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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Officers Try To Verify Accuracy Of Laser Speed Guns

Posted on June 27, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "Police officers took aim at vehicles zipping down a runway in tests meant to convince judges that laser speed guns, increasingly popular among law enforcement, are as accurate as radar guns, the Associated Press reports...

Advocacy Group Challenges George Will's Incarceration Argument

Posted on June 27, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "The Sentencing Project , a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, is challenging columnist George Will argument, reported in Crime & Justice News, that the world record incarceration rate in the U...

Video Surveillance Camera Business Put At $9.2 Billion

Posted on June 27, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "The video camera surveillance business has doubled over five years, to $9.2 billion, and estimated that it would more than double again by 2010, to more than $21 billion, say security market analysts J...

Video Game Inspires Teen Crime Spree

Posted on June 27, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "Long Island teenagers who went on a video-game- inspired late-night crime spree were arraigned yesterday after police say they mugged a man outside a supermarket and menaced motorists with a baseball bat, a crowbar, and a broomstick, Newsday reports...

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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines June 27, 2008

Posted on June 27, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, June 27, 2008. Subscription needed for online access:�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Litigation disclosure rule faulted"In-house corporate lawyers and corporate attorneys at firms are worried that a far-reaching accounting-standard proposal to expand companies' disclosure about lawsuits and other loss contingencies will threaten attorney-client privilege and expose sensitive litigation information to adversaries...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Reject District of Columbia Ban on Handgun Ownership

Posted on June 27, 2008
Source: WashingtonPost.com, June 27, 2008. Subscription needed for online access: Justices Reject D.C. Ban On Handgun Ownership"The Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handgun possession yesterday and decided for the first time in the nation's history that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to own a gun for self-defense"...

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

Posted on June 27, 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 News Update June 26, 2008

Posted on June 27, 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: Service-of-Suit Clause Won't Trump Insurer's Initial Choice of Forum�"A service-of-suit clause in an insurance policy does not grant an insured the absolute right to choose its forum of choice in a coverage dispute, particularly if the carrier is the first to file, the New Jersey Supreme Court says...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest June 27, 2008

Posted on June 27, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to this service you should be able to click on any of the links proveded below, sign in, and access any of the decisions listed which interest you. http://www.nylj.com Subscription required for online access: Eberhard, intervenor-appellant v...

New York Law Journal Featured Columnists June 27, 2008

Posted on June 27, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to 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 Law Friday, June 27, 2008 By Stephen L...

New York Law Journal Lead Articles June 27, 2008

Posted on June 27, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to 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, June 27, 2008 Free: Suit Against Kaye Scholer Alleges Discovery Foul-ups Free With Registration: N...

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights June 27, 2008

Posted on June 27, 2008
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 Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on June 27, 2008
In order to comply with ssubcription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Friday, June 27, 2008 �� 1. People v. Tabares2008 WL 2521388, 2008 N...

New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from New York County

Posted on June 26, 2008
In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view cases listed below: � 1. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Valeressa Jackson, Defendant-Appellant.2008 WL 2520878(N...

Hourse of Representatives Approves Boot Cam Standards

Posted on June 26, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "The House of Representatives approved national standards on juvenile boot camps and other public and private programs intended to help troubled youth, the Associated Press reports. The legislation, which passed 318-103, would bar excessive 'tough love' practices such as denying essential water, food, clothing, shelter or medical care...

Miami Arrests Killer In Test Of "Stand Your Ground" Law

Posted on June 26, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "More than five months after claiming self-defense in the fatal shooting of two unarmed men in a restaurant parking lot, Gabriel Mobley was arrested yesterday in Florida for murder, the Miami Herald reports. Prosecutors believe the case is a key test of Florida's 2005 so-called Stand Your Ground law, which loosened standards for shooting in self-defense...

Handguns For Self-Defense Upheld By Supreme Court, 5-4

Posted on June 26, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "Americans have a constitutional right to own guns for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled today. The 5-4 ruling, the first major opinion on the subject by the high court in nearly 70 years, struck down Washington, D...

Keyword Search for Priveleged Documents Insufficient by Itself to Maintain Protection After Inadvertent Production

Posted on June 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 26, 2008. "Shoulda, coulda, woulda:" keyword search for privileged documents insufficient by itself to maintain protection after inadvertent productionMcGuireWoods LLP"A federal magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the attorney-client privilege did not protect inadvertently produced electronic documents because the company?s singular use of keyword searches to identify privileged documents did not qualify as a reasonable precaution to prevent disclosure...

U.S. Employers May Need to Revise Their Computer and Internet Policies

Posted on June 26, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 26, 2008. U.S. employers may need to revise their computer and internet policiesTorys LLP"A noteworthy decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last week, Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Company, counsels employers to review, and perhaps revise, their computer and Internet policies...

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

Posted on June 26, 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 June 26, 2008

Posted on June 26, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, June 26, 2008 Subscription needed for online access:�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Civil litigators find new ways to sharpen trial skills"In an era with fewer courtroom battles, civil litigation attorneys are turning to everything from teaming with criminal defense lawyers to engaging in more mock trials to improvising depositions to keep their trial skills sharp...

New Jersey Law Journal State and Federal Decisions June 26, 2008

Posted on June 26, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to 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: McGovern v...

New Jersey Law Journal News Updates June 25, 2008

Posted on June 26, 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: Judge Tentatively Approves Settlement of Eating-Disorder Class Action�"A federal judge in New Jersey grants preliminary approval to a class action settlement, the first of its kind in the U...

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest June 26, 2008

Posted on June 26, 2008
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: U...

New York Law Journal Featured Columnists June 26, 2008

New York Law Journal Lead Articles June 26, 2008

Posted on June 26, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to 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 htttp://www.nylj.com Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted: Thursday, June 26, 2008 Free: High Court Upholds Dismissal of Claims Against Grasso Cleary Seeks Vindication In Appeal On Sanctions Ruling Revives Malpractice Lawsuit Over Representation of Eisen Firm Bill to Expand Reach of Family Court's Protection Orders Passes Court Faults Vague Abuse Pleading, Rejects Woman's Suit Against Rabbi Court Reduces Punitives in Exxon Spill Case Justices Ban Capital Punishment for Rape of a Child Newsbriefs

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights June 26, 2008

Posted on June 26, 2008
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...

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions: Kennedy v. Louisiana and Giles v. California

Posted on June 26, 2008
Source: Supreme Court Update: A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section www.abanet.org/crimjust . Thanks to the�ABA Criminal Justice Section for preparing the following commentary: KENNEDY V. LOUISIANABy a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sentencing an individual to death for raping a child violates the Constitution?s ban on cruel and unusual punishment...

27,000 Jail Sex Incidents Cited By Small Proportion of Inmates

Posted on June 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 25, 2008. "About 1.6 percent of jail inmates (12,100 nationwide) reported a sexual incident involving another inmate in the previous six month, and 2 percent (15,200) reported an incident involving staff, the U...

California Panel Kills Bill To Make Police Disciplinary Records Public

Posted on June 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 25, 2008. "Despite lobbying by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a California legislative committee killed a bill that would have cleared the way for the Los Angeles Police Department to make officers' disciplinary hearings and records open to the public, reports the Los Angeles Times...

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