N.Y.’s Top Judge Sues Over Judicial Pay KAYE V. SILVER “N.Y. Supreme Court, N.Y. County, April 10, 2008) – Chief Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye sued New York officials for an increase in judicial pay for all state judges, arguing that, “while New York judicial salaries have declined 27…
Writing in the April/May 2008 issue of State Tech: Technology Insights for Leaders in State and Local Government, Michele Hope concludes by writing: “Only time and a few real-world installations will tell.” Here are some excerpts from Michele’s article: FROM THE INTRODUCTION: “The first commercial holographic storage products are slated…
Under Pressure: How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial? Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Presented by the Coalition for Justice Hosted by the American University Washington College of Law Washington, DC This National Issues Forum will include a lively discussion on the Separation of…
From: New York Law Journal April 10, 2008 Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike BY: Joel Stashenko 04-11-2008 Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye today filed a lawsuit to force the state Legislature and the governor into granting state judges their first pay raise since 1999. Former…
From: TechnoFeature: The TechnoLawyer Community, (April 8, 2008) http://www.technolawyer.com BY: David W. Mykel, M.A. INTRODUCTION Attorneys constantly search for ways to increase their efficiency, bill more hours, and make life easier. Imagine you’re working from your laptop at 35,000 feet: reviewing video deposition testimony, reading over transcripts and documents, and…
The following is a listing of articles which appear in the most recent issue of LLRX at the time of this posting. See http://www.llrx.com: The Personal Information Trainer, by Stuart Basefsky http://www.llrx.com/features/personalinfotrainer.htm Criminal Law Resources: Fingerprint Evidence Challenges, by Ken Strutin http://www.llrx.com/features/fingerprintevidence.htm The Social Networking Titans: Facebook and MySpace, by…
By Dan Hoover STAFF WRITER GreenvilleOnline.com http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008304050002 April 5, 2008 His eloquent summations have packed courtrooms, he’s been hailed as a judicial innovator and his quiet work has reshaped federal jurisprudence in America. For a lifetime of “extraordinary” contributions, Judge William W. Wilkins of Greenville received a special achievement award…
QUESTION: “I am in the process of trying to convert to a less paper driven office. We have occasion to verify information on Web pages and typically copied it and placed it in the hard file. I cannot seem to save it to a file on the computer and view…
Our Top Ten Stories of the Week Law Firms Law Firms Beef Up For Bankruptcy Work, the Hottest Growth Area Mar 31, 2008, 05:55 am CDT A new survey has found that lawyers expect bankruptcy to be the hottest growth area for law firms this year. That’s no secret to…
Every month I look forward to receiving the ABA Criminal Justice Section E-News. True to form, the April 2008 issue just received is filled with information to those involved with criminal justice issues. Here are some exampled highlighted in the April 2008 issue: Weekly Criminal Justice News Roundup. Legislative Update…