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Court lets stand telecom immunity in wiretap case
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that gives telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program. The justices said Tuesday they will not review a court ruling that upheld the 2008 law against challenges brought by privacy and civil liberties advocates […]
EarthLink celebrates $12 million investment
Atlanta-based EarthLink Inc. is investing $12 million in the next three years at its new Rochester location at Alexander Park. The commitment, which was celebrated Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, will retain approximately 450 local jobs. Alexander Park is just part of EarthLink’s overall investment in the Western New York region, which includes the recent […]
PAETEC awarded federal contract
PAETEC Holding Corp. has a new five-year contract to provide voice, Internet and data services to General Services Administration of the U.S. Government. The regional and local telephony contract, according to a release ...
Companies yank cord on residential phone books
What's black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, a musty fixture of Americans' kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers.
Telecommunications: New York SMSA LP v. Town of Clarkstown
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Telecommunications Federal Preemption New York SMSA LP v. Town of Clarkstown 09-1546-cv Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: The parties appeal from a district court order granting the plaintiffs-appellees’ motion for summary judgment and denying the defendants-appellants’ cross-motion for summary judgment. The district court held th[...]
Orange you glad≠
Xerox Corp. last week announced its development of a new desktop technology that translates detailed color descriptions into computer codes to generate more accurate images. The Natural Language Color technology interprets simple instructions such as, “Make the blues a lot more vibrant,” or “Make the skin-tone colors slightly more warm[sic],” to adjust color in specific [&h[...]
Wary of wireless≠
BlackBerries and other wireless electronic devices, once a status symbol of lawyers and corporate execs, are now ubiquitous — and hourly workers joining the high-tech club want to be paid for time spent tapping away after hours. This month T-Mobile became the most recent employer — but not the first — to be hit with […]
DIY programs provide access to justice
Three new computer programs are now available to help users navigate the legal system. The DIY (Do It Yourself) document program can be used to create individualized court forms and instructions and is available through two Web sites: CourtHelp (www.nycourthelp.gov) and LawHelpNY (www.lawhelp.org/ny). The three state-wide DIY programs are the Support Modification Petition Program for […]
Campaign For Justice phonathon off to a grand start (10174)
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, the first night of the phonathon campaign, volunteers had tallied over $40,000 in individual pledges. With a goal of $200,000 for this year’s Campaign for Justice initiative, about 30 attorneys made a couple hundred phone calls on that evening and another 20 pitched in on Wednesday evening for the second […]
Campaign For Justice phonathon off to a grand start
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, the first night of the phonathon campaign, volunteers had tallied over $40,000 in individual pledges. With a goal of $200,000 for this year’s Campaign for Justice initiative, about 30 attorneys made a couple hundred phone calls on that evening and another 20 pitched in on Wednesday evening for the second […]
BT’s challenge to hyperlink tech. dismissed in patent infringement case
Prodigy, one of the first online browsing systems, was challenged in court by British Telecom (BT), based on BT’s claim that it has patented hyperlinking and web browsing on the Internet in a 1989 patent. The court rejected this assertion. BT asserted in its December 2000 complaint that its U.S. Patent No. 4,873,662, titled “Information […]
BT’s challenge to hyperlink tech. dismissed in patent infringement case (9549)
Prodigy, one of the first online browsing systems, was challenged in court by British Telecom (BT), based on BT’s claim that it has patented hyperlinking and web browsing on the Internet in a 1989 patent. The court rejected this assertion. BT asserted in its December 2000 complaint that its U.S. Patent No. 4,873,662, titled “Information […]
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Attorney misconduct: Opinion 22-164
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Independently written bench book: Opinion 22-163
- Fourth Department – Suppression: People v. Saeli
- Second Circuit – RICO: Horn v. Medical Marijuana Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated interview: Opinion 22-159
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated guest speaker: Opinion 22-158
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
Law News
- Appeals court upholds Supreme Court ruling
- Assistant district attorney appointed City Court judge by Rochester mayor
- Murder conviction affirmed despite trial judge error
- NY appeals court upholds conviction in burglary case
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
- Hyzon to pay $25M penalty to settle alleged fraud charges by SEC
- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
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