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The Future is Now

Nicole Black

January 01, 2009 02:03

This week's Daily Record column is entitled "The Future is Now." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.******The future is now It's time for the legal profession to pull its collective head out of the sand when it comes to technology, the...

Happy New Year!

Nicole Black

December 31, 2008 19:35

See you next year! In the meantime, from me to you-Happy New Year! (This is a content summary only. If you're reading this anywhere other than an RSS reader, the content has been lifted. Please visit my blog, Sui Generis http://nylawblog.typepad.com , to read the entire post)

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

Nicole Black

December 29, 2008 17:49

It's time for the post-holiday round up of interesting posts from my fellow New York law bloggers:Coverage Counsel: A Serious Rant About the Permanent Consequential and Significant Limitation "Serious Injury" Threshold Categories New York Attorney Malpractice Blog:Are Attorney Fees Recoverable in...

Happy Holidays!

Nicole Black

December 24, 2008 19:26

Sui Generis will be on a brief hiatus until the weekend. In the meantime-Happy Holidays! (This is a content summary only. If you're reading this anywhere other than an RSS reader, the content has been lifted. Please visit my blog, Sui Generis http://nylawblog.typepad.com , to read the entire...

Fear and Liberty Must Co-exist

Nicole Black

December 24, 2008 03:01

This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Fear and liberty must co-exist." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.******Fear and Liberty Must Co-exist“[F]ear cannot…allow…the evisceration of the bedrock principle of our Constitution that no.....

The state of New York

Nicole Black

December 23, 2008 19:23

This week's Daily Record column is entitled "The state of New York." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.******The state of New York“It couldn’t have happened anywhere but in little old New York.” —O. HENRY The State of New York is not good,....

The Legal Profession and the Recession

Nicole Black

December 23, 2008 19:20

This week's Daily Record column is entitled "The Legal Profession and the Recession." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here.******The Legal Profession and the Recession“It isn’t so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mos...

Define That Term #206

Nicole Black

December 23, 2008 13:07

Last week's term was words of procreation, which is defined as: Language used to leave property to a person and his or her descendants, which typically take the form "to A, and the heirs of his body," where A is the person receiving the property.No one guessed this time around.Today's...

The New York Legal Blog Round Up

Nicole Black

December 23, 2008 02:17

It's a cold, snowy Monday here in Rochester, and time for the weekly round up posts from my fellow New York blawgers:New York Civil Law: New York Court of Appeals Recently Addresses Cigarette Liability New York Public Personnel Law Blog: Police chief captain wins judgment in officers' suit...