts: Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Crime Prisons
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: Google News Alert Service, July 24,26, 2009. NEWS: Supreme Court ruling shakes up criminal trialsLos Angeles TimesHe and other defense lawyers, however, emphasized that crime labs had made mistakes that had sent the innocent to prison...
Texas: Dismissal of SEC's Insider Trading Case Makes New Law
Posted on July 27, 2009Source:Lexology, July 27, 2009. Texas - Dismissal of SEC?s insider trading case against Mark Cuban makes new lawCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP"On Friday, July 17, 2009, the District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed the SEC?s insider trading complaint against Mark Cuban, based on an interesting and novel analysis of the duty required to support insider-trading liability under the so-called 'misappropriation theory...
U.S. Secret Service The Italian Police, and Italian Postal Service Plan a Cybercrime Task Force
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: Lexology, July 27, 2009. Secret Service and Europe plan a cybercrime task forceFoley Hoag LLP"According to recent reports from the Wall Street Journal and Computerworld, on June 30 the United States Secret Service, the Italian police and Italian postal service reached an agreement for the establishment of an international task force to fight cybercrime, including identity theft and computer hacking...
Pennsylvania: For Civil Service Promostions, Municipality Must Select the Top-Scoring Applicant
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: Lexology, July 27, 2009. Pennsylvania - For civil service promotions, municipality must select the top-scoring applicantReed Smith LLP"The Supreme Court has declined to review the Commonwealth Court?s 2008 holding that a Borough was statutorily required to promote the top-scoring candidate on its eligibility list...
Pennsylvania: Suit Against Philadelphia Police Highlights Importance of Paying Attention to Employee Internet Access
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: Lexology, July 27, 2009. Pennsylvania - Suit against Philadelphia police highlights importance of paying attention to employee internet accessPorter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP"CNN.com is reporting that a group of Philadelphia policemen and women have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against the Philiadelphia police department for race discrimination on the ground that the department allegedly permitted its white officers, including some of supervisory rank, to maintain a private website that allegedly was used as a forum for racially offensive comments"
Governor David Paterson and New York Finance
Posted on July 27, 2009Source: Google News Alert Service, July 25-27, 2009. Paterson picks new Director of OperationsAlbany Times Union... and ease the burden on New York's taxpayers,? Governor Paterson said. ?Her experiences, and particularly her knowledge of finance and health policy, ...
List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com
Posted on July 27, 2009Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch...
New Jersey Law Journal: News Briefs July 27, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to the New Jersey Law Journal News Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. Subscription requied for online access: BRYANT DRAWS FOUR-YEAR SENTENCE ON CORRUPTION CONVICTION"A federal judge sentenced former state Sen...
New Jersey Law Journal: Top Stories July 27, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to the New Jersey Law Journal News Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. Subscriptioon required for online access: Court Blows the Lid Off Judicial Records" The Supreme Court has opened the floodgates for accessing court documents, creating a presumption that all judicial records are public and making use of modern information technology to deliver them...
Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 27, 2009
Posted on July 27, 2009Source:NLJ.com, July 27, 2009 Subscription required for online access: A losing hand "Two years after indicting Zhenli Ye Gon, considered to be a major drug kingpin who amassed a fortune importing and selling key ingredients to methamphetamine manufacturers, federal prosecutors admit they don't have much of a case...
LAW.COM Newswire Highlights July 24, 2009
Posted on July 24, 2009If you are already an online subscriber to the LAW.COM service you should be able to click on any of the links below, sign in, and access the full text of all articles listed. A subscription to LAW.COM is needed for online access to this service...
Job Opening: Law Library/Self Help Center Consultant - Nevada
Posted on July 24, 2009LAW LIBRARY/SELF HELP CENTER CONSULTANTThe Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, in consultation with Washoe County government, is soliciting bids for a consultant to study and provide recommendations concerning the Law Library and the pro per Self Help Center...
New York Criminal Law News July 24, 2009
Posted on July 24, 2009Source: LexisNexis, July 24, 2009. Lexis ID and Password Required for Online Access: 1. The Journal News (Westchester County, New York), July 24, 2009 Friday, NEWS; Pg. 5, 667 words, Spring Valley police drug sweeps yield 140 arrests in nearly 2 years, Steve Lieberman ...
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How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...
Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...
He is a very smart man who is always looking for ways around things. The judge granted our divorce for December 12,2007, and my ex-husband told me that he just got married just before Thanksgiving. He is a student at Cal
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