New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest November 24, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Criminal Practice<br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Although Refusal to Allow Bias Query Violated Confrontation Clause, Error Was Harmless</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426203624&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States, appellee v. Edwin Figueroa, defendant-appellant</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2">APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>FIRST DEPARTMENT<br/><br/><font>Panel Rejects Seller's Claim That Pendency Notice Protected Its Rights in Suit to Perform Sales Pact</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426206827&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>2386 Creston Avenue Realty LLC v. M-P-M Management Corp.</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Location in Car Observable to Public Not Considered Private; Dismissal of Possession Charge Denied</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426207596&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Samuel Gutierrez</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Trial Counsel's Failure to Investigate Alibi Claim Did Not Constitute Ineffective Assistance of Counsel</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426207303&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. James Whiting</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>RICHMOND COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Officer's Inaccurate Statements of Law Renders Blood Test Involuntary; Results Suppressed</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426207562&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Shannon Sharp</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Family Law</b></font><br/><font>Summary Judgment Granted to DSS on Finding Of Derivative Neglect Against Respondent's Children</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426207627&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Nassau County Dept. of Social Services v. J.P.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Second Set of Summonses Charge Different Events Occurring on Different Date; No Double Jeopardy</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426207361&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Mark Dinome</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>WESTCHESTER COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Application Challenging Petitioner's Transfer To Connecticut Granted to Extent Hearing Ordered</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426207070&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People (ex rel. Shiela Davalloo) v. Fischer</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Business Law</b></font><br/><font>'Boiler Room's' Co-operator Must Disgorge $92,857, Pay $130,000 Penalty for Firm's Securities Fraud</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426206862&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Securities and Exchange Comm'n v. Rabinovich & Associates LP</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Alleged 'Black Market Peso Exchange' Funds Denied Forfeiture; Government May Replead
1960 Claim</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426206769&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. $1,399,313.74 in U.S. Currency</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Labor Law</b></font><br/><font>Pact Settling Claims Arising From Transfers of Union Death Benefit Funds Approved as Fair, Reasonable</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426207099&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Banyai v. Mazur</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 24, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Evidence</b></font><br/><font>Strike of Expert's Report Is Inappropriate Sanction For One Instance of Duplication of Report in Chief</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426206798&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Scientific Components Corp. v. Sirenza Microdevices Inc.</i></b></a></font></font><br/><br/></p></font>
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