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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 19, 2008

Posted on December 19, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, December 19, 2008. Subscription needed for online access; http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | U.S. attorney's office in Chicago seeks to stop Winston & Strawn from representing defendant entangled in Blagojevich probe "The U...

Yahoo Rivals Urged to Limit Personal Data Retention

Posted on December 19, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, December 18, 2008. Yahoo Rivals Urged To Limit Personal Data Retention"House Internet chairman says Microsoft and Google should follow Yahoo's lead on privacy".

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

Posted on December 19, 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...

New Jersey Law Journal: State and Federal Decisions December 19, 2008

Posted on December 19, 2008
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: Save Hamilton Open Space v...

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New York Governor's Veto Message --A7863/S5565 -- Providing Police Officer Status to Court Officers

Posted on December 19, 2008
divfont size=2The December 19, 2008 New York Law Journal includes an article Paterson Kills Bill That Would Give Police Offcer Status to Court Officers.br/br/For your information, the following is Governor Paterson's veto message for that bill:br/br/VETO MESSAGE - No...

Despite Budget Cuts, New York Funding Intact for 'Operation Impact'

Posted on December 19, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 19, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Despite deep New York State budget cuts, funding apparently is intact for Operation Impact, a multi-agency law enforcement initiative, reports the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle...

In Hawaii, Domestic Violence Passes From One Generation to Next

Posted on December 19, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 19, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Mikki Buentello grew up in a Hawaiian home in which her mother endured regular beatings from her husband. When Buentello started dating, the cycle continued...

Audit Shows FBI Managers Told Agents In Iraq To Bill For Time Off

Posted on December 19, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 19, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2For nearly five years, FBI leaders encouraged employees on temporary assignment in Iraq to bill an average of $45,000 in overtime and extra pay by routinely claiming to work 16 hours a day, seven days a week, even when some of that time was spent eating, exercising, watching movies or attending cocktail parties, the Justice Department inspector general reported yesterday...

Revisiting Katrina Vigilianism: Never Solved, Barely Investigated

Posted on December 19, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 19, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2In a package of stories, The Nation describes vigilantism against blacks in New Orleans in the days following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, 'when the city fractured along racial fault lines as its government collapsed...

Latest iPod Accessory Can Answer The Question; Am iDrunk?

Posted on December 19, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 19, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Now the iPod can answer the question: Am iDrunk? A new product called the iBreath turns Apple Inc.'s iPod into an alcohol breathalyzer, says the Los Angeles Times...

New Hampshire Man Condemmed in Cop Killing; First Capital Case in 50 Years

Posted on December 19, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 19, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Michael Addison was sentenced to death yesterday for the murder of Manchester, N.H., police Officer Michael Briggs, making him the first New Hampshire man to face execution in nearly 50 years, reports the Concord Monitor...

New Jersey Law Journal: News Updates December 17, 2008

Posted on December 18, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest December 18, 2008

Posted on December 18, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists December 18, 2008

Posted on December 18, 2008
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New York Law Journal Lead Articles December 18, 2008

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights December 18, 2008

Posted on December 18, 2008
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New York Employment Law: Preparing for 2009

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemLexology, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pa href=http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670amp;l=6LVM7AE target=_blankstrongfont size=2span class=territoryfont color=#622567New York/font/spanfont color=#3e3d40 - New York employment law: preparing for 2009/font/font/strong/abr/font size=2font color=#aea400span class=firmstrongPaul Hastings Janofsky amp; Walker LLP/strong/spanbr//fontWith 2009 around the corner, it's prudent for employers to become familiar with changes to New York law that become effective in the new year/font/p

Human Resources Files Vulnerable to Misuse by Insiders

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemLexology, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pa href=http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670amp;l=6LVM7C6 target=_blankstrongfont color=#3e3d40 size=2HR files vulnerable to misuse by insiders/font/strong/abr/font size=2font color=#aea400span class=firmstrongPorter Wright Morris amp; Arthur LLP/strong/spanbr//fontOn December 1, 2008, we blogged about the risks of insiders improperly accessing personal data belonging to customers and the general public...

The Internet in 2020?

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemInformationWeek Daily Newsletter, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pa href=http://links.techwebnewsletters.com/ctt?kn=17amp;m=30719434amp;r=MTI2ODY1NDQ4MgS2amp;b=0amp;j=NDQwNzIxMDMS1amp;mt=1amp;rt=0 name=www_informationweek_com_news_s(11) target=_blankstrongfont size=2The Internet In 2020: Mobile And Mean/font/strong/abr/font size=2A Pew Internet amp; American Life Project prediction suggests voice recognition and touch interfaces will become more prevalent/font/p

Yahoo Lowers Data Retention to Three Months

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemInformationWeek Daily Newsletter, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pa href=http://links.techwebnewsletters.com/ctt?kn=63amp;m=30719434amp;r=MTI2ODY1NDQ4MgS2amp;b=0amp;j=NDQwNzIxMDMS1amp;mt=1amp;rt=0 name=www_informationweek_com_news_s(10) target=_blankstrongfont size=2Yahoo Lowers Data Retention To Three Months/font/strong/abr/font size=2The Internet search company is reserving the right to keep data for up to six months if fraud or system security are involved...

Microsoft Releases Critical Internet

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemInformationWeek Daily Newsletter, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pa href=http://links.techwebnewsletters.com/ctt?kn=58amp;m=30719434amp;r=MTI2ODY1NDQ4MgS2amp;b=0amp;j=NDQwNzIxMDMS1amp;mt=1amp;rt=0 name=www_informationweek_com_news_s(5) target=_blankstrongfont size=2Microsoft Releases Critical Internet Explorer Patch/font/strong/abr/font size=2The out-of-band security update fixes a JavaScript-related vulnerability that's being actively exploited through hacked Web sites...

Nokia, Motorola Dominate China Smartphone Market

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemInformationWeek Daily Newsletter, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pa href=http://links.techwebnewsletters.com/ctt?kn=82amp;m=30719434amp;r=MTI2ODY1NDQ4MgS2amp;b=0amp;j=NDQwNzIxMDMS1amp;mt=1amp;rt=0 name=www_informationweek_com_news_s(2) target=_blankstrongfont size=2Nokia, Motorola Dominate China's Smartphone Market/font/strong/abr/font size=2The two companies hold 90% of the burgeoning market, but Android could play a major role in the next few years...

U.S. Scrambles to Avoid Converter Box Fiasco

Posted on December 18, 2008
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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 17, 2008

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemNOJ.com, /emDecember 17, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Subscription needed for online access/font/p#13; pa href=http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp target=_blankfont size=2http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp/font/a/p#13; pbr/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 22, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699 size=2ba class=headline href=http://alm...

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

Posted on December 18, 2008
font size=1#13; pfont size=2Selected 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...

Victimization Survey Says 2007 Crime Rate Was On Par With 2005

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2The violent crime rate in 2007 was close to the 2005 rate while the property crime rate was somewhat below the 2005 figure, the U.S. Justice Department said...

According to Journalism Ethics Expert, Reporters and Police 'Have Different Missions'

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2The Poynter Institute's Kelly McBride uses the Chicago Tribune's decision to delay publication of details about the federal investigation of Illinois Gov...

Wall Street Journal: Madoff Case Displays Deep Flaws in Financial Enforcement

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource:/strongemCrime and Justice News, December 18, 2008./em/font/p#13; pfont size=2The lesson of the Bernard Madoff case is that financial enforcement nearly always fails to protect investors, and this Ponzi scheme is merely typical, says the Wall Street Journal in an editorial...

Agressive Northern Border Patrol Tactics Rankle Some in Washington

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2The note from U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan to the U.S. Border Patrol was short and to the point: Stop sending petty marijuana cases to his office. 'It is our long-standing policy to use limited federal resources to pursue the sophisticated criminal organizations who smuggle millions of dollars of drugs, guns and other contraband across our borders,' Sullivan wrote in November...

DNA Labratory Tug-of-War in Orange County California Exemplifies Debate Over Forensics

Posted on December 18, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 18, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2In June, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas made a bold grab for a crown jewel of local law enforcement: the DNA unit of the sheriff's crime lab, reports the Los Angeles Times...

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