Sui Generis--a New York law blog

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

It's time, once again, for the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York law bloggers:

New York Court Watcher:

• Court of Appeals: 4-3 Majority Holds GPS Surveillance Requires Warrant Supported By Probable Cause

New York Federal Criminal Practice:

• Distinguishing Between Fact and Purpose of Concealment, Second Circuit Reverses Money Laundering Convictions

New York Personal Injury Law Blog:

• Judge Sotomayor and the First Amendment (And the Pending Case)

New York Public Personnel Law:

• An attorney’s advice sent by one layperson to another layperson not an attorney-client communication subject to a FOIL exception

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Overpayment of Pendente Lite Maintenance and Equitable Distribution

Simple Justice:

• Tortured In Buffalo

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

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

Coverage Counsel:

• Policy for Dominos Pizza Deliveryman's Personal Auto is Primary

Juz the Fax:

• NYSDOL Allows Limited Use Of "4/10" Work Schedule

Long Island Bankruptcy Blog:

• New York Commences Nationwide Investigation Into Debt Settlement Industry — Many Offers to Eliminate Credit Card Debt are False and Misleading

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Economic Support and Equitable Distribution

The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog:

• Do the Police Need a Warrant to Attach a GPS Tracking Device to Your Car?

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

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

Coverage Counsel:

• Should Liability Insurers Investigate Coverage Issues in New York?

New York Criminal Defense:

• What is the Remedy When a Prosecutor Insists a Defendant Wear Jail Garb When Testifying Before a Grand Jury?
• Counsel Must Be Very Specific In Denying Police Allegations

New York Injury Cases Blog:

• Newest Ruling in Golf Course Cases - Plaintiff Hit in Eye by Errant Shot Loses Vision and Case

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Separated Siblings and Their Right of Visitation

Simple Justice:

• Chief Judge Lippman Forms Another Commission

Wait a Second!:

• Yeah, it's legal

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

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

Coverage Counsel:

• Prejudice Still Required for Late Notice of SUM Claim Where Timely Notice of Accident Was Given

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog:

• Contingent Fee Retainers, Appellate Work and Legal Malpractice

New York Criminal Defense:

• Single Failure to Object Constituted Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Requiring Reversal
• Ontario County Conviction Reversed Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Parental Interference With Visitation and Suspension of Child Support

Wait a Second!:

• Ex-girlfriend can authorize police search of boyfriend's house

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

It's Monday--yet again--and time for the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York law bloggers:

Coverage Counsel:

• Unqualified Assumption of Additional Insureds' Defense for Two Years Estops Insurer from Seeking Contribution from Co-Insurer

New York Federal Criminal Practice:

•  SDNY Judge Addresses Disclosure of Interview Memoranda Prepared by Company's Outside Counsel

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Divorce, Equitable Distribution and Marital Fault

The CPLR Blog:

• CPLR R. 3212(f); CPLR R. 3211(d); Speculation not enough

The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog:

• New York’s Fetal Homicide Law & Legal Abortion - The Common Denominator

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

It's the beginning of a new week and time for the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York legal bloggers:

Juz the Fax:

• NYSDOL Allows Limited Use Of "4/10" Work Schedule

New York Court Watcher:

• Chief Justice Abrahamson Gets Another Term!! -- and other Great Women Chiefs

New York Injury Cases Blog:

• Jury Finds Doctors Did Not Commit Malpractice But New York's Highest Appeals Court Orders New Trial Because Trial Judge Did Not Poll the Jury

Rochester Bankruptcy and Debt Relief:

• Bankruptcy Basics - Domestic Support Obligations

The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog:

• Are Non-Modifiable § 516 Non-Marital Child Support Agreements Unconstitutional?

Wait a Second!:

• And the verdict is ... yanked away!

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

It's the Monday following an awesome ABA TechShow in Chicago--and time for the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York blawggers:

New York Criminal Defense:

• Assault Charges Listing Multiple Acts Connected By And/Or Language Helds Defective

New York Public Personnel Law:

• School board has broad discretion with respect to initiating disciplinary action against its members or employees of the district

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Downward Modification of Child Support

Second Opinions:

• Googled.

Simple Justice:

• Judge Rips Head Off "Hero Mom"

The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog:

• New York Court Grants First Lesbian Divorce

Wait a Second!:

• First Amendment does not protect employee's request NOT to perform unsafe work

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

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

Coverage Counsel:

• Storage of Business Property in Detached Structure Found Not to Constitute Excluded Business Use of Structure

New York Criminal Defense:

• Assault Charges Listing Multiple Acts Connected By And/Or Language Helds Defective

New York Federal Criminal Practice:

• Making Off with Criminal Proceeds: Some Recent Notable Second Circuit and District Court Decisions on Restitution and Forfeiture

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Recession and Increase in Downward Modifications Petitions

The Elliot Schlissel New York Law Blog:

• Power of Attorney Laws Changing in New York

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

Here are some of the latest posts from my fellow New York law bloggers:

New York Criminal Defense Blog:

• Threat of Higher Sentence If Trial Meant That Guilty Plea Was Coerced
• Don't File A Crawford Motion Unless You Are Certain That There Are No Non-Friviolous Issues
• Challenging an Expansive Application of the Coconspirator's Exception to the Hearsay Rule

New York Federal Practice:

• In Fairness, Dead Guys Speak: EDNY Judge Issues Some Notable Rulings on Admissibility of Hearsay

New York Injury Cases Blog:

• Another $1,000,000 Unexplained Appeals Court Reduction of a Pain and Suffering Damages Jury Verdict

New York Personal Injury Law Blog:

• Morris Eisen, Disgraced NY Personal Injury Attorney, Is Also A Madoff Victim (Irony)

New York Public Personnel Law:

• Administrative Law Judge holds that an employee's failure to report for drug testing must be treated as the equivalent of failing a drug test

Rochester Family Lawyer:

• Long Term Separation, Maintenance and Problems of Proof

Simple Justice:

• US Attorney, SDNY, Proves Why It's The Best

The Elliott Schlissel New York Law Blog:

• When Can the Non-Custodial Parent Attach a Divorce Decree to Get Tax Exemption?

Wait a Second!:

• Retaliation against public employees: conquering the time lag

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

It's Monday and time once again for the weekly round up of posts from my fellow New York law bloggers:

Coverage Counsel:

• First Department Affirms Coverage for Damage from Overflow of Clogged Roof Drain

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog:

• A Most Tangled Web of Legal Malpractice and Real Estate

New York Federal Criminal Practice Blog:

• Second Circuit Issues Notable Decision Limiting the Stacking of Mandatory Minimum Sentences

New York Injury Cases Blog:

• Different Juries Rule on Same Case with Same Injuries - 1st Jury Awards $575,000 for Pain and Suffering, 2nd Jury only $22,000. Why?

New York Public Personnel Law:

• Sending an e-mail concerning an interpretation of a contract provision ruled a protected activity within the meaning of the Taylor Law

Simple Justice:

• A Mixed Message To Lawyers