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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Facebook Commits To Stronger Safety and Privacy Measures

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 9, 2008. Facebook Commits To Stronger Safety And Privacy Measures"Facebook is working with state officials to protect young users of its social networking service."

Google Among Sites Under Investigation In China for Illegal Mapping

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 9, 2008. Google Among Sites Under Investigation In China For Illegal Mapping"The Chinese government's concern may have been heightened by an image of a new naval base that appeared in magazines and online back in April...

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

Posted on May 09, 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 National Law Journal Daily Headlines May 9, 2008

Posted on May 09, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, May 9, 2008. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/index.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Lawyers' writing skills still bad"Law firm leaders, judges and even clients have complained for years about the lack of solid writing skills in the legal profession, where huge decisions often turn on the written word...

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New Jersey Law Journal News Alert May 8, 2008

Posted on May 09, 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: HUD-Proposed Read-Aloud Script Would Stretch House Closings by 45 Minutes"Federal housing authorities have drafted a new nine-page residential mortgage disclosure form that they want to make lawyers and other settlement officers recite to buyers at house closings, adding 45 minutes to the process" New Jersey Law Journal®P...

Placement Opportunity: Corporate Reference Librarian

Posted on May 08, 2008
CORPORATE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, LAW, If you thrive on continuing professional growth, and enjoy using your information professional skills in creative ways, you are a good match for the Corporate Reference Librarian position in this outstanding international law firm...

Placement Opportunity: Head of Reference

Posted on May 08, 2008
HEAD OF REFERENCE, MAJOR LAW FIRM, This international law firm promotes high standards and will encourage you to be active in your pursuit of continuing education and professional growth for yourself and your staff. They are seeking a candidate with demonstrated leadership to fill this important position as Head of Reference, responsible for overseeing on-site operations, monitoring the Reference Desk work flow, formulating reference and related library policy, and performing professional reference and related library services...

NYPD Report Provides Voluminous Details on Cop Gun Discharge

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "New York City police officers fire their weapons far less often than they did a decade ago, a statistic that has dropped along with the crime rate. But when they do fire, even at an armed suspect, there is often no one returning fire at the officers...

Georgia Law Expands Investigators' Power to Compare DNA Samples

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "The Georgia Bureau of Investigation gained the power to compare crime suspects' DNA samples with a database of genetic evidence collected from 150,000 offenders and nearly 7,000 unsolved cases, under legislation Gov...

In Rare Move, FBI Drops 'National Security' Action Against Library

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "The FBI has withdrawn a secret administrative order seeking the name, address and online activity of a patron of the Internet Archive after the San Francisco- based digital library filed suit to block the action, reports the Washington Post...

In DNA Numbers Game, Statistics Could Lead to False Convictions

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "For more than three decades, the rape and murder of Diana Sylvester, a San Francisco nurse, went unsolved. Then, in 2004, a search of California's DNA database of criminal offenders yielded an apparent breakthrough: Badly deteriorated DNA from the assailant's sperm was linked to John Puckett, an obese, wheelchair-bound 70-year-old with a history of rape...

Client-Attorney Ethics Can Bar Lawyers from Doing "Right" Thing

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "Staples Hughes, a North Carolina lawyer, was on the witness stand and about to disclose a secret he believed would free an innocent man from prison. But the judge told Hughes to stop, according to an account in the New York Times...

Watchdog Group Concerned by Surge in Anonymous Texas Supreme Court Opinions

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "A growing number of opinions issued last year by the Texas Supreme Court were anonymously written, a practice that enables the elected body to operate in secrecy and without public accountability, according to a scathing report to be released today, reports the Associated Press...

Philadelphia Police Suspended After Beating Captured by News Helicopter

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "A Philadelphia police sergeant and five officers have been removed from street duty in connection with Monday night's violent arrest of three shooting suspects, an event that a Fox news helicopter recorded and that yesterday aired nationally on ABC News...

Texas Handgun Applications Surge 40 Percent; Reasons Unclear

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 8, 2008. "Demand for concealed handgun licenses has risen nearly 40 percent in Texas in a year, an increase being attributed to many factors, even presidential politics, reports the Houston Chronicle. Though the exact cause may be unclear, what's certain is that the spike in applications has caught the Department of Public Safety unprepared...

Court Orders "Forensic Examination" of Plaintiff's Home Computer

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 8, 2008. Court orders ?forensic examination? of plaintiff?s home computer, but stops short of requiring an ?examination?Bricker & Eckler LLP"This is a rather bizarre case, where the defendants sought a forensic examination of plaintiff?s home computer, plaintiff?s agreed to it, but sought protections 'violations of privilege, privacy and confidentiality interests' ".

FTC Settles Data Security Violation Case With Reed Elsevier and Seisint

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 8, 2008 FTC settles data security violation case with Reed Elsevier and SeisintWinston & Strawn LLP"In late March the FTC settled charges brought against Reed Elsevier and Seisint over Seisint's Accurint database (Reed Elsevier acquired Seisint in 2004)"...

Massachusetts Law on Maintaining and Disposing of Records and Reporting Security Breaches

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 8, 2008. Massachusetts law on maintaining and disposing of records and reporting security breaches concerning personal informationBingham McCutchen LLP"Massachusetts Gen. Laws chapters 93H and 93I, effective October 2007 and February 2008, respectively, regulate storage and disposal of personal information and require reporting of security breaches that could result in identity theft...

Managing the Legal Risks Related to Information Security

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 8, 2008. Managing the legal risks related to information securityDLA Piper"Information security has become a critical legal issue."

MySpace Traffic Down From Last Year

Posted on May 08, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 8, 2008. MySpace Traffic Down From Last Year"Still, MySpace held 73.82% of the market share of U.S. visits in April, and Facebook accounted for 14.8%."

After Georgia Execution, Capital Punishment To "Crank Up Again"

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, May7, 2008. "Almost 20 years after murdering his ex-girlfriend, William Earl Lynd last night became the first person in the U.S. to die by lethal injection since an unofficial moratorium was placed on executions while the Supreme Court decided the constitutionality of the procedure, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

Executions Resume As Do Questions of Fairness

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 7, 2008. "The release of the third death row inmate in six months in North Carolina is raising new questions about whether states are supplying capital-murder defendants with adequate counsel, the New York Times reports...

"Disrespect" Among Ex Inmates: Ingredient In Murder Rise

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 7, 2008. "Washington D.C.,'s murder count of 18 last month was 20 percent higher than the previous April, says the Wall Street Journal. Several other cities, including Chicago and Philadelphia, endured similar mini murder waves during the same period, leading criminologists to worry whether this signifies the beginning of a trend -- or evidence of an unnoticed one...

Reports Urge Improving Re-Entry For Millions Of Jail Inmates

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, May 7, 2008. "The re-entry process for released jail inmates 'presents unique opportunities for intervention,' say two reports issued today. Nine million Americans are jailed each year, many more than once. Eighty-one percent of inmates are behind bars for less than a month...

New York Decision Clarifies "Signature" of E-Documents

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 7, 2008. New York decision clarifies ?signature? of e-documentsThompson Hine LLP"On April 1, 2008, a New York Appellate Division court held that parties to a written contract may amend that agreement via exchanges of e-mail messages, provided the e-mails clearly detail the modifications to be made and clearly express all parties? unqualified acceptance of the modifications...

When it Comes To Internet Privacy, "Trenton Makes - The World Takes"

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: Lexology, May 7, 2006. When it comes to internet privacy, "Trenton makes - the world takes"Steptoe & Johnson LLP"The unofficial motto of New Jersey's capital once referred to Trenton's manufacturing prowess."

"Terrorists' Legal Team Sues Abu Ghraib Contractors"

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 7, 2008. 'Terrorists' Legal Team' Sues Abu Ghraib Contractors"The Center for Constitutional Rights alleges tech outsourcers at the Iraqi prison committed torture and other war crimes during a civilian interrogation...

Web Firm Sounds Alert On Criminal Data Trove

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 7, 2008. Web Firm Sounds Alert On Criminal Data Trove"A Web security firm said on Tuesday it had tipped off international banks and police after finding a huge trove of stolen business and personal data amassed on a server in the space of just three weeks...

Yahoo Partners With McAfee To Make Search More Secure

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 7, 2008. Yahoo Partners With McAfee To Make Search More Secure"The collaboration covers Web site security issues, such as identifying sites associated with adware, malware, spyware, phishing, and spam...

District of Columbia Tests Google Applications

Posted on May 07, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, May 7, 2008. District Of Columbia Tests Google Apps"Google has 'donated' 1,000 user licenses for Google Apps, Premier Edition, to the District's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, according to the city".

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