The New York Legal Blog Round Up

It's time for the weekly round up of interesting posts from my fellow New York bloggers:

Indignant Indigent:

• AD 4th Department Decisions of February 1, 2008 

Juz the Fax:

• Second Circuit Says "No" To Conditional Overtime

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog:

• Yet Another Trap in Municipal Injury Suits (discusses 2d Dept. decision)

New York Civil Law:

• Appellate Division, Second Department Recent Reinstates Labor Law sec. 240(1) Claim -- New York's Scaffold Law

New York Legal Update:

• Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Atlantic Yards Project Lawsuit

New York Personal Injury Law Blog:

• Bloggers Head to NY High Court As Both Defendant and Counsel in First Amendment Lawyer Advertising Battle

Second Opinions:

• Doctor an Employee

Simple Justice:

• The Unlearned Lesson of False Confessions

--Nicole Black is, among other things, a Rochester DWI defense lawyer, and is of counsel to Fiandach & Fiandach, one of the largest and most experienced DWI defense firms in New York State.  She also co-authors the Thomson-West book Criminal Law in New York and writes a weekly column, "Legal Currents", for The Daily Record.

Comments

[Jim Rose]

I had a client recently who signed a confession to stealing gas from his employer's pump. Then he told me that it was false, and that he didn't steal the gas after all. I suggested to him that he add a "signing statement" just like Pres. Bush does, saying he disagrees with what he signed, it's not true and isn't worth the paper it's written on.