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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 24, 2010

Posted on February 24, 2010
Source: NLJ.com, February 24, 2010. Subscription required for online access: Toyota executive in the hot seat during testimony before Congress "A senior U.S. executive for Toyota walked a fine line Tuesday as he tried to explain the company's response to recent safety problems without admitting fault that could come back to haunt it in products liability lawsuits and two federal investigations...

National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update February 23, 2010

Posted on February 24, 2010
Source: NLJ.com, February, 23, 2010. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Lawmaker Says Plaintiffs' Lawyers Are Tainting Toyota Inquiry "A Republican lawmaker accused an auto-safety advocate today of having inappropriate ties to plaintiffs' lawyers and allowing the lawyers to influence his research about acceleration problems with several Toyota models...

New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest February 24, 2010

Posted on February 24, 2010
If 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: NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALSGovernmentFree: Absence of Judges' Raise Held Unconstitutional, But High Court Declines to Order Specific Remedy Maron v...

New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists February 24, 2010

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New York Law Journal: Lead Articles February 24, 2010

Posted on February 24, 2010
If 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 subscription unless otherwise noted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Free: Denial of Raise Is Ruled Unconstitutional Free: Another Round of Lobbying Anticipated in Legislature Free: Administrators Lack Authority to Merge Bronx Courts, Panel Finds Second Circuit Denies En Banc Review of Lynne Stewart's Sentence News In Brief Justices Seem Troubled by Scope of Law Barring Advice to Terror Groups Judge Says County Law Discriminates by Limiting Residents in Group Homes

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights February 24, 2010

Posted on February 24, 2010
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New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest February 23, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
If 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: U...

New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists February 23, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
If 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: Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesTuesday, February 23, 2010By Christopher Dunn" Christopher Dunn, the associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union and an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, writes: Later this term the U...

New York Law Journal: Lead Articles February 23, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
If 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: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Free: A Reluctant Judge Rakoff Defers To SEC in Accepting BofA Deal Murder Probe Spawns Charges In $1 Million Conspiracy Threats to Juror Alleged in Bid to Throw Out Astor Case Verdicts Disabled Woman Able to Consent, Panel Decides News In Brief Terrorism Suspect Pleads Guilty, Cites Plan to Attack City Subway

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights February 23, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
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New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on February 23, 2010
In order to comply with�subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 �� 1. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v...

Information Regarding Performance Evaluation of Court Administrators Requested

Posted on February 23, 2010
Dear Colleagues: We are assisting the Judiciary of Serbia to introduce the position of Court Administrator into the court system.� A Working Group of judges and local senior staff is charged, among other things, with developing criteria for evaluating the performance of court administrators...

New York: A Judicial Primer on Litigation Holds

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: Lexology, February 23, 2010. New York - A judicial primer on litigation holdsJones Day"On January 15, 2010, Judge Shira Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York granted sanctions against 13 plaintiffs?six for gross negligence and seven for negligence?in connection with their failure to preserve, collect, and produce electronic documents, in Pension Committee of the Univ...

Is a Scheme to Deprive Another of the "Right to Control Spending" Mail Fraud?

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: Lexology, February 23, 2010. Is a scheme to deprive another of the ?right to control spending? mail fraud?Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP"The mail-fraud statute ''does not make a federal crime of every deceit.' "

Blogging, Online Employee Comments, and Online Endorsements: Complying With the FTC's New Guidelines Just Got Easier

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: Lexology, February 23, 2010. Blogging, online employee comments, and online endorsements: complying with the FTC?s new guidelines just got easierDorsey & Whitney LLP"For companies that have been trying creatively to comply with the Federal Trade Commission's new endorsement guidelines (effective December 1, 2009), help may have arrived this week...

Texas: Getting Even With Your Employer Could Land You in Jail

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: Lexology. Febriaru 23. 2010. Texas - Getting even with your employer could land you in jailStrasburger & Price LLP"So you've been let go by your employer - of course, unfairly - and you decide not to get mad, but get even. "

New York Criminal Law News February 23, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: LexisNexis, Search run February 23, 2010. Lexis ID and Password Required for Online Access: � 1. The Associated Press State & Local Wire,�February 23, 2010 Tuesday 3:26 AM GMT,�,�STATE AND REGIONAL,�949 words,�3 NYC police officers are acquitted in sodomy case,�By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer,�NEW YORK ...

Crime Related News and Blog Alerts February 22, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: Google News Alert Service, February 22, 2010. Connecticut Law TribunePaying Victims Of Child PornConnecticut Law TribuneIt was the first criminal case in the country where someone paid restitution in their criminal case for simply possessing child pornography...

Do Clients Think Web Based Legal Options From Non Lawyer Vendors Fill the Bill?

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source:Your ABA, February 2010. Clients prefer Web-based legal options, find non-lawyer vendors fill the bill"Witnesses at a recent ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 hearing shared the perspective that consumers with legal needs are finding what they want, when they want it, on the Internet...

Adobe Blogger Wants Apple to Start Communicating Openly About Its Actions

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 23, 2010. Adobe Blogger Challenges Apple's 'Great Man'"Adobe blogger John Dowdell wants Apple to start communicating openly about its actions rather than through comments relayed by unattributed sources".

Department of Homeland Security May Scrap Border Patrol Project

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source:InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 23, 2010. DHS May Scrap Border Patrol Project "The Department of Homeland Security is reevaluating a plan to add security cameras, radar, and sensors, to patrol efforts along the U.S. Mexico border...

Governor David Paterson and New York Finance

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: Google News Alert Service, February 23, 2010. New York State Budget Gap May Grow 43% to $2 BillionBusinessWeekGovernor David Paterson plans to roll the deficit into the year beginning April 1, when he forecasts an $8.2 billion budget gap, according to amendments ...

List of Selected U.S. Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reports, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch.com service...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 23, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: NLJ.com, February 23, 2010. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Hearings begin on Toyota's product safety record "Toyota executives head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for the first of three hearings on the automaker's product safety record ? a trip to the political woodshed that could get the company into a deeper legal thicket in courts around the country...

National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update February 22, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010
Source: NLJ.com, February 22, 2010. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Howrey's Revenue, Profits Plummet in 2009 "For Howrey, 2009 was a rough year. In 2008, Howrey had what firm chairman Robert Ruyak said at the time was the firm's best year ever, based largely upon several large contingent payments...

New York Court of Appeals Decision Regarding Judicial Pay

Posted on February 23, 2010
In a 5 - 1 decision� on February 23, 2010 the New York Court of Appeals found that the legislature and the executive branches had undermined the independence of the judicial branch by tying judges pay raises to unrelated legislation, including bills to raise legislators own salaries, thereby violating the separation of powers doctrine...

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights February 22, 2009

Posted on February 22, 2010
If 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. Does Justice Thomas' Silence Thwart Advocacy? The National Law Journal The last time Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked a question during oral argument was four years ago today...

New York Criminal Law News: February 21-22, 2010

Posted on February 22, 2010
Source: Lexis Nexis, Lexis ID and Password � 1. The New York Times,�February 22, 2010 Monday,� Late Edition - Final,�Section A; Column 0; Metropolitan Desk; Pg. 1,�1170 words,�An Astor Juror Says Her Fear Dictated Vote,�By JOHN ELIGON...

crime Related News and Blog Alerts February 21, 2010

Posted on February 22, 2010
Source: Google News Alert Service, February 21, 2010. Allan Kornblum, Counsel to FBI, Is Dead at 71New York TimesIn 1969, after earning a master's degree in police administration at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, he became the director of ...

New York: New E-Disoovery Opion Offers Broad View of Companies' Duty to Preserve Information

Posted on February 22, 2010
Source: Lexology, February 22, 2010. New York - New e-discovery opinion offers broad view of companies? duty to preserve informationKirkland & Ellis LLP"On January 15, 2010, Judge Shira Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York issued an extensive opinion holding that companies may be presumed to have spoliated evidence if they did not take certain steps in preserving or collecting documents".

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