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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Online Intermediary Liability

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 17, 2009. Online intermediary liabilityBird & Bird"The last 18 months has seen renewed interest in the liability position of online intermediaries and internet service providers."

New York Times Settles Case Over "Scraped" News Content

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 17, 2009. New York Times Co. settles case over "scraped" news contentManatt Phelps & Phillips LLP"The New York Times Co. has settled a widely watched lawsuit filed by GateHouse Media Inc., a community newspaper company that operates a number of local news Web sites, over the practice by The Boston Globe?s Web site, Boston...

Immigration Compliance in 2009 - The Theme is Change

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 17, 2009. Immigration compliance in 2009 - the theme is changeOgletree Deakins"2009 clearly appears to be a year of change, and employers will need to be especially mindful of immigration compliance changes, including a new I-9 form and the new regulation requiring federal contractors to use E-Verify...

SEC Adp[ts Final Rules: Interactive Data to Improve Financial Reporting

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 17, 2009. SEC adopts final rules: interactive data to improve financial reportingBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC"The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted final rules that require companies to provide financial statements in interactive data format using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)...

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Governor David Paterson and New York Finance

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Google News Alert Service, Searches run February 15, 17, 2009. BUSINESS: Development community opposes Empire Zone changesTonawanda News - North Tonawanda,NY,USA"New York Gov. David Paterson?s proposed changes the Empire Zone program have draw a lot of fire from governments and businesses alike, and were the topic of ...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 17, 2009

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: NLJ.COM, February 17, 2009. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Cost-cutting hits courts"Courts across the U.S. are reeling from the recession, and attempting to cut expenses by delaying trials, furloughing employees and shutting down courts...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 15, 2009 - Penal Law

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run February 15, 2009. No Chapter Laws Reported as signed during reporting period. To retrieve the text of any of the New York bills�listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 15, 2009 - Judiciary Law

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run February 15, 2009. No Chaprter Laws Reported as signed during reporting period. To retrieve the text of any of the New York�Bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 15, 2009 - Criminal Procedure Law

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source:New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run February 15, 2009. To retrieve the text of any of the New York�Bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi�and enter the bill number in the exact format as listed below: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW: Bill No...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 15, 2009 - Corrections Law

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run February 15, 2009: No Chapter laws reported for week ending February 15, 2009 To retrieve the text of any of the New York�bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny...

New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest February 17, 2009

Posted on February 17, 2009
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 unless otherwise noted: U...

New York Law Journal Featured Columnists February 17, 2009

New York Law Journal Lead Articles February 17, 2009

Posted on February 17, 2009
If you are already an online subscriber to the 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: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Ruling Supports Treble Damages for Deceit Attempts by Lawyers Skirmish With Court Officers Leads to Change of Trial Venue Panel Hears Testimony From Prosecutors, Defense on Best Practices to Prevent Wrongful Convictions Free: More Than 700 Legal Jobs Lost on One Day Circuit Faults Trial Court's Rejection of 'Batson' Challenge Newsbriefs

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights February 17, 2009

Posted on February 17, 2009
If 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 City Police Test Velcro Handcuffs in Schools

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 17, 2009. "Cops trying to restrain children will have a softer alternative than metal handcuffs under a new program the New York Police Department is testing in nearly two dozen schools. Starting next month, says the New York Daily News, officers will use Velcro handcuffs instead of the tougher steel model to subdue disturbed or unruly children...

Pittsburgh, PA Crime Mapping Shows Neighborhood Trends

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 17, 2009. "In Allegheny County, Pa., an area of 730 square miles and 1.2 million people, there were 120 murders last year. In Pittsburgh's Hill District's Addison Terrace apartments, an area of only a few blocks, there were five murders, nearly one for every 100 households, says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...

How Justice System, Society Can do More To Prevent Police Killings

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 17, 2009. "The eighth Philadelphia police officer death in a crime over a three-year stretch has prompted the same finger-p0inting over who or what is responsible, says the Philadelphia Inquirer in an editorial...

"Stunning" Increase in Violence Against Michigan Elderly

Posted on February 17, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 17, 2009. "Senior citizens increasingly are being victimized by desperate people looking for soft targets in Michigan's hard economy, reports the Detroit News. Fraud and violence against the elderly are on the rise throughout the Detroit area, say law enforcement and advocates for senior citizens...

PACER Controversy

Posted on February 13, 2009
The New York Times contains an article by John Schwartz entitled "An Effort to Upgrade a Court Archive System to Free and Easy." It details efforts to make the PACER federal court documents system more accessible and open to the public through an initiative of non-government individuals devoted to promoting transparency of government and information access...

Google Latitude Launch Creates Potential Employee Privacy Issues

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 13, 2009. Google Latitude launch creates potential employee privacy issuesPorter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP"On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, Google launched a new feature called Latitude."

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That the Federal Arbitration Act Overrides State Law Administrative Jurisdiction

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 13, 2009. Supreme Court holds that the Federal Arbitration Act overrides state law administration jurisdictionCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP"In Preston v. Ferrer, the United States Supreme Court clarified that when parties agree to arbitrate all disputes arising under their contract, the Federal Arbitration Act (the 'FAA') requires issues of contract validity to be decided by the arbitrators, notwithstanding a state statute that would otherwise provide for this issue to be decided by an administrative agency"

U.S. Government Bullet-Proof from Copyright Claim by Prison Inmates

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 12, 2009. Government bullet-proof from copyright claim by prison inmatesMcDermott Will & Emery"In one of the first decisions of 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a ruling of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that a federal prisoner could not sue the U...

Energy and Climate Change - A Look at the Senate Economic Recovery Package

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 13, 2009. Energy & climate change - a look at the Senate economic recovery packageBaker & Daniels LLP"The focus remains on the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in Washington, D.C."

"Best Practices" for Officers and Directors Navigating the Current Economic Crisis

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 13, 2009. "Best practices" for officers and directors navigating the current economic crisisCooley Godward Kronish LLP"The fall from grace of Lehman Brothers, the venerable investment bank, was brutally fast."

Court Refuses to Change Standard for Corporate Criminal Liability

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: Lexology, February 12, 2009. Court refuses to change standard for corporate criminal liabilityMasuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd"Based on a 1909 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the standard for holding a corporation criminally responsible for the actions of its employee has been whether the employee's actions were a) taken within the scope of employment and b) for the benefit of the corporation...

Selections from the National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 13, 2009

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: NLJ.COM, February 13, 2009. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Six law firms cut more than 700 lawyers and staffers on 'Black Thursday' "If you were among law firm associates or legal staffers who still had a job by the end of Thursday, consider yourself lucky...

Selections from the National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 12, 2009

Posted on February 13, 2009
Source: NLJ.COM, February 12, 2009. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Next headache for Madoff investors: tax troubles"A second wave of bad news is coming for victims of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's purported $50 billion Ponzi scheme: personal tax troubles...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest February 13, 2009

Posted on February 13, 2009
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 unless otherwise noted: U...

New York Law Journal Featured Columnists February 13, 2009

New York Law Journal Lead Articles February 13, 2009

Posted on February 13, 2009
If you are already an online subscriber to the 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, February 13, 2009 Free: Senate Confirms Lippman as Chief Judge Delay in Extradition Seen to Violate Defendant's Right to Speedy Trial Judge Rules Law Office in Spa Upset Tranquility International Lawyers in Japan Concerned by Registration Letter Correction Newsbriefs

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