Update from the Lexis Alert Service, March 16, 2009. 1. People v. Casanova, 89/06, 54, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 1850; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1698, March 12, 2009, Decided, March 12, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. March 9 – 13, 2009: U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, March 10, 2009 Fontroy v. Beard, No. 07-2446 In an action involving the First Amendment rights of prisoners, district court’s judgment…
QUESTION* For courts who have translated their public website into the Spanish and/or Vietnamese languages: Do you have a Spanish and/or Vietnamese version of your court public website? Do you have statistics on number of visitors by language that you can share? Have you conducted a cost/benefit analysis or impact…
From the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section: http://www.abanet.org/crimjust I”n a case arising from a felony domestic assault and habitual offender charges, where the defendant had at least six different appointed attorneys between the time of his arrest and his trial, the trial court denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss…
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), the New York State reference and research library resource system serving New York City and its metropolitan area, has just released its Strategic Plan 2009-2014. This stragetic plan which was developed through a broad consultative and inclusive process (including input from law libraries),…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 13, 2009: Layoffs Partner Ousters Double or Triple the Pace of Two Years Ago, Consultant Says Mar 12, 2009, 07:33 am CDT Law Firms 731 Lawyers and Staff Laid Off Monday at Morgan Lewis, K&L Gates and White & Case Mar 9,…
American Libraries Direct is the e-newsletter of the American Library Association (ALA), March 11, 2009. Highlights: Library technology unconference Have you ever been “speed-geeking”? Struck by “lightning-talks”? Join keynoters Joan Frye Williams and John Blyberg at the first-ever LITACamp, “The Everywhere Library: Creating, Communicating, Integrating,” May 7–8, in Dublin, Ohio.…
Women Legal Magazine’s new report Women in Business: Professional Development Strategies for Women in the Modern Workplace released in 2 weeks time is an unbiased look into strategies and techniques employed by successful women in today’s current workforce, the direct effects they have on their careers, and the impact they…
Business Torts: A Fifty State Guide, 2009 Edition by Morton F. Daller, Editor-in-Chief Aspen Publishers List Price: $225.00 (With Free Standard Shipping on U.S. Prepaid Orders) ISBN-13: 9780735580732 / Format: Perfect Bound Features: an organization and layout that is practical and straightforward content that is clear and on point a…
Book Review by David Badertscher* March 6, 2009. The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice Antioio Cassese, Editor in Chief Oxford University Press 2009 Book Review: The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice Antonio Cassese, General Editor. Oxford University Press, 2009. When Antonio Cassese, Professor of International Law at the…