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Obama plea to Supreme Court: Save my immigration plan
The Obama administration appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to rescue its plans to shield from deportation millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally. Moving quickly […]
Administration defends troubled health care co-ops
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration defended the health care law’s struggling insurance co-ops Tuesday, suggesting to Congress that cutbacks demanded by lawmakers themselves put added pressure on an altruistic alternative […]
Justices reject admin’s advice more often lately
WASHINGTON — From gay marriage to the health care overhaul, the Obama administration‘s top U.S. Supreme Court lawyer has won more often than not in some of the biggest cases […]
Government wants cars talk to each other
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday it is taking a first step toward requiring that future cars and light trucks be equipped with technology that enables them to […]
Court: US must release targeted killings memo
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court says President Barack Obama’s administration must publicly disclose its legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism overseas. […]
Lawmakers press admin, again, on pot rules
WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. drug enforcement official urged Congress and others Tuesday not to abandon scientific concerns over marijuana in favor of public opinion to legalize it, even as […]
Obama offers new gun control steps
WASHINGTON — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to […]
Will Obama’s proposals rein in patent trolls?
The Obama Administration has announced five executive actions and seven legislative proposals aimed at holding back the tsunami of litigation by patent trolls, and lawyers are weighing in on whether […]
Holder promises more openness on nat’l security
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder promised the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration will share more information with Congress and the American people about national security […]
Administration urges terror surveillance renewal
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration maintains it is unable to say how many times one of the government’s most politically sensitive anti-terrorism surveillance programs — which is up for renewal […]
UB grad appointed to Obama Administration post
Deborah A. Oppenheimer was named this week by President Barack Obama as an appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Oppenheimer, executive vice president of NBCUniversal International Television Production, […]
High court weighs policy against cursing on TV
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether government regulators may still police the airwaves for curse words and other coarse content at a time when so many […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Judicial misconduct: Pitts-Davis v. The Onondaga County DA
- Second Circuit – Property demolition: Levin, Vodka Properties LLC v. City of Buffalo
- Fourth Department – Child custody: McDuffie v. Coleman
- Fourth Department – Certificate of compliance: People v. Jones
- Fourth Department – Attorney for the child: Lockhart v. Monica
- Fourth Department – Disclosure: Kelly v. Snap-On Inc., et al.
- Fourth Department – Assumption of risk: State of New York
- Fourth Department – Presentence report: People v. Johnson
- Second Circuit – Appellate jurisdiction: United States v. Robinson
- Fourth Department – Right to represent oneself: People v. Howard
- Fourth Department – Res judicata: Happy Lake House LLC v. Cross, et al.
Law News
- Attorney and law firm sanctioned for AI mistakes in court filing
- New rule requires NY judges to visit detention sites
- Split NY Court of Appeals affirms assault conviction
- NY Court of Appeals reverses manslaughter conviction
- NY Court of Appeals affirms attempted murder conviction
- Barclay Damon expands offices in Boston and New Haven
- Court of Appeals orders new trial in child porn case
- NY appeals court reverses burglary conviction over plea issue
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