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Your online source for commentary on recent decisions and issues of interest to New York civil litigators and criminal defense attorneys in the Fourth Department and beyond.
By Nicole Black, Esq.

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Judicial selection, certifications and lies, oh my.

Posted on January 18, 2008
Just a few quick New York highlights--direct from Florida. Old news already, but important news: the United States Supreme Court has upheld New York's judicial selection process. More here from...

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

Posted on January 17, 2008
It's the belated New York blawg round up of interesting posts from my fellow New York blawgers: Juz the Fax: Administrative Exhaustion And Prevailing Wage Claims (discusses 3d Dept. decision) New...

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on January 16, 2008
It's time for the weekly round up of interesting New York legal headlines: N.Y. Judge Rules Evidence in Celebrex Case Unreliable (AP) Attempted N.Y. jumper may face new charges (API) Spitzer Ignores...

Beyond These Four Walls

Posted on January 15, 2008
I'm posting from sunny, albeit not exactly balmy, Florida. The New York legal news round up and blog round up will follow later on this week. In the meantime, enjoy this week's Legal Currents column,...

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Programming Note.

Posted on January 13, 2008
Posting will be bit lighter than normal for the next week, as this blogger enjoys the warmth and sun in Florida. However, upon my return, I expect to begin blogging in full force.

Useful Web Resource

Posted on January 11, 2008
Today, while at a board meeting for a public interest legal organization that I'm involved with, I learned of an interesting and potentially very useful web resource, LawHelp.org-New York. Although...

Define That Term #267

Posted on January 10, 2008
Sunday's term was contingent remainder, which is defined as: n. an interest, particularly in real estate property, which will go to a person or entity only upon a certain set of circumstances...

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on January 09, 2008
Finally, I've got internet access after the "wind storm" that we just endured round-about-these-parts. Fortunately, I avoided severe withdrawal symptoms since I had intermittent access to the web via...

Judge Not, Lest You Be a Judge

Posted on January 08, 2008
This week's Legal Currents column, which is published in the Daily Record, is entitled "Judge Not, Lest You Be a Judge." The article is set forth in full below and a pdf of the article can be found...

The New York Law Blog Round Up

Posted on January 07, 2008
It's time once again for the weekly round up of interesting posts from my fellow New York law bloggers: New York Attorney Malpractice Blog: Complicated Privilege Question in Legal Malpractice...

Define That Term #266

Posted on January 06, 2008
Thursday's term was cumis counsel, which is defined as: n. an attorney employed by a defendant in a lawsuit when there is an insurance policy supposedly covering the claim, but there is a conflict of...

Bronx ADA Plays Dumb--Who Is That Brady Guy, Anyway?

Posted on January 05, 2008
People v Garcia, 2007 NY Slip Op 10467 is an unusual case. Not because of the ADAs actions--flagrantly violating Brady--but because the violation was actually discovered and the First Department came...

Big Brother Is Tracking You

Posted on January 03, 2008
As predicted in one of my recent Daily Record articles and in this post in February of 2006, when this blog was in its infancy, the State Department recently approved the use of technology in US...

Define That Term #265

Posted on January 03, 2008
Sunday's term was locus, which is defined as: (low-cuss) n. Latin for "place," it means "place which" this or that occurred. No one guessed this time around. Today's term is: cumis counsel. As...

The New York Legal News Round Up

Posted on January 02, 2008
It's time for the first New York legal news round up of 2008. So, without further ado, here are some headlines from the past week: Lawyers: Judge put pressure on NY jury (AP) In Car With Student...

The Year That Free Speech Died?

Posted on January 01, 2008
Happy New Year everyone! My first post of 2008 is this week's Legal Currents column, which is published in The Daily Record, is entitled "The year that free speech died?" The article is set forth in...

Don't Believe the Hype

Posted on December 30, 2007
Last week's Legal Currents column, which is published in The Daily Record, is entitled "Don't believe the hype." The article is set forth in full below, and a pdf of the article can be found here. My...

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