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New York Law Journal Lead Articles January 26, 2009

Posted on January 26, 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 othewrwise noted: Monday, January 26, 2009 False Testimony Seen In 1982 Murder Case Free With Registration: Attorneys Caught in 'Gray Area' Between Employee and Contractor Social Workers in 'Torturous' Case Are Ruled Immune From Lawsuit Criminal Settlement Found No Bar to City's Pursuit of Civil Damages Bruno Accused of Abusing Public Office for Private Gain Law Firm Roundup Newsbriefs

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights January 26, 2009

Posted on January 26, 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. Lawyers' Indictment in Huge Ponzi Scheme Shocks Legal Circles Daily Business Review Two Florida attorneys indicted in a nearly $1 billion Ponzi scheme known as Mutual Benefits are anything but fly-by-night hucksters known to be associated with a pyramid con...

Inmate Sends Court "Legal Mail" Containing Bodily Fluids

Posted on January 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 26, 2009. "What should a court clerk do about an inmate who sends 'legal mail' containing blood, semen, and urine? That's the dilemma faced by the St. Louis Circuit Clerk's office when it gets letters from Tyler Johnson, 25, says the St...

U-Visas For Cooperative Crime Victims: They're a Long Haul

Posted on January 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 26, 2009. "Jorge Garcia of Los Angeles, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was eligible for a little-known benefit from the U.S. government. the Los Angeles Times says. As a crime victim who cooperated with law enforcement, he was able to apply for a visa that would grant him temporary legal status in the U...

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Gun Buybacks Still Popular: Their Effectiveness is Debatable

Posted on January 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 26, 2009. "In Nassau County, N.Y.'s first gun buyback in 20 years, police last month took in 424 handguns and shotguns at four churches, reports Newsday. A gun buyback in Suffolk County the same weekend also far surpassed expectations...

Kansas Politicians, Local Officials Protest Possible Guantanamo to Leavenworth Relocations

Posted on January 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 26, 2009. I"f not Guantanamo, then where? When President Barack Obama signed an order forcing the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, he put in sharp relief the possibility that some of the world's most potentially dangerous terrorism suspects could be hauled to the U...

Cities Seek To retain Prisons For Their Inmate Labor

Posted on January 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 26, 2009 "Although many people fight to block prisons from coming to town, Charleston, Me., and other communities are fighting to keep their prisons from going away, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many states, including Maine, Ohio, Washington and New York, want to close or consolidate prisons to save money...

U.S. Senate Democrats' Stimulus Bill: $3.95 Billion For Law Enforcement

Posted on January 26, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January, 26, 2009. "Senate Democrats have proposed $3.95 billion for law enforcement in their version of the economic stimulus bill. The sum for unspecified 'law enforcement efforts' was the last item mentioned in a long press release on the bill's provisions issued last Friday...

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

Posted on January 26, 2009
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

Posted on January 26, 2009
Source: NLJ.com, January 26, 2009. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp January 29, 2009. A new legal industry: Madoff"Tangled legal fights over the remnants of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme will likely pit investor against investor and break new legal ground involving jurisdiction disputes, insurance, bankruptcy and international finance...

Crime And Justice News

Posted on January 23, 2009
Source: Crime & Justice News (January 23, 2009) January 23, 2009 Today's Stories --Report Suggests Ways To Cut MI Prison Population, Save Money --Violence Down In Crime-Ravaged Compton, California --Houston Murders Drop; Police To Tackle Domestic Violence Rise --Coach Indictment In KY Football Heat Death Said To Be A First --Likely Senator Gillibrand Assailed For Pro-Gun Stance --Kaufman, Klobuchar, Wyden Join Senate Judiciary; Holder Vote Set --Breuer To Head Justice's Criminal Division; Represents Clemens --Baltimore Surveillance Cameras Useful But No Slam Dunk --Forensic Psychologists Determine If Suspects Are Faking It --Violence Against Women Act Advocate Hopes Biden Will Help --Charges: NYC Jail Guards Ran Unit Like Organized Crime Family --Intimate Partner Violence Study Available Online ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Report Suggests Ways To Cut MI Prison Population, Save Money ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michigan law enforcement officials praised proposals for cutting 5,000 prison inmates and saving a modest $262 million by 2015, reports the Detroit News...

Massachusetts, Nevada - Developments in Identity Theft Protection and Data Breach Notification Laws

Posted on January 23, 2009
Source: Lexology, January 23, 2009. Massachusetts, Nevada - Developments in identity theft protection and data breach notification lawsSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP"This past year saw an increase in regulations aimed at detecting and combating consumer identity theft...

New York Amends Law Concerning employers' Use of Criminal Background Checks

Posted on January 23, 2009
Source: Lexology, January 23, 2008. New York - New York amends law concerning employers? use of criminal background checksSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP"Effective February 1, 2009, employers will have new obligations under Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law, which relates to the employment of persons with a criminal conviction...

Liability for Third Party Content: Interpreting the Immunity Granted by the Communications Decency Act

Posted on January 23, 2009
Source:Lexology January 23, 2009. Liability for third-party content: interpreting the immunity granted by the Communications Decency ActSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP"In 2008, both the Seventh and Ninth Circuits addressed the scope of immunity provided under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) for Web sites that post third-party content...

Enforceability of Electronic Agreements

Posted on January 23, 2009
Source: Lexology, January 23, 2009. The enforceability of electronic agreementsSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP"With the business world becoming increasingly digitized, electronic agreements and contracts continue to multiply."

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

Posted on January 23, 2009
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 January 23, 2009

Posted on January 23, 2009
Source: NLJ.com, January 23, 2009 Subscription needed for online acces: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  Metadata grows in legal import"A very small thing called "metadata" is getting bigger, at least in legal significance...

New Jersey Law Journal State and Federal Decisions

Posted on January 23, 2009
If you are already an online subscriber to the New Jersey Law Journal Case 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: STATE DECISIONS: State v...

New Jersey Law Journal News Update January 22, 2009

Posted on January 23, 2009
If you are already an online subscriber to the 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: Host Has No Duty To Monitor Intake of Alcohol by Self-Serving Guests"The New Jersey Supreme Court declines to impose dram shop liability on a social club that failed to monitor the amount of beer imbibed at an open-keg affair by a patron who later caused a fatal accident...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest

Posted on January 23, 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.nylink.com Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted: U...

New York Law Journal Featured Columnists January 23, 2009

Posted on January 23, 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: Environmental LawFriday, January 23, 2009By Michael B...

New York Law Journal Lead Articles January 23, 2009

Posted on January 23, 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 subscriptions unless otherwise noted: Friday, January 23, 2009 Free: Dreier Remains Jailed as Court Imposes Bail Beyond His Reach Free With Registration: Circuit Skeptical Over Restoration Of Rules Curbing Content of Ads Panel Upholds Health Benefits to Same-Sex Spouses of State Workers Married Legally Outside New York Case Proceeds Despite Typos, Failure to State Damages in Complaint Soon-to-Expire Agency Proposes to Become Primary Body to Investigate State Corruption Newsbriefs

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights January 23, 2009

Posted on January 23, 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...

Obama Guantanamo Plan Faces a Range of Challenges

Posted on January 22, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 22, 2009. "Police officers in Utah who searched a suspect's home without a warrant cannot be sued for violating his constitutional rights, the Supreme Court decided unanimously yesterday, reports the Associated Press...

Supreme Court Bars Suit Against Police In Warrantless Search

Posted on January 22, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 22, 2009. "Police officers in Utah who searched a suspect's home without a warrant cannot be sued for violating his constitutional rights, the Supreme Court decided unanimously yesterday, reports the Associated Press...

Study: Intimate Violence Responses Have Limited Impact

Posted on January 22, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 22, 2009. "Coordinated community responses to intimate partner violence do not reduce recidivism to the degree previously accepted by advocates, say new studies published in the journal Criminology & Public Policy...

Dallas Texas Eliminates Crime Reports When Proof is Lacking

Posted on January 22, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 22, 2009. "Without recent changes in how alleged crimes are reported, Dallas' crime would have dropped only about 7 percent in 2008 rather than the 10 percent that was recorded, says the Dallas Morning News...

Texas Case Gives Insight Into Border Drug Gang Operations

Posted on January 22, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 21, 2009. "On his last night of freedom, Gabriel Cardona, 22, chatting with a fellow member of a hitman squad on his cell phone in Texas about how he'd sliced open two American teenagers with a broken bottle...

Colorado Judge Imposes "Music Immersion" Penalties in Noise Cases

Posted on January 22, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 21, 2009 "When teenagers land in front of Municipal Judge Paul Sacco of Fort Lupton, Co., for blasting their car stereos or otherwise disturbing the peace, they must spend a Friday evening in his courtroom listening to music of his choosing, reports the Los Angeles Times...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Reject Bad Jury Instruction Claim

Posted on January 22, 2009
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 21, 2009. "The Supreme Court today reinstated the murder conviction of the driver in a gang-related, drive-by shooting that horrified Seattle in 1994, reports the Associated Press. Voting 6-3, the high court overturned a federal appeals court that had thrown out the second-degree murder conviction of Cesar Sarausad II...

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