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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Record Number of Felons Seek Pardons From President

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 21, 2008 "Felons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of clemency requests, reports the New York Times...

Report on EU-US Data Sharing for Law Enforcement Purposes

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 21, 2008. Report on EU-US data sharing for law enforcement purposesAddleshaw Goddard LLP"The EU-US High Level Contact Group (HLCG) has issued its final report on information sharing and privacy and personal data protection...

Court Orders Default Judgement After Repeated Discovery Violations

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 21, 2008. Court orders default judgment after repeated discovery violations, including use of anti-forensics to wipe relevant files from hard driveBricker & Eckler LLP"The defendants here engaged in some seriously scurrilous conduct...

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 21, 2008. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) alertWinston & Strawn LLP"President George Bush recently signed GINA into law."

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Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Dismisses Claim Submitted via e-mail but Not Singed by Traditional Pen and Ink Method

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 21, 2008. Put your John Hancock on it!Wiley Rein LLP"In Teknocraft, Inc., ASBCA No. 55438, 2008 WL 1765781, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) dismissed a claim submitted via electronic mail where the certification required by the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U...

European Researchers Developing Specialized Robots

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 21, 2008. European Researchers Developing Touchy-Feely Robots"The Feelix Growing project is developing software, cameras, and sensors that help robots detect facial expressions, voice, proximity, and other parameters to determine a person's emotional state...

Businesses Fail to Harness Full Potential Of Online Communities

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter July 21, 2008. Businesses Fail To Harness Full Potential Of Online Communities"The Deloitte survey found that businesses use online communities to generate ideas, discover products, and discuss brands, but many fail to draw a critical mass...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 21, 2008

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: NLJ.com., July 21, 2008. Subscription needed for online access�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Suits roll in over recalled drugs"Plaintiffs' attorneys recently filed dozens of lawsuits involving two recalled drugs, generic blood thinner heparin and prescription medication Digitek, that could signal a clean break from past actions that were far less successful against drugs Vioxx and Paxil...

New Jersey Law Journal Top Stories July 21, 2008

Posted on July 21, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New�Jersey Law Journal News Alert Service�you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed Subscription needed for online access: Judge Cool to Misuse-of-Office Claims Against Rivera-Soto" The judge deciding whether to dismiss a teenager's civil rights complaint against Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto and the state sided with the defense on some key issues at a hearing on Friday and suggested an ethics grievance was warranted against the plaintiff's lawyer...

New York Legislative Activity Report for Week Ending July 20, 2008

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run July 20, 2008. Category included:� Penal Law PENAL LAW: Bill No. �A3221B Brodsky -- Relates to the definition of without authorization when pertaining to offenses involving computers Same as S 7925-A Last Act: 07/16/08 enacting clause stricken Last Action Date: 07/18/08(Results Count = ) Bill No...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest July 21, 2008

Posted on July 21, 2008
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: U...

Peter Braunstein Gets Another 23 Years for Kidnapping

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 18, 2008. "Peter Braunstein insists that, for him, prison is freedom: feedom from his demons, from his mental woes, from a life of criminal thoughts that exploded in 2005 in an attack that earned him sensational headlines, a nationwide manhunt, exposure on the television show 'America's Most Wanted' and lengthy prison sentences in two states...

D.C. Gets Only One Applicant For Handgun Possession Permit

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, July 18, 2008 "Thirty-two years after banning most D.C. residents from possessing handguns, the Washington's city government opened its doors yesterday to applicants seeking permission to own revolvers after the Supreme Court declared the city's tough firearms restrictions unconstitutional...

New York Ex Convicts Held in Legal Limbo At Psychiatric Center

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 18, 2008. "At the Manhattan Psychiatric Center in New York City, rapist Michael Parker is stuck in legal limbo, says The Village Voice. He's in custody, but he's not serving a criminal sentence. He was released from state prison in the spring after completing his required stay...

New York: Court Rules:Motion to Compel Requires Evidence of Existence of Additional Responsive Documents

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 18, 2008. New York - Distrust, mistrust, suspicion or just plain disbelief don?t do it; court rules motion to compel requires evidence of existence of additional responsive documentsBricker & Eckler LLP"Pointing to deposition testimony of plaintiff?s destruction of computers, defendants sought sanctions for the failure to produce the data that had been destroyed along with the computers...

Internal IT Corporate Snooping

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 18, 2008. Internal IT corporate snoopingDuane Morris LLP"While companies provide certain rights to information technology and other employees to access specified categories of data, they may not be aware that those workers often exceed those rights...

Sixth Circuit Applies Balancing Test in Case Involving Employees Dsclosure of Confidential Documents

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 18, 2008. Sixth Circuit applies balancing test in retaliation case involving an employee's disclosure of confidential documentsPorter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP"A recent Sixth Circuit decision addressed the issue of whether the disclosure of confidential, proprietary documents by an employee to her attorneys constitutes a protected activity for which the employee cannot be terminated or otherwise disciplined...

New York Court of Appeals: Policy With Terrorism Exclusion Restricts the Cause of Potential Covered Damages

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 18, 2008. New York - New York?s highest court holds that policy with terrorism exclusion restricts the cause of potential covered damagesEdwards Angell Palmer & Dodge"Last month, the New York Court of Appeals held that a tenant breached its lease and, in doing so, violated New York Insurance Law � 3404...

Cuba To Get High Speed Internet In 2010

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 18, 2008. Cuba To Get High-Speed Internet In 2010"The undersea fiber optic cable being built from Venezuela to Cuba represents a departure from prior Cuban policy impeding Internet access."

Pressed By Rivals, Google Accelerates Enterprise Search Efforts

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 18, 2008. Pressed By Rivals, Google Accelerates Enterprise Search Efforts"By combining its Web search technologies with enterprise-specific products, Google hopes to keep up with Microsoft, IBM, and a clutch of innovative startups in the enterprise search arena...

Google "De-Automates" Addition of Gmail Contacts

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source:InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 18, 2008. Google De-Automates Addition of Gmail Contacts"Google's decision to change the way Gmail gathers contacts is an acknowledgment that automation must be balanced by human oversight."

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

Posted on July 18, 2008
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 the National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 18, 2008

Posted on July 18, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, July 18, 2008. Subscription needed for online access:�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp WEB-ONLY �|� In opening of wiretap trial, Christensen claims he was the victim"Terry Christensen, a lawyer going to trial this week on federal wiretapping conspiracy charges, did not ask celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano to wiretap his opponents in a high-profile child support case, as federal prosecutors maintain, said his lawyer, Patricia Glaser, in opening statements in the criminal case on Thursday...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest July 18, 2008

Posted on July 18, 2008
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New York Law Journal Lead Articles July 18, 2008

Posted on July 18, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to 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, July 18, 2008 Panel Says Albany Firm Liable For Acts of Counsel It Retained Evidence Issue Triggers Retrial In Gun Case Prejudice Is Determining Factor in Deciding Challenges to IRS Summonses, Ruling Says Court Orders District to Reinstate Volunteer Firefighter Free: Newsbriefs

New Jersey Crime Victim-Aid Chief Ousted Over Questionable Payments

Posted on July 17, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News. "New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram removed the interim director of the state agency responsible for distributing money to victims of violent crime in response to an ongoing investigation that found numerous questionable payouts, reports the Newark Star-Ledger...

Pennsylvania Prosecutors "Shocked" That Cell Phone Records Easily Available

Posted on July 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 23, 2008. "Pennsylvania's prosecutors, saying the public's privacy rights are threatened, will ask state legislators to close a loophole that allows open access to cell- phone and e-mail records, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer...

Los Angeles County Vows To Speed Medical Aid For Jailed Women

Posted on July 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News. "Female inmates in Los Angeles County jails have waited weeks, even months, before receiving medical treatment that should have been provided within 24 hours of their requests for help, says a new outside monitor's report quoted by the Los Angeles Times...

District of Columbia Takes Narrow View of Supreme Court Handgun Ruling

Posted on July 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 17, 2008. "The message being delivered by Washington, D.C., leaders in response to the Supreme Court's rejection of city's ban on handguns is this, says Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher: "With only the narrowest of exceptions, we're sticking with our gun ban...

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