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New York State Police Single Out Motorcycles, Harrass Riders
NEW YORK - State police stopped and inspected 123 bikers heading up the Adirondack Northway, issuing 48 tickets at a safety checkpoint Friday. Heading into the weekend leading to the Americade motorcycle rally at Lake George, the checkpoint for northbound riders lasted a few hours at the I-87 rest area in Queensbury...

Text beneath point headings
A reader asks--In a brief with numbered point headings, should the text immediately after each point heading summarize the point made in that section of the brief, even if it is just a restatement of the point heading in slightly different form? Or should you start the text following a numbered point heading as if the heading itself is the topic sentence of the next paragraph?I consulted my colleagues, who are experienced teachers of legal writing and who include two former federal judicial clerks, and they all said the same thing, with which I agree:Make the first sentence beneath a point heading an appropriate topic sentence; do not rely on the point heading itself as a sort of topic sentence...

Despite risk, New York same-sex couples plan to marry in California
Perhaps 12,000 New York same-sex couples are heading to California to marry where same-sex marriage will be allowed starting June 17, 2008. The following excerpts are from Andrea Stone, N...

heading into the straightaway
Now that the MPRE is over (damn the MPRE!) I am heading into my last week of school before Spring Break with only two things on my plate?one more edit[1] and The Task. I’m starting to get a little nervous about The Task...

New York State Police Plan To Target And Harass Bikers Traveling To Americade Rally
ALBANY, NEW YORK - With motorcycle registrations and rider deaths rising sharply, state police planned to stop bikers heading to and from the upcoming Americade rally in the southern Adirondacks to make sure they have decent helmets and the right licenses...

off to the library for some fresh air
 It’s much too nice outside today to be indoors drafting serious punditry, so we’re heading out into Schenectady’s sunny breezes. If you’re stuck at a desk and want a lovely stroll through a haiku garden, the f/k/a Gang suggests heading over to Tom Clausen’s Mann Library haiku website, at Cornell University...

Dumb New York Laws
Stupid Laws in the Empire State

New York Building Codes
Building and constructions laws in New York

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

New York Employment Law
alleged violations of New York employment law.

Aetna Settles with New York State for $20 Million

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners
Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners

New York City
Seniors' Centers Found to Have Exposed Asbestos-Pipe Insulation

New York, NY and the NYPD
alleging false arrest for violating an unconstitutional anti-loitering law.