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Applying Judicial Common Sense to Electronic Discovery Burdens
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: Lexology, May 21, 2008. Applying judicial common sense to electronic discovery burdensDuane Morris LLP"Since the enactment of the electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in late-2006, parties have been paranoid that the scope of their production obligations would be gargantuan, and that they would be compelled to search for and provide a wide array of electronic information, at a tremendous financial cost...
Has the Web Outgrown "Meta Tag" Suits?
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: Lexology, May 21, 2008. Has the web outgrown "meta tag" suits?Steptoe & Johnson LLP"Companies sometimes try to improve their position in search results for a trademarked term by placing the term in the "meta tags" of their website code...
FTC Issues New Final Rule Relating to CAN-SPAM Act
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: Lexology, May 21, 2008. FTC issues new final rule relating to CAN-SPAM ActLoeb & Loeb LLP"On May 12, the FTC issued the long-awaited Final Rule relating to forward-to-a-friend emails and commercial messages from multiple advertisers as well as several other important issues...
Microsoft Remains Mum On Yahoo Talks
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 21, 2008. Microsoft Remains Mum On Yahoo Talks"The betting is that Microsoft is seeking a deal that would combine Yahoo's search operations with its own, while allowing Yahoo's portal and display advertising operations to remain independent...
Britain Mulls Plan To Store All E-mails And Calls
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: InformationWeek Daily, May 21, 2008. Britain Mulls Plan To Store All E-mails And Calls"Britain is considering a massive government database to store the e-mails, Internet information, phone-calls and text messages of all residents to help security forces in the fight against crime and terrorism...
Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines May 21, 2008
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: NLJ.com, May 21, 2008. Subscription needed for online access http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | South Florida law firms hit by real estate slump, shed workers "In another sign of the hard times facing the legal industry, particularly in real-estate heavy South Florida, two local law firms ? Holland & Knight and Shutts & Bowen ? have laid off non-lawyer staffers...
New Jersey Law Journal News Alerts
Posted on May 21, 2008If 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: Court Upholds Warrantless Search of Hidden Compartment in Commercial Truck"Police conducting a routine safety inspection of a commercial truck don't need a warrant before they check a hidden compartment to confirm suspicions of drugs inside, a New Jersey appeals court holds...
NYPD Rookies Get $10,000 Raise, But Recruitment Ranks Still Thin
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 21, 2008 "A $10,000 pay hike for NYPD rookies will surely improve future recruitment but it comes too late to prevent the department from shrinking, reports the New York Daily News. Unable to fill the vacancies it had with its lowball salaries, the NYPD's total headcount for July 1 will be 1,000 fewer cops...
Minneapolis Initiative Seeks to Curb Use of Guns by Juveniles
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 21, 2008 "Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials hope to reduce juvenile gun crime this summer by stiffening penalties for youths caught with BB guns, real guns or replicas, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune...
Law Addresses Domestic Violence, Traffic Death Protocols
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 21, 2008 "Jennifer Magnano fled Connecticut and her estranged husband in 2007. When she returned for a custody hearing months later, her husband shot her to death and killed himself. With two of Magnano's children looking on, Gov...
Report Says FBI Agents Balked at Harsh Terror Interrogations
Posted on May 21, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 21, 2008 "FBI agents who assisted with overseas interrogations of suspected terrorists after Sept. 11 often clashed with their military counterparts and refused to participate in the most aggressive intelligence- gathering methods because they doubted they were legal or effective, a long-awaited Justice Department audit found...
New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest May 21, 2008
Posted on May 21, 2008If 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: APPELLATE DIVISIONTHIRD DEPARTMENTAdministrative LawUnclaimed Funds Office's Finder Pact Notarization Policy Was Unenforceable, Unpromulgated Rule Matter of HD Services LLC, respondent v...
New York Law Journal Featured Columnists May 21, 2008
Posted on May 21, 2008If 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: Civil Rights LitigationWednesday, May 21, 2008By Ilann Margalit Maazel" Ilann Margalit Maazel, a partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, writes that many plaintiffs' lawyers plead Monell claims in every single §1983 case...
New York Law Journal Lead Articles May 21, 2008
Posted on May 21, 2008If 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://nylj.com Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Free With Registration: Governments Raise the Volume Against Suit 'Double-Dipping' Judge Offers Confession Safeguards Attempt to Use Leap Year Comes Up Day Short Court Orders Trials in Suit Over Collapsed Bleachers Correction Newsbriefs
LAW.COM Newswire Highlights May 21, 2008
Posted on May 21, 2008If 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...
New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from New York County
Posted on May 20, 2008In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view cases listed below: 1. People v. Pasley2008 WL 2095792, 2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 04555(N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. May 20, 2008) (NO. 9318, 5297/01)Robert S...
Prescription Drugs Are the New Narcotic of Choice, Says LA Times
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 20, 2008 "Health professionals and dishonest patients are diverting powerful and potentially addictive prescription drugs from legitimate medical channels, helping to fuel a shift toward pharmaceuticals as drugs of choice, reports the Los Angeles Times...
New Face of Drug Mules: Gray Hair, Crow's Feet, Driving an RV
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 20, 2008 "Ruth Davis banked on looking like just another granny in the slow lane. But the 65-year-old Floridian was on business. Thirty-three pounds of premium pot was locked up in the trunk of her rented Chevy Impala...
Drug Courts Help Ease Spike in Arkansas' Prison Population
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 20, 2008 "While prison officials are hard-pressed to explain a recent spike in the prison population, one thing they do know is that without the 39 drug courts in Arkansas the number of inmates behind bars would be much higher, reports the Arkansas News Bureau...
Acting Swiftly, Philladelphia Commissioner Fires Four Police Officers in Beatings
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: Crime & Justice News, May 20, 2008 "Philadelphia Police Officer Vincent Strain, a cop's son, zoomed from suspect to suspect, kicking each of the three men wanted in a triple shooting, reports the city's Daily News...
Microsoft Eyes Yahoo Search Business?
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 20, 2008. Microsoft Eyes Yahoo Search Business?"Together, Microsoft and Yahoo would control about 31% of the search market, compared with Google's 60%, according to comScore."
International Cybercrime Ring Busted
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 20, 2008. International Cybercrime Ring Busted"U.S. and Romanian officials charged 38 individuals in the two countries with computer and credit card fraud."
Computers With Next Generation Itanium Expected Early Next Year
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 20, 2008. Computers With Next-Gen Itanium Expected Early Next Year"Tukwila, the first quad-core Itanium, will give a much-needed boost in performance against the Intel processor's biggest rival, IBM's Power6 processor...
Missouri Legislatures Outlaw Cyber Stalking
Posted on May 20, 2008Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 20, 2008. Missouri Legislators Outlaw Cyber Stalking"The bill was passed in response to the death of Megan Meier, the Missouri teen who hanged herself after receiving taunts and insults on MySpace."
List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com
Posted on May 20, 2008Selected 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...
New Jersey Law Journal News Alert May 19, 2008
Posted on May 20, 2008If 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 required for online access: Federal Rules Don't Pre-empt Suing Court Reporter for Consumer Fraud "A federal court litigant can sue a reporting service under New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act for allegedly padding its bill, a state appeals court ruled on Monday...
New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest May 20, 2008
Posted on May 20, 2008If 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: APPELLATE DIVISIONFIRST DEPARTMENTReal PropertyContinuous Wrong Doctrine Cited in Reinstatement Of Trespass, Nuisance Claims Over Pipe's Severance Bloomingdales Inc...
New York Law Journal Featured Columnists
Posted on May 20, 2008If 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://nylj.com Subscription required for online access unless otherwose noted: Immigration LawTuesday, May 20, 2008By Michael D...
New York Law Journal Lead Articles May 20, 2008
Posted on May 20, 2008If 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 Tuesday, May 20, 2008Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted Conduct Commission's Backlog Reduced With Funding Increase Suit Proceeds Over Hospital Gift Dispute Class Status Denied Parents Who Claimed Academy Misled Them Chewing Gum Trademark Battle Sent Back to District Court Interim Counsel Fees Ordered in Divorce Judge Lets Stand 9-Month Suspension Over Giving 'Noogies' Free: Newsbriefs
LAW.COM Newswire Highlights May 20, 2008
Posted on May 20, 2008If 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...
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How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...
Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...
He is a very smart man who is always looking for ways around things. The judge granted our divorce for December 12,2007, and my ex-husband told me that he just got married just before Thanksgiving. He is a student at Cal
i can answer that for you. with all due respect. better your own life just as i ...
Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...
How can I get my parents away from my bulling brother?
First of all, if you are paying your lawyer, you should not be on the back burne...








