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Getting a Common Law Marriage Recognized in New York

Posted on August 24, 2009
Today's Monday guest blog post is from the blog, The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog, associated with the The Law Office of Elliot S. Schlissel, a multi-service firm committed to client-focused, cost-effective legal services in the Five Boroughs of New York City, If you would like me to consider featuring a recently published New York substantive law post from your blog, please drop me an email at nblack at nicoleblackesq dot com, and include a link to the post and a very brief description of your practice and blog for me to include with the post...

NYC Social Media Conference for Lawyers 9/21

Posted on August 22, 2009
On September 21, 2009, in New York City I will be a speaker at Social Media: Risks & Rewards. This comprehensive, dynamic event will explore the inherent challenges of social media and will arm you with the specific tools necessary to protect your company, your intellectual property and your reputation in today?s virtual world...

Lawyers: Lighten Up!

Posted on August 18, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "5 responses to technology." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ****** Lawyers: Lighten Up! Right now, I?m reading an excellent book by John Medina that explains how the brain best processes information, ?Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School...

As testing companies come under scrutiny, City can't keep up

Posted on August 17, 2009
Today's Monday guest blog post is from the blog, The New York Personal Injury Lawyer Blog, associated with the Perecman Firm PLLC. The firm's practice areas include construction accidents, worker's compensation, premises accidents, medical malpractice, automobile accidents and other New York personal injury cases...

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5 Responses to Technology

Posted on August 12, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "5 responses to technology." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ----- 5 Responses to Technology It should come as no surprise to regular readers of my column that I?ve long been dismayed and downright mortified at my profession?s collective refusal to accept and incorporate emerging technologies into the practice of law...

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

Posted on August 10, 2009
It's the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York law bloggers. I will also occasionally feature a post from another New York law blog each Monday. To that end, if you would like me to consider featuring a recently published New York substantive law post from your blog, please drop me an email at nblack at nicoleblackesq dot com, and include a link to the post and a very brief description of your practice and blog for me to include with the post...

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on August 06, 2009
Up next, the round up of New York law-related news headlines from the past week: Annie Leibovitz faces court claim for $24m (guardian.co.uk) Filipino Health Workers Lose Bias Suit (New America Media) Gotti pleads not guilty to new charges (9msn) Prominent Attorney Charged With Witness Tampering Faces Heated Cross-Examination (NY Law Journal) New York Judge Dismisses Claim Negligent Construction Contributed To WTC 7 Collapse (PrisonPlanet)

Fight the Power, But Time Your Battles Wisely

Posted on August 04, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Fight the Power, But Time Your Battles Wisely." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ****** Fight the Power, But Time Your Battles Wisely Police officers are only human, just as infallible as the rest of us...

The (truncated) New York Blawg Round Up

Posted on August 03, 2009
As a result of feedback from my readers, I won't abandon the NY blawg round up altogether, but instead will occasionally be posting shorter round ups to posts from my fellow New York law bloggers. I will also occasionally feature a post from another New York law blog each Monday...

Using online tools to prep a legal case

Posted on August 03, 2009
The fourth episode of lawtechTalk is now available. This screencast (a recording of computer screen output along with video of me discussing what is seen) will focus on using online tools to assist you with brain storming and organizing your thoughts for all aspects of a case, from drafting a complaint to preparing for trial...

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on July 29, 2009
It's time for the weekly round up of interesting New York law-related news headlines (or, in the case of AP stories, paraphrased headlines): Cuomo orders fake guns off shelves (WXXI.com) NY judge rules that terror defendant competent for trial (Mercurynews...

Judging the Judges, Gender and the Law

Posted on July 28, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Judging the judges, gender and the law." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ****** Over the last week, Judge Sonia Sotomayor?s confirmation hearings brought issues of gender within the legal profession to the forefront of discussion once again, and I?ve been giving the issues a great deal of thought...

Second Circuit: Claim Barred by Statute of Limitations in State Court Can be Brought in Federal Court

Posted on July 27, 2009
The very first Monday guest blog post is from the blog, Full Court Pass, which focuses on New York law and the United States Supreme Court. The blog is authored by Norman Olch, whose practice is centered on state and federal appeals in civil and criminal cases...

Invitation to New York law bloggers

Posted on July 27, 2009
I've decided to change the format of the Monday posts. My primary goal in rounding up posts has always been to call attention to other New York law blogs, while providing my readers with useful information. To that end, I've decided that instead of rounding up recent posts from New York law bloggers, I will be featuring a post from another New York law blog each Monday...

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on July 22, 2009
It's time once again for the weekly round up of New York law-related news headlines: NY judge awards wrongly imprisoned woman $250,000 (Newsday.com) Personal Jurisdiction Caught in a Web (Law.com) NY judge reinstates Rather fraud claim against CBS (Reuters) Judge Allowed to Sue N...

Blackberry Apps for Lawyers

Posted on July 21, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Blackberry Apps for Lawyers." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ****** After reading last week?s article about iPhone apps for lawyers, a regular reader e-mailed me to request a similar article for Blackberry owners...

Getting Things Done Productivity System-The Weekly Review

Posted on July 17, 2009
Today, I bring you a guest post from my good friend, Larry Port, Founding Partner and Chief Software Architect for Rocket Matter, LLC (www.rocketmatter.com), a web-based law practice management system. You can follow him on Twitter here: (www.twitter...

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on July 13, 2009
Switching things up this week and rounding up the latest New York law-related news headlines: NY to use hate crime law in transgender case (AP) New York Court Vacates Restraining Order for Lt. Governor (AP) Madoff will not appeal 150-year sentence: lawyer (Reuters) NY counties plan to appeal Indian cigarette ruling (AP) 2nd Circuit Upholds N...

Start a blog--get a job

Posted on July 13, 2009
I'm proud to announce that I'm now a contributing blogger at one of my favorite law blogs, Lawyerist. My first post, "Start a blog-get a job," explains how blogging can help attorneys who were recently recently laid off, are new graduates, or are returning to the law after a planned hiatus, get a job...

Practicing law: There's an iPhone app for that

Posted on July 13, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Practicing law: There's an iPhone app for that." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Practicing law: There's an iPhone app for that In June, the latest iPhone, the 3GS, was released...

iPhone apps for lawyers

Posted on July 13, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Practicing law: There's an iPhone app for that." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Practicing law: There's an iPhone app for that In June, the latest iPhone, the 3GS, was released...

A Supremely Surprising Case From the Start

Posted on July 07, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Five Things Lawyers Should Know About Social Media." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** If you ask the average citizen whether a junior high school student should be subjected to a strip search by school administrators based on the suspicion that she possessed ibuprofen, I?m fairly confident the vast majority of people would reply with a resounding ?No?...

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

Posted on July 06, 2009
It's time for the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York law bloggers: Coverage Counsel: "For the Mutual Benefit" Language of Commercial Lease Found to Trigger Blanket Additional Insured Coverage in Favor of Landlord Full Court Pass: Appellate Division Adopts "Single Employer Doctrine" for Human Rights Law Juz the Fax: No Mandatory Overtime For Nurses In New York New York Criminal Defense: New York Law as a Source of Rights Rochester Family Lawyer: Pendente Lite Motions And Available Relief Wait a Second!: Mundane case interpreting the 21st Amendment with interesting concurrence

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on July 02, 2009
It's time for the weekly round up of New York law-related news headlines: State?s Top Court Will Hear Appeal Against Atlantic Yards (NY TImes) Federal Court Tells Out-of-State Wine Stores to Stay Out of New York (Wine Spectator) Former Latham Partner Gets 15 Months in Prison for Defrauding Clients and Firm (NY Law Journal) Man searched 21 times on New York subways settles lawsuit (Boston Herald...

Medicaid 101: Transfer Doesn't Count Until You Make It

Posted on July 01, 2009
Grandma owned savings bonds, and named Mom or one of the kids as the joint owner. In 2001, Grandma handed the bonds over to Mom for safekeeping. However, the bonds weren't cashed in until 2005. In addition, when the bonds were cashed in, the proceeds were deposited in a joint bank account in the names of Mom and Grandma...

Five Things Lawyers Should Know About Social Media

Posted on June 30, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Five Things Lawyers Should Know About Social Media." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** ?[S]ocial media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content...

NYC Panel on Corporate Fraud

Posted on June 29, 2009
For my NYC readers, there's an interesting (and free) panel that you might be interested in attending on July 16, 2009 from 8:30-9 at Eisner LLP, 750 Third Avenue Between 46th and 47th Streets: Tracking Fraud: Trends & Innovations 2009 This panel will discuss the latest trends and developments in fighting fraud on and incorporate and enterprise level...

The Court of Appeals "gets it" when it comes to technology

Posted on June 24, 2009
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "The Court of Appeals "gets it" when it comes to technology." A pdf of the article can be found and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** It is indisputable that technology is changing the world and the practice of law...

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

Posted on June 22, 2009
It's Monday and time for the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York law bloggers: Art Law: Catcher in the Rye (Alleged) Sequel Temporarily Enjoined From Being Publishing In The United States Juz The Fax: A "Preposterous" Case Of Worker Misclassification New York Public Personnel Law: Under certain circumstances, a municipality may modify or discontinue providing health insurance benefits to retirees Rochester Family Lawyer: What Is Required to Obtain Divorce On Constructive Abandonment Grounds in New York The Sienko Law Office Blog: New York State Bar Association Approves Comprehensive Plan to Help Solo and Small Firm Practitioners...

New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on June 17, 2009
It's Wednesday and time for the weekly round up of New York law-related new headlines: NY judge tosses Senate case back to lawmakers (AP) New York court hears J.D. Salinger's suit over spinoff book (AP) Lawyer?s Faxes Didn?t Violate Law, NY High Court Says (ABA Journal) Lawyer cites 9/11 stress in cop's school gun case (Times Union) Unemployed and Struggling NY Lawyers Seek Solace (New York Times) (This is a content summary only...

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