Your witnesses are lined up and well-prepared; trial notebook is tight and memorized; all evidentiary issues are anticipated and briefed. Trial day—you are confident because you are prepared. "Your client interested in a high-low?" your adversary chirps at you looking over the frame of his lowered spectacles. If your reaction
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P&N FAMILY LAW UPDATE: Mother's Pot Smoking Not Enough For Finding Of Neglect
P&N Family Law Update: MOTHER's POT SMOKING NOT ENOUGH FOR FINDING OF NEGLECT. In Matter of William N., a parental neglect proceeding out of Family Court in Brooklyn, the mother's newborn tested negative for all unlawful substances and alcohol. And there was no evidence that the Mother's positive toxicology for
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P&N CRIMINAL LAW UPDATE: Discipline
It is not unusual to hear about children reporting their parents to the police for abuse after being physically punished. But there is a difference between a beating and a spanking. In criminal cases, the distinction makes a critical differ...ence. In a recent case, People v. Perez, the criminal complaint
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PRISONERS' RIGHTS UPDATE: Force-Feeding Not A Civil Rights Violation
A prisoner went on a hunger strike to secure a transfer to another facility. Corrections force-fed him with a nasogastric tube to keep him alive. The inmate claimed that his Constitutional rights were violated; the Court of Appeals disagreed. He was repeatedly advised that his refusal to eat was causing
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P&N RULES OF THE ROAD UPDATE: ENCOUNTERING A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS
When in doubt, just stop and wait. Kings Point (Nassau) Police Department issued a ticket under section 1174-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to an unfortunate driver who, rightfully, had doubt. The scene is a four-way intersection with each corner controlled by a stop sign. The driver was traveling
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