Some federal judges are opening the door to the press reporting directly from their courtrooms in the interest of bringing more transparency to the judicial process.
April 30, 2009Lynne Marek
Internet communication necessitates sharing content and data with third parties. The voluntary transfer of such content and related data to third-party Internet communication facilitators reduces or eliminates First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Internet users. The technology and protocols used to enable Internet communication, as interpreted by existing privacy statutes and case law, further compromises Internet users' privacy and publicity rights. Both legal notices and technological techniques may be used to ameliorate this outcome.
April 30, 2009Jonathan BickAnalysis of the latest cases.
April 28, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
April 28, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The latest cases in neighboring states that you need to know.
April 28, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |In last month's newsletter, we discussed Domestic Relations Law (DRL) ' 236(B)(6)(a), the statute containing the factors courts use to determine spousal maintenance awards in New York, along with the recently proposed legislation (See New York State Assembly Bill A10446) that would replace the statute with a formula to calculate both the amount and duration of maintenance. The discussion concludes here.
April 28, 2009Carl M. PalatnikThe sophisticated user doctrine has become a prevalent defense nationwide in product liability actions involving failure-to-warn claims. This article expounds upon recent cases that help to entrench the sophisticated user doctrine in many states' case law, to a full or limited degree.
April 27, 2009Beth L. Kaufman and Ronit D. Appel