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Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
On September 19, 2009, Frederick Schauer discussed the state of the Supreme Court’s certiorari process at a conference sponsored by The Yale Law Journal Online and the Yale Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic. Professor Schauer’s Essay on the topic, evaluating the dwindling caseload of the Court, the potential for an informational disadvantage on the part of the Justices themselves,...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
If you are already an online subscriber to the 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: Free With Registration: Court System Moves to Bolster Merger Showing 'Mixed Results' Vance Appoints Transition Chair, 'Broad...
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Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
James B. Lake (Stetson University College of Law) has posted Restraining False Light: Constitutional and Common Law Limits on a 'Troublesome Tort' (Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 61, No. 3, 2009) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The defamation tort...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
If you are already an online subscriber to the 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 Subscriptioin required for online access unless otherwise noted: Free: Insider Trading Probe Nets Lawyers "Attorneys Arthur J. Cutillo and Jason Goldfarb were among several people arrested...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Source: NLJ.com, December 8, 2009 Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Government Announces $1.4 Billion Settlement in Indian Trust Case "After more than a decade of litigation, U.S. officials announced today that the federal government has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle claims that it grossly mismanaged Indian trust accounts. " Malpractice...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Source: NLJ.com, December 9, 2009. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Government agrees to settle American Indian trust suit "Capping more than 13 years of litigation, the Obama administration said Tuesday the government will pay $1.4 billion to settle a class action accusing the United States of mismanaging billions of dollars held in trust for...
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StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimring's commentary for the National Law Journal is, "Pulling the plug on capital punishment." He is the William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Not all the important turning points...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you are already an online subscriber to the 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: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 U.S. Judge Approves Manhattan-Level Fees in Suffolk Dispute Trial Court, Defense Errors Lead To Upset...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
... Held Not Legally Capable of Executing New Will Matter of Stachiw NEW YORK COUNTY Landlord/Tenant Law Tenant Granted 'Yellowstone' Injunctions on Default Notices Enjoining Landlord From Terminating Tenancy 1286 RR Operating Inc. v. Herald Towers LLC NEW YORK COUNTY Schools and Education Court Finds Teacher's Unsatisfactory Rating Unsupported by Evidence, Directs Change Budnick v. NYC Dept. of Ed....
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you are already an online subscriber to the 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: Professional Liability Tuesday, December 8, 2009 By Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs "Norman B. Arnoff, a practitioner...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: NLJ.com, December 8, 2009. Subscription required for online access: Civil Rights Lawyer John Silard Dead at 80 "John Silard, who along with his law partner Joseph Rauh Jr. was one of the pioneers of civil rights law in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, died on Nov. 29 in Washington. He was 80. " Supreme Court Takes Up Law School Case "The Supreme Court this morning agreed to take up...
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How Appealing (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
"Three Supreme Court Cases Challenge Law Used to Secure High-Profile Fraud Convictions": Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Law Journal, an ALM publication, today reported that the recession has forced U.S. law firms to temper—but not exactly eliminate—increases in what they charge for their services, according to the most recent billing rate survey conducted by the publication. The national average firmwide billing rate, a combination of partner and associate rates,...
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: NLJ.com, December 8, 2009. Subscription required for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp Justices likely to leave accounting oversight board as is "The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined to leave well enough alone Monday and not tinker with the structure of an accounting oversight board created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.' Law students try to shift climate...
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In Search of Perfect Client Service (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Richard Susskind reports that law departments are facing cuts on the order of 20-40%. Assume that his data is off by 100%, meaning the cuts are between 10-20%. More cuts are looming. Law firm rates went up an average of 2.5% in 2009, according to a National Law Journal survey . Law firms are predicting increases in 2010 of 3.2%, according to this Altman Weil survey . Note to law firms: do the...
