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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 22, 2009 - Judiciary Law

Posted on February 23, 2009
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run February 22, 2009. No Chapter Laws reported as signed during this period. To retrieve the text of any of the New York bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 22, 2009

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 22, 2009 - Criminal Procedure Law

Posted on February 23, 2009
Source: New York Legislatve Retrieval System (LRS), Search run February 22, 2009 No Chapter Laws reported as signed during this period. To retrieve the text of any of the New York bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 22, 2009

Posted on February 23, 2009
Source:New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run February 22, 2009 No Chapter Laws reported as signed during this period To retrieve the text of any of the New York bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf...

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New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest February 23, 2009

Posted on February 23, 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...

New York Law Journal Featured Columnists February 23, 2009

Posted on February 23, 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: Immigration LawMonday, February 23, 2009By Angelo A...

Book Review: The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789 - 2008

Posted on February 23, 2009
TITLE: The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008 AUTHOR: Lucas A. Powe, Jr. PUBLICATION DATE: April 2009 PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press PAGE COUNT: 432 pp. ISBN: 978-0-674-03267-5 PRICE: $29.95 A leading historian of the Supreme Court, Professor Powe clerked for Supreme Court Justice William O...

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

Posted on February 20, 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 19, 2009 1. People v. Smith2009 WL 395838 (Table, Text in WESTLAW), Unreported Disposition, 2009 N...

New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest February 20, 2009

Posted on February 20, 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...

New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists February 20, 2009

New York Law Journal Lead Articles February 20, 2009

Posted on February 20, 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: Friday, February 20, 2009 Split Panel Reinstates Charge For Possession of Hidden Drugs Opinion Defines Ethical Duties Toward Pro Se Adversaries State Agency Found Entitled to Reconsider Rulings Assignment of Rights Questions Certified to State's Highest Court Judge Dismisses Suits by Merrill Lynch Shareholders Allen & Overy to Cut Partners, Associates and Freeze Pay Free With Registration: Newsbriefs

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights February 20, 2009

Posted on February 20, 2009
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Crime Trend: White Collar Cons Go On The Lam

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2009. "NPR.org spots a crime trend: shady money gurus who try to flee the U.S. financial scene, "like rodents from a burning building," with law enforcers in hot pursuits. The latest is R. Allen Stanford...

Mexicans Cite U.S. Guns in Murder Boom

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2009. "Mexican authorities are blaming firearms purchases in the United States for the gun violence that has ravaged the country, reports National Public Radio. More than 5,000 people were murdered in Mexico last year, and 95 percent of the weapons recovered from those killings were traced back to the U...

Advocates Lobby For Domestic Violence Funding

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2009. "Women's safety advocates are calling on Congress to increase funding for the nation's domestic violence shelters, which are being forced to scale back or eliminate services due to the ailing economy, reports Women's eNews, a nonprofit news service...

The Beast Ponders: Are Lawyers Killing America?

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2009. "The Daily Beast presents a package of commentaries and excerpts focused on Philip K. Howard's new book, 'Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans From Too Much Law.' In the book, Howard uses 'how absurd!' examples of lawsuits to build his case: the hot- coffee case that got McDonald's socked with $2...

Why Do 'Ordinary' People Annihilate Their Families?

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2009. "Newsweek.com considers an 'unfathomable' crime: What makes seemingly ordinary people murder their families? Last month, Mark Meeks, 51 from Whitehall, Ohio killed his wife and two children after he lost his job...

Judge Cited For Misconduct In Texas Death Penalty Case

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2009. Arizona - Court rejects request for metadata under Arizona public records lawHogan & Hartson LLP"On January 13, 2009, an intermediate Arizona appeals court panel rejected a request to compel the government to produce metadata associated with a government-created word processing document under Arizona's public records statute'.

Arizona: Court Rejects Request for Metadata Under Arizona Public Records Law

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2009 Arizona - Court rejects request for metadata under Arizona public records lawHogan & Hartson LLP"On January 13, 2009, an intermediate Arizona appeals court panel rejected a request to compel the government to produce metadata associated with a government-created word processing document under Arizona's public records statute...

Do You Really Want to Have, Or Be, A Representative Corporate Director?

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2009 Do you really want to have, or be, a representative corporate director?Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP"It is typical for a private equity firm or investment fund that invests in or buys a corporation or takes control of a corporate borrower (under a 'loan to own' strategy) to designate and elect, or have elected, one or more members of the corporate board".

Massachusetts Revises Information Security Regulations

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2009. Massachusetts - Massachusetts revises information security regulations and extends compliance deadlineHunton & Williams LLP"On February 12, 2009, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation issued a revised version of its information security regulations and extended the compliance deadline from May 1, 2009 to January 1, 2010...

Ohio: Governor Strickland Launches Federal Stimulus Bill Website for Ohio

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2009. Ohio - Governor Strickland launches federal stimulus bill website for OhioBricker & Eckler LLP"On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, Governor Ted Strickland announced a new state website to provide information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - the federal stimulus bill...

Governor David Paterson and New York Finance

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: Google News Alert Service, February 20, 2009. Boom times, Albany styleAlbany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA"The point needs to be made again that for all that's wrong with federal campaign finance laws, they could almost be a model of improvement for New York...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 20, 2009

Posted on February 20, 2009
Source: NLJ.COM, February 20, 2009. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Hiring from top schools steady in '08"Despite the economic nosedive that began gaining momentum in 2008, the nation's biggest law firms hired just about the same percentage of graduates from top schools last year as they did the year before...

List of U.S. Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on February 20, 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...

Rare Criminal Trial Starts in Asbestos Case

Posted on February 19, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2009. "A reckoning in one of the worst U.S. industrial disasters, which unfolded in Montana over seven decades as an asbestos-tainted mineral was dug from the ground and processed, begins today when five former mine executives go to trial on federal criminal charges, reports the New York Times...

Police Say Georgia Sex Offender Law Wastes Resources

Posted on February 19, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2009. "Under a 2006 Georgia law, nearly every person convicted of any of dozens of sex offenses must be listed on a public database. They must keep police notified of their address at all times and may not live or work near any banned area...

Chicago Tribune Series Showed Flaws in Four Key Forensic Techniques

Posted on February 19, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2009. "The new National Academy of Sciences report on forensic science mirrors findings of a 2004 Chicago Tribune series, 'Forensics Under the Microscope.' The Tribune found that a number of forensic disciplines, including some used in police stations and courtrooms every day, relied on flawed science, and their use contributed to the arrests and convictions of innocent people...

Can Congress Legislate Forensic Science?

Posted on February 19, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2009. "The National Academy of Sciences forensic science study says viewers of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, even judges and lawyers, are under the false impression that the techniques on the show are science at work...

States Cut Prison For Parole Violators to Save Money

Posted on February 19, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2009. "The financial crisis is forcing probation and parole agencies to reduce or drop prison time for thousands of offenders who violate release conditions, USA Today reports. The changes, adopted by at least five states last year and under consideration in others, have some worrying that loosening the rules might lead to more crime...

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