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

Posted on February 27, 2009

Illinois Governor Directs Agencies To Better Comply With the Freedom of Information Act

Posted on February 27, 2009

New Jersey Court Rules On Police Searches

Posted on February 27, 2009

New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists February 26,m 2009

Posted on February 26, 2009
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: AntitrustThursday, February 26, 2009By Elai Katz "Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews recent developments of interest, including a district court's ruling that information exchanged between insurance companies during merger negotiations and the parties' conduct before they merged did not restrain trade in violation of the Sherman Act, the Second Circuit's decision that an arbitration clause precluding the pursuit of antitrust claims as a class was unenforceable and the Ninth Circuit's dismissal of claims that a social networking monopolized the market by not allowing links to a rival Web site...

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New York Law Journal: Lead Articles February 26, 2009

Posted on February 26, 2009
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: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Bail Reform Act Again Aired; Government Wins Detention Free With Registration: Refusal to Take Monument Called Within City's Rights Referee Rejects Compensation For Kidney in Divorce Case Bill Proposes Expanded Debt Collection Oversight Free: Photo Essay: Lippman Sworn in as Chief Judge TARP Work Transforms Treasury, Swamps In-House Lawyers Accolades Newsbriefs

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights February 26, 2009

Posted on February 26, 2009
If you are already an online subscriber to the LAW.COM service you should be able to click on any of the links below, sign in, and access the full text of all articles listed. A subscription to LAW.COM is needed for online access to this service...

What About Legalizing Marijuana Possession and Lowering the Drinkiing Age?

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 26, 2009. "CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen, commenting on what he calls a trend toward releasing non-violent offenders, asks 'what about legalizing marijuana possession and lowering the drinking age?' A California legislator this week proposed legalizing and taxing pot there...

Obama Seeks Justice Department Budget Increase

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 26, 2009. "President Obama's first federal budget seeks to increase the Justice Department's appropriation to $26.5 billion for the year starting Oct. 1, up from 25.5 billion last year. Among items cited in the budget summary: funding to begin hiring 50,000 additional local police officers, more money for the FBI to investigate financial fraud, and more for immigration enforcement and border security...

Obama Will Seek To Revive Assault Weapon Ban

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 26, 2009. "The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the federal ban on assault-style weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, says Attorney General Eric Holder, ABC News reports...

How Mexican Drug Cartel Gets U.S. Guns

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 26, 2009. "George Iknadosian, owner of a Phoenix gun store called X-Caliber Guns, is charged with selling hundreds of weapons, mostly AK-47 rifles, to smugglers, knowing they would send them to a drug cartel in the western state of Sinaloa, reports the New York Times...

Task Force, FBI: Work With Muslims To Fight Terror

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 26, 2009. "A task force of Middle East experts is urging the Obama administration to work within Muslim communities in the U.S. to counter extremism and prevent Islamic militant groups from gathering new recruits, the Associated Press reports...

Cybersecurity Is A Top Priority for President Obama and Congrtess

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 26, 2008. Cybersecurity is a top priority for President Obama and CongressVenable LLP"President Obama and Congress have tagged investment in cybersecurity as a means to help stimulate the economy."

Placement: Summer Internships at the Supreme Court of the United States

Posted on February 26, 2009
The announcement for the 2009 Summer Internship Program at the Supreme Court of the United States has been posted to USA Jobs ( http://www.usajobs.gov/). You can link to the posting directly here: http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=79522461 , or do a "Search Jobs" for Supreme Court of the United States...

Governor David Paterson and New York Finance

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: Google News Alert Service, February 26, 2009. D?Amato: If we raise taxes, we will lose jobs, talentLong Island Business News - Ronkonkoma,NY,USA"At one point, a nurse in the commercial says, 'I can?t believe Governor Paterson is the one making this proposal...

New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on February 26, 2009
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: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1. People v. Albright2009 WL 465786, 2009 N...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 26, 2009

Posted on February 26, 2009
Source: NLJ.COM, February 26, 2009. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Definition of 'crime victim' hotly contested in key environmental trial "The U.S. Department of Justice and a leading crime victim advocate have petitioned a federal appellate court to overturn a trial judge's ruling in the W...

New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest February 26, 2009

Posted on February 26, 2009
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: U...

Over 100 Languages are Represented Among Court Interpreters in Los Angeles

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2009. "California guarantees a defendant the right to an interpreter in criminal proceedings. In Los Angeles County, more than a third of the population is foreign- born and more than half speaks a language other than English at home...

"Aggravated Identity Theft" At Issue in U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2009. "The Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case testing a policy pioneered by the Bush administration to leverage plea bargains from illegal immigrants, says National Public Radio. At issue is a 2004 federal law imposing a mandatory two-year prison term for identity theft...

Inmates Use Radio Shows For Family Messages

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2009. "For many prisoners, radio shows like 'Con Salsa!' in Boston are their only connection to family and friends outside prison walls, reports the Associated Press. Callers - girlfriends, fathers, wives, brothers and mothers - dedicate songs, make confessions, give news, send love, even put the voices of their children on the air...

Three States May Abolish Death Penalty, Citing Costs

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2009. "Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley argues capital cases cost three times as much as homicide cases where the death penalty is not sought, says the New York Times. 'And we can't afford that," he said, "when there are better and cheaper ways to reduce crime...

Pennsylvania Murder Suspect, 11, Going to Detention Center

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 25, 2009. "An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy accused of killing his father's pregnant girlfriend likely will be moved from a jail to a juvenile detention center today, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A judge approved the move yesterday for Jordan Brown, a fifth-grade student who was arrested over the weekend and charged with two counts of homicide, including the killing of an unborn child...

U.S. Senate Communications Subcommittee is Revived

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 25, 2009. Senate Communications Subcommittee is revived with Kerry as chairmanPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP"Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) announced plans last week to reconstitute the Senate Communications and Technology Subcommittee that had been disbanded since 2005".

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Releases Benchmarking Survey on Third Party Controls

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 25, 2009. Society of Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics releases benchmarking survey on third-party controlsStrasburger & Price LLP"The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) has released the results of a benchmarking survey finding that despite the proliferation of third-party relationships in business, relatively few companies set ethics and compliance expectations on the companies that they rely on to act on their behalf...

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

Posted on February 25, 2009
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 25, 2009

Posted on February 25, 2009
Source: NLJ.COM, February 25, 2009. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Firms start to form practice groups focusing on federal stimulus legislation "Need help decoding the voluminous and labyrinthine $787 billion stimulus package recently passed by Congress? Law firms have already begun assembling teams of attorneys to help clients navigate the new legislation...

New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on February 25, 2009
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: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1. People v. Paige2009 WL 438697, 2009 N...

New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest February 25, 2009

Posted on February 25, 2009
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: APPELLATE DIVISIONFIRST DEPARTMENTInsurance LawFree WIth Registration: Late Notice of Claim Does Not Absolve Insurer Of Its Duty to Disclaim Promptly, Specifically Estee Lauder Inc...

New York Law Journal Featured Columnists February 25, 2009

Posted on February 25, 2009
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: Wednesday, February 25, 2009By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S...

New York Law Journal: Lead Articles February 25, 2009

Posted on February 25, 2009
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 Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Plan Is Implemented to Resolve Complex Suits in WTC Cleanup Judge Faulted For Assigning Secretary to Do Personal Tasks Ruling Upholds Constitutionality Of N...

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