The U.S. Senate endorsed the $700 million bailout plan by a margin of 74 to 25 in favor. Here are some of the highlights of the Senate Approved Plan as reported in the October 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal (Page A3): “Like the deal rejected by the House, the Senate…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, Search run morning of October 2, 2008: 1. People v. Peralta, 4143, 514/07, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2008 NY Slip Op 7170; 2008 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7008, September 30, 2008, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS…
From information provided by Gallerywatch.com, October 1, 2008 Regardless of the final outcome, these two documents combined should provide you a picture of the second bailout attempt scheduled in the U.S. Senate. Even if you do not see this until action has been taken, they provide some some fascinating reading…
State Court and County (SCCLL) is a Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL): The SCCLL Resource Guide #3 is now officially published and ready to be sent out from AALL HQ. The guide to ordering is here: http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_insights.asp Guide #3, Management Essentials in the Public…
Volume 1 Issue 5 Personal Privacy – How to Protect Your Information From the Desk of David Badertscher As we continue to conduct more business online, such as banking, shopping and other activities, our personal information (such as name, credit card account, address, etc) is increasingly utilized. Personal information has…
Sabrina I. Pacifici Founder, Editor, Publisher: **LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – We’re All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age http://www.llrx.com/columns.bookreview11.htm Heather A. Phillips highlights attorney John Gant’s contention that one’s title, income, and employer are at best…
Office of the Inspector General, September 2008. A report of the investigation into the firfings of nine U.S. Attorneys by the Department of Justice in 2006. An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Report: CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION On December 7, 2006, at the direction of senior Department of Justice (Department)…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, September 23, 2008 Welch v. Campia, No. 072470 In a lawsuit filed against the Chief of Police and the Town on the grounds that defendants impermissibly…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, September 23, 2008 US v. O’Brien, No. 072312 In a conviction for charges related to attempted robbery, conspiracy to affect interstate commerce, and carrying a firearm…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, SENTENCING US v. Triumph Capital Group, Inc., No. 064970 Conviction and sentence for charges related to racketeering and obstruction of justice are affirmed in part, reversed in…