This posting links to a summary of the highlights of proposed stimulus legislation. including the Nelson-Collins Amendment and other floor amendments as of February 6, 2009. It is not a complete listing of all programs and spending included in the proposed legislation, but it provides a good overview for those…
FROM: News from the [New York] State Archives, Region 1, No. 1-2/2009. Preserving the American Historical Record Act (PAHR): The Act will authorize grants to support the essential evidence of American government and society held by state and local governments, historical societies, and libraries. Status: On May 15, 2008, the…
Top Ten Stories of the Week February 6, 2009 Law Firms McDermott Lays Off 60 Lawyers and 89 Staff Members Feb 3, 2009, 12:13 pm CST Law Firms Worried Lawyers Embrace Gordon Gekko’s Wardrobe Feb 5, 2009, 07:56 am CST Careers How to Answer the ‘Greatest Weakness’ Interview Question Feb…
Federal Rules of Evidence 2009 ISSN 566-5645 Published by Federal Evidence Review as a web based publication. According to the publisher this publication consists of “a current version of the Federal Rules of Evidence…,originally enacted in 1975 and as amended to the present.” It is “fully searchable using the Adobe…
Recent news and developments regarding investors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) as related to the Madoff ponzi scheme: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has posted information for Madoff investors at: http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-293-update.htm See also NYT article 2-5-09: by Diana B. Henriques “At Madoff Hearing, Lawmakers…
A Report of the New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform, dated January 30, 2009 and released on February 3, 2009. The Report, Future of Sentencing in New York State, calls for reforms to New York Stae drug laws; determinate sentencing, graduated and sanctions for parole violators are among the…
“The “black letter” Standards for Criminal Justice are available on the Standards homepage at www.abanet.org/crimjust/standards/home.html Standards that heve been published with commentary since 1991 are also available in book format on the Web site as well as in hard copy. Listed below are the individual sets of Standards and the…
Sometimes it seems as though Google has become ubiquitous in the world of searching and may want to repeat its act in the world of books. While thinking about this, two articles, one forthcoming and one published Febrary 1 have come to our attention> The forthoming article Google and the…
A Quarterly of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association Winter 2009. Volume 48 No. 1 Each issue of this journal contains featured articles and standing columns all of which relate in some way to a broad theme selected for that particular issue. The theme selected for this particular…
I received the following e-mail from Scott Frey on January 29 and am posting it here for those who are interested. If you are interested please contact Scott directly as noted below: I’ve received a grant from the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Grant Program to develop a search engine…