December 2012 Archives

A copy of the amicus brief from the law professors is available here

The Appellant's brief (Norse Energy) is available here

The Town's Brief is available here

An amicus brief from the US Chamber of Commerce in support of hydrofracking is available here 

The New York Farm Bureau's Amicus Brief is available here

The amicus brief of the Catskill Riverkeeper and other environmental groups is availablehere

The amicus brief of the Town of Ulysses, the Association of Towns of the State of NY, the NY Planning Federation and the New York Conference of Mayors is available here

The program will be held from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, at the MetLife Building, 1095 Avenue of the Americas, 19th Floor, Manhattan. Topics are expected to include FEMA claims, flood and wind claims, and the National Flood Insurance Program.

The State Bar Association will host a free webcast of the program, which can be viewed at   www.nysba.org/fedbarfemaprogram.    

http://ctrlq.org/dictation/

If you are looking for an online dictation program, look no further than Online Dictation for use with Google Chrome. This dictation program allows users to convert their spoken voice into digital text with little fuss. Visitors just need to attach a microphone to their computers to allow the program to pick up their voices. This version is compatible with all computers running Google Chrome.

For more information, thanks to Nicole, take a look at this handy chart from the ABA which  summarizes the various decisions from the different jurisdictions on this issue.

"...Look, iTunes 11, I love you and all, but where's all my stuff? First I needed to figure out the Up Next thing, retool my Search habits, figure out how to make a Genius playlist again, and now I can't even find the Downloads window. What gives?

If you're in the same boat, we're here to help. If you have re-enabled the Sidebar, you'll notice that there's no way to click on Downloads any more. Even when there's a download happening. Here's the thing: the Downloads window will never be there. iTunes 11 has moved it. Here's how to find it again...."

The Commission on Judicial Nomination's seven nominees are:

-Sheila Abdus-Salaam, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department;
-Rolando T. Acosta, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department;
-Kathy H. Chin, Esq., attorney in private practice (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP);
-EugeneM. Fahey, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Fourth Department;
- Jenny Rivera, Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law;
-Margarita Rosa, Esq., Executive Director, Grand Street Settlement;
-David A. Schulz, Esq., attorney in private practice (Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP).