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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. *** Thanks to Robert Ambrogi.
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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.
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U.S. V. JOSEPH AGATE, ET AL.(U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D.N.Y., Feb. 6, 2008) - 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…
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.
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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. ***
Law.com - N.Y. Chief Judge Proposes New Measure to Boost Pay of State Judges
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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New York Law Journal (read Entire Article)November 7, 2007
Attorneys in New York state are a step closer to becoming the last Bar in the United States to have rules of ethical behavior based in form and substance on the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct. The New York State Bar Association’s House of Delegates last Saturday unanimously approved revisions that are designed to transform New York’s current Code of Professional Responsibility into new state Model Rules of Professional Conduct. It took the State Bar’s Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct nearly five years to produce the almost 500 pages of proposed rules, which will now be sent to the appellate division’s presiding justices for review and possible final adoption. ***
Joel Stashenko
JURIST - Paper Chase: ABA urges nationwide death penalty moratorium Monday, October 29, 2007 ABA urges nationwide death penalty moratorium Jaime Jansen at 6:59 AM ET
[JURIST] The American Bar Association (ABA) [official website] said Monday that there are serious flaws in the fairness and accuracy of several state death penalty systems [project website], and called for a nationwide moratorium on executions [JURIST report]. The ABA task force studied eight sample states - Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee [JURIST reports] - and found poor collection and preservation of DNA evidence, misidentification by eyewitnesses, false confessions and racial disparities.
The ABA study did not examine lethal injections [JURIST news archive], a form of execution that has come under fire nationwide recently. Several states have placed a moratorium on lethal injections pending US Supreme Court review in Baze v. Rees (07-5439) [docket; cert. petition]. In that case, the Court will consider whether the controversial three-drug mixture [DPIC backgrounder] of an anesthetic, a muscle paralyzer and a substance to stop the heart constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Several constitutional challenges to the procedure have arisen across the country, arguing that the first drug fails to make the inmate fully unconscious, thereby making the inmate suffer excruciating pain when the heart-stopping drug is injected. AP has more.
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Supraspinatus(SOO-pra-spy-NATE-us)
The Official Unofficial Blog of the New York State Bar Association Health Law Section has a unique name; but is chock full of health law-related posts and links–neat graphics, too. Paul Gillan, who runs the NYSBA Health Law Section listserv, announces the kickoff of Supraspinatus, the “Official Unofficial Blog of the NYSBA Health Law Section”. The purpose of the blog is to provide a forum for the timely sharing and discussion of news and developments relative to New York health law practitioners. The blog will serve as a complement to the listserve and the Health Law Journal, which combined will provide a full panoply of reference and analysis resources to health law section members.
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