National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect and encourage individuals and communities to support children and families. Learn more about the history of the month, see examples of Presidential and State proclamations, and find strategies for engaging communities and supporting families.
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Visit the Child Welfare Information Gateway for more information and useful resources. (Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)

Kaye Sues State Over Judicial Salaries

By Joel Stashenko and Daniel Wise
April 11, 2008

ALBANY - Stymied for a fourth straight fiscal year in securing a pay raise for state court judges, Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye sued the Legislature and Governor David A. Paterson yesterday to force the first judicial salary increase in New York since 1999.

At about the time attorney Bernard W. Nussbaum was filing the complaint in Supreme Court in Manhattan at 60 Centre Street, Chief Judge Kaye and Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau (sent a message to the 1,300 judges saying that the exclusion of a pay raise in the budget adopted in Albany on Wednesday was the last straw.

“At this point, we are left with no choice but to take legal action to address this intolerable situation,” the judges said. They called the need to file a suit, first threatened by the chief judge in April 2007 but often cited by her since then as a last resort, as “regrettable.”

The complaint, Kaye v. Silver, names the chief judge and the Unified Court System as plaintiffs. The defendants are Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Mr. Paterson and the State of New York.

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The New York Law Journal - Kaye Sues State Over Judicial Salaries

RSVP for NDNY Admissions Ceremony, CLE & Luncheon on 4/10/08

Dear NDNY Member:

You are cordially invited to attend an admissions ceremony and free CLE program at the U.S. District Courthouse in Syracuse on Thursday, April 10th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The CLE topic is “Removal Jurisdiction - Making it a Federal Case” (1.5 hrs. CLE credit).

A complimentary luncheon at Pascale’s Restaurant with members of the Federal Judiciary will follow the CLE program.

Please see the invitation for additional details:

http://www.ndnyfcba.com/p/FCBA%20CLE%20Invitation%20(4.10.08).pdf

For CLE registration and lunch reservations, please RSVP by April 7th by e-mailingtmoyo@bsk.com.

Board of DirectorsNDNY Federal Court Bar Association, Inc.

NYLJ: Free Limited Access

The New York Law Journal

Registering for free limited access to New York Law Journal gives you:

Daily Legal Alert emails

Full access to Judge’s Part Rules

Articles from select featured columnists

Highlighted Judge’s Profile

Select daily news stories

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Highlighted articles from our Special Reports

Select articles from ‘The Back Page’

 

ABA TECHSHOW BUZZ Page

ABA TECHSHOW BUZZ

At ABA TECHSHOW 2008, they’re going “social” in a big way! They’re harnessing the power of the Internet to help their conference attendees communicate and network better with each other. This ABA TECHSHOW Buzz page will be a place where you can read blog posts, see pictures from the conference, follow updates from attendees, or even check out some of the websites being talked about at the show - all for free!

TECHSHOW BUZZ Page, its almost like being there–but cheaper.

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Thanks to Robert Ambrogi.

Video of The Supremes

LawProse, Inc. - Interviews of United States Supreme Court Justices

Interviews of United States Supreme Court Justices

In 2006-2007, Bryan Garner interviewed eight of the nine Justices about legal writing and advocacy. These are the complete interviews. Because the files are large, the videos may take a few moments to start playing.

LawProse is making these interviews available as a public service. Anyone may freely use these videos for educational purposes, with appropriate attribution to Bryan Garner or LawProse.

Indictment Unsealed Against Accused Gambino Crime Family Defendants

U.S. V. JOSEPH AGATE, ET AL.(U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D.N.Y., Feb. 6, 200 - A federal indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn, New York naming sixty-two defendants on organized crime charges that include racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, gambling, and theft. Some of those accused include reputed members of the Gambino crime family, including boss John D’Amico, reputed underboss Domenico Cefalu, consigliere Joseph Corozzo, as well as three Gambino family captains, three acting captains, sixteen soldiers, and numerous associates. Read more…

NYSBA’s First Webcast: The Presidential Summit

NYSBA

Click the Play Button on this site to watch an excerpt from the January 30, 2008, live webcast of the Presidential Summit at the NYSBA Annual Meeting. “Youth at Risk” and “Globalization” were both on the agenda.

I was impressed by the video quality. Even in the full screen mode, there was very little degradation of the video signal.

The camera was well-placed and not intrusive. The presentations were almost like being in the room. It was fun to spot familiar faces in the crowd.

Congratulations to President Kate Madigan and her Electronics Communications Task Force for this historic broadcast. FULL DISCLOSURE: this blogger is a member of the ectf.

More content will be available soon.

Law.com - N.Y. Chief Judge Proposes New Measure to Boost Pay of State Judges

 

N.Y. Chief Judge Proposes New Measure to Boost Pay of State JudgesJoel StashenkoNew York Law JournalJanuary 7, 2008

A new judicial pay raise proposal offered Thursday by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye of the State of New York Court of Appeals would surrender some ground on retroactivity while tying future increases to salaries and cost-of-living adjustments given to federal judges.

The legislation would provide for retroactive raises for state judges to Jan. 1, 2007. Previous proposals by the chief judge, most recently in the judiciary budget plan for the 2008-09 fiscal year, provided for retroactivity to April 1, 2005 — a time frame that was seen as an increasingly hard sell in Albany, N.Y., as the delay over passage of a judicial pay bill has dragged on.

In a cover letter accompanying the proposed bill, Kaye did ask that the Legislature at least consider the April 1, 2005, retroactivity date.

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Mitchell Report On Drugs in Major League Baseball

REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL (Large file:5mbs)

 

 

(New York, NY, Dec. 13, 2007) - Lawyer and former U.S. Senator George Mitchell released his independent report investigating the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in professional baseball. The report states: “For more than a decade there has been widespread illegal use of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances by players in Major League Baseball, in violation of federal law and baseball policy.” The report also includes a section of evidentiary exhibits relating to the purchase and delivery of drugs to MLB players and staff.

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