Update from the Lexis Alert Service,
April 9, 2009.
1. People v. Dunkley, 243, 4713/04, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 2659; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2557, April 7, 2009, Decided, April 7, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Hon. Janet Reno, former U.S. Attorney General, will receive the Justice Award, the American Judicature Society’s highest honor at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 17, 2009. For more information click on the link below:
Media Release announcing Justice Award for Hon. Janet Reno
BY Leslie Ellen Harris
Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News
This Newsletter is being reproduced for noon-commercial purposes on this blawg with the permission of Leslie Ellen Harris.
Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today a 118-count indictment of a Chinese citizen and his company for charges relating to the misuse of Manhattan banks and the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to the Government of Iran. The Chinese company, known as LIMMT,
is a major supplier of banned weapons material to the Iranian military.
The defendants, LI FANG WEI (a/k/a KARL LEE, a/k/a PATRIC, a/k/a SUNNY BAI, a/k/a K. LEE a/k/a KL, a/k/a DAVID LI, a/k/a F.W. LI) and LIMMT ECONOMIC AND TRADE COMPANY, LTD., (a/k/a LIMMT (DALIAN FTZ)
April 8, 2009
A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust
Corley v. United States No. 07-10441
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April 7, 2009.
CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, PER CURIAM US v. Kopp , No. 07-2797 Conviction for intentionally inflicting on a person, because that person was a provider of reproductive health services, an injury resulting in death is affirmed where: 1) district court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress evidence as untimely, and defendant provided no valid basis for a claim for relief from the Fed. R. Crim. P. rule 12(e) waiver; 2) court did not err when it granted government’s motion to introduce defendant’s statements in redacted form as the redacted portions had no bearing on the jury’s consideration; and 3) the court did not err in precluding defendant from asserting a justification defense and instructing the jury that it was not to consider a justification defense, as the evidence was insufficient to support that defense under any reasonable articulation. ..
Search limited to forthcoming hardcover books published in english:
Criminal Justice in China: A History
Author: Mühlhahn, Klaus Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN or UPC: 0-674-03323-X (Active Record)
From the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division.
Effective Strategies for Litigators
Convincing the Judge: Practical Advice for Litigators
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“A new zero-day remote code execution vulnerability has come to light, this time affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
The software giant has issued a security advisory about the potential exploit, which affects older Microsoft Office versions up through Office 2003. The current flagship Office 2007 product is not vulnerable.”
For more details see article by Jabulani Lefall, “PowerPoint Security Bug Found in Office 2003” at:
