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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Colorado Federal Prison Riot Was More Serious Than Announced

Posted on September 26, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 26, 2008. "The April riot that left two inmates dead at the U...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Journalist Shield Law in Prison Cases

Posted on September 26, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 26, 2008. "The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a state law that protects news reporters from being forced to disclose confidential sources, saying reporters have a 'right to report news, regardless of how the information was received,' reports the Philadelphia Inquirer...

Police: Congress Should Aid Justice While Bailing Out Wall Street

Posted on September 26, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 26, 2008. "Criminal justice organizations still are hoping that Congress will restore federal funding for many state and local anticrime programs whose federal aid under the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program was cut by lawmakers last December...

Detroit Police Laboratory Closed Over "Shocking" 10% Error Rate

Posted on September 26, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 26, 2008. "Criminal justice officials are struggling to calculate the impact of an audit that the Detroit News says exposed rampant problems in the Detroit Police firearms laboratory and resulted in the shutdown of the entire crime lab...

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The ADA Admendments Act of 2008 Expands Scope of Protection

Posted on September 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, September 26, 2008. <a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6KEJWXX" target="_blank">The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 expands scope of protection under the ADA</a> Jackson Walker LLP "In response to a series of court decisions which were perceived by proponents of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as interpreting the ADA too narrowly, Congress has passed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA)...

Hearing On Cyber Security Reveals Needed Improvements

Posted on September 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, September 26, 2008. <a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6KEJWWE" target="_blank">Hearing on cyber security reveals needed improvements</a> Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP "Two major developments in the area of cyber security policy occurred yesterday at a hearing of the House Homeland Cybersecurity Subcommittee...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 26, 2008

Posted on September 26, 2008
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New Jersey Law Journal: State Decisions September 26, 2008

Posted on September 26, 2008
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List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on September 26, 2008
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New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest September 26, 2008

Posted on September 26, 2008
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Google to Bar Violent Videos, Hate Speech on You Tube

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Lexology, September 25, 2008. <a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6KEAW97" target="_blank">Google cracks down on violent videos, hate speech on YouTube</a> Patton Boggs "Bowing to Congressional pressure from the Senate Homeland Security Chairman, Google announced that it would bar videos that incite violence and hate speech from YouTube...

New Jersey: Court Rules That an Employee Who Used His Work Computer to Commit Fraud Had No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Lexology. September 25, 2008. <a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6KEAW9U" target="_blank">New Jersey - Court rules that an employee who used his work computer to commit fraud had no expectation of privacy</a> Addleshaw Goddard LLP "A US employee, who contended that he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the personal information he stored on his work computer, has lost his case...

California: Governor Schwarzenegger to Consider Amended Data Breach Bill

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Lexology, September 25, 2008. <a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6KEAW88" target="_blank">California - Governor Schwarzenegger to consider amended data breach bill</a> Addleshaw Goddard LLP "A data breach bill aimed at protecting consumers' debit and credit card information from identity theft has been approved by Californian legislature and is now waiting to be signed by Governor Schwarzenegger:"

U.S. House of Representatives Passes New Rule of Evidence on Inadvertent Disclosures

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Lexology, September 25, 2008. <a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6KEAWB2" target="_blank">House passes new rule of evidence on inadvertent disclosures</a> White & Case LLP "On September 8, 2008, the US House of Representatives passed a bill (previously passed by the Senate) that, if signed into law, may eliminate some uncertainty associated with waiver of privilege by inadvertent production and provide some relief with respect to expenses associated with document review"

Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacking Grand Jury Returns No Indictmenrtr

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, September 25, 2008. <a href="http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBMBL0Gs8oP0G4n0Gr770EH" target="_blank">Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacking Grand Jury Returns No Indictment</a> "A Tennessee Democratic state representative's son was linked last week to involvement in the breach of the Republican Vice Presidential candidate's Yahoo Mail account...

Governor Paterson: New York Revenues Down Sharply Since Ber Stearns Failed

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Google News, September 25, 2008. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2446141220080924" target="_blank">NY revs down sharply since Bear Stearns failed-Gov</a> Reuters - USA "NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - New York state has lost as much as $1...

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

Posted on September 25, 2008
 Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 25, 2008

Posted on September 25, 2008
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New Jersey Law Journal : News Updates September 24, 2008

Posted on September 25, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest September 25, 2008

Posted on September 25, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists September 25, 2008

Posted on September 25, 2008
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New York Law Journal Lead Articles September 25, 2008

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights September 26, 2008

Posted on September 25, 2008
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New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on September 25, 2008
 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: <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="middle" width="38%">Thursday, September 25, 2008</td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><a href="http://westintraclip...

U.S. Law Library of Congress: Redesigned Global Legal Monitor Launched

Posted on September 25, 2008
The following is from an announcement received from Emily Carr, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress, on September 24, 2008: Redesigned Global Legal Monitor Launched The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned Global Legal Monitor [<a href="http://www...

FBI "Never Examined" Anthrax Sample from 2001 Contamination of Biodefense Laboratory

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 25, 2008. The FBI never examined anthrax samples from the 2001 contamination of a biodefense lab that was covered up by their lead suspect in the anthrax mailings, reports USA Today...

After Fourth Officer Death, Philadelphia's Ramsay Decries "Assassinations"

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 25, 2008. <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td>"Daniel Giddings warned he would not go back to prison and swore to take down any police officer who got in his way, a top Philadelphia police commander told the Philadelphia Inquirer...

Missouri Offers Family Support System for Inmates

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, "University of Missouri outreach workers started a family support program in 1999 at the state's maximum security prison in Potosi...

California Fails To Act On Prison Crisis

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 25, 2008. "Progress has stalled in the efforts to fashion a fix for California's overcrowded prisons, the Sacramento Bee reports...

Sixty Percent Oppose Mandatory Minimums For Nonviolent Crimes According to Survey

Posted on September 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, September 25, 2008 "Americans may be starting to rethink one of the toughest recent anticrime practices: mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, says the Christian Science Monitor...

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