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New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists December 22, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

font size=1#13; pfont size=2If 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./font/p#13; pa href=http://www.nylu.com target=_blankfont size=2http://www.nylu.com/font/afont size=2 /font/p#13; pfont size=2Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted:/font/p#13; pa href=http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426922662 target=_blankfont size=2Estate Planning and Philanthropy/font/abr/font size=2Monday, December 22, 2008br/By Conrad Teitellbr/br/img src=http://www.law.com/images/75_pics/teitell_conrad.jpg align=right/ Conrad Teitell, a principal at Cummings amp; Lockwood, writes: Now is a good time to tell your clients how to substantiate their charitable gifts on their 2008 federal income tax returns. Strict, detailed and overlapping substantiation requirements must be met for your clients' charitable deductions to be allowed. And generally there is no second chance if a deadline is missed or a requirement isn't satisfied. /font/p!--commentsListSize 0--!-- December 22, 2008 --#13; pa href=http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426922397 target=_blankfont size=2Civil Rights and Civil Liberties/font/abr/font size=2Monday, December 22, 2008br/By Christopher Dunnbr/br/ Christopher Dunn, the associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes that given the Bush administration's expansive view of executive authority when it comes to national-security threats in general and to warrantless surveillance in particular, the extraordinary exchange of letters last month between NYPD Commissioner Kelly and Attorney General Mukasey has an Alice-in-Wonderland quality. Beyond that, however, the exchange is troubling because of what it suggests about the NYPD's approach to the Constitution and about the agency's surveillance activities. /font/p#13; pfont size=2OUTSIDE COUNSEL:/font/p#13; pa href=http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426922604 target=_blankfont size=2font color=redFree With Registration:/font Sex-Offender Residency Limits: Comfort Factor or Protection?/font/abr/font size=2Monday, December 22, 2008br/By Susan L. Polletbr/br/ Susan L. Pollet, counsel and director of the New York State Parent Education amp; Awareness Program, writes: In New York more than 90 counties, cities, towns and villages in the state have local laws limiting where sex offenders can live. Commentators have argued that when the U.S. Supreme Court does rule on the constitutionality of residency restrictions, they will find that those that are too broad violate the right against self incrimination, the right to inter- and intrastate travel, the right to procedural and substantive due process and may not survive ex post facto challenges. /font/p/font

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