Chapter Twenty-Three
Rochester, New York
ISSUE GUIDE
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Issue 60 March 2019
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Issue 59 February 2019
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Issue 58 January 2019
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Issue 57 December 2018
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Issue 56 November 2018
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Issue 55 October 2018
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Issue 54 September 2018
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Issue 53 August 2018
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Issue 52 July 2018 [Current Issue]
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Issue 51 June 2018
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Issue 50 May 2018
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Issue 49 April 2018
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Issue 48 March 2018
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Issue 47 February 2018
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Issue 46 January 2018
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Issue 45 December 2017
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Issue 44 November 2017
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Issue 43 October 2017
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Issue 42 September2017
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Issue 41 August 2017
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Issue 40 July 2017
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Issue 39 June 2017
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Issue 38 May 2017
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Issue 37 April 2017
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Featured Decision: Products Liability--Scarangella Defense Not Triggered
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 36 March 2017
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Featured Decision: Citizen Review Board Has Standing To Seek Compliance with Police Review Procedures
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 35 February 2017
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Featured Decision: Prohibition Is Proper Remedy for Judge's Evidentiary Error in a Criminal Trial
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 34 January 2017
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Featured Decision: Expert Opinion Notice Insufficent, Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Overturned
Appellate Division Digest
Issue 33 December 2016
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Featured Decision: City Liable for Speeding Accident, Did Not Implement Traffic-Calming Measures
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 32 November 2016
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Featured Decision: Shaken Baby Syndrome Called Into Question
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 31 October 2016
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Featured Decision: Appellate Division Applied Wrong Test for the Motion to Set Aside the Verdict As a Matter of Law
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 30 September 2016
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Featured Decision: To Be Entitled to Summary Judgment in an Accident Case, Plaintiff Must Demonstrate Freedom from Comparative Fault
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Issue 29: August 2016
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Featured Decision: Partner with No Biological or Adoptive Relationship with Child Has Standing to Petition for Custody
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 28: July 2016
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Featured Decision: Prejudgment Interest Does Not Run from Date of Liability Stipulation
Appellate Division Digest
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Article---Environmental Law---A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mandatory Building Energy Rating and Disclosure Policies in the Northeast---Gregg Freeman
Issue 27: June 2016
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Featured Decision: NYC Stop and Frisk Prohibition Upheld
Appellate Division Digest
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Supreme Court Dramatically Restricts Protection from Unreasonable Search and Seizure
Issue 26: May 2016
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Featured Decision: Physicians Can Be Prosecuted for Providing Aid-In-Dying
Appellate Division Digest
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Public Trust Doctrine---Suit by Young People Arguing Harm to the Environment Is a Violation of a Public Trust Survives Motion to Dismiss---Decision by Oregon Magistrate Judge
Issue 24: March 2016
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Featured Decision: Fraud Causes of Action Stemming from Mortgage-Backed Securities Dismissed
Appellate Division Digest
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Commentary---Supreme Court Plays Politics with the Clean Power Plan---Patrick Parenteau
Issue 25: April 2016
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Featured Decision: Father Deemed to Consent, On His Infant Son's Behalf, to the Recording of Threats Made Against His Son
Appellate Division Digest
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Transcript of Video--Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms...---James Hansen
Issue 23: February 2016
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Featured Decision: Medical Malpractice, Defense Expert Affidavits Re: Proximate Cause of Plaintiff's Injury Should Have Been Accepted in Support of Defendant Chiropractor's Motion for Summary Judgment
Appellate Division Digest
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Excerpt from DOJ's Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department
Animal Law and Ethics---The Dairy Industry in New York and Sweden Compared---Gregg Freeman
Issue 22: January 2016
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Featured Decision: Caterers Who Refused to Allow Same-Sex Marriage Committed an Unlawful Discriminatory Practice
Appellate Division Digest
Issue 21: December 2015
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Featured Decision: Doctors Owe Duty of Care to Person Injured by Patient Given Disorienting Drugs
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 20: November 2015
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Featured Decision: Standing Criteria for Petitioning for Review of Municipal SEQRA Rulings Clarified
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 19: October 2015
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Featured Decision: SAFE Act Restrictions on Ownership of Assault Rifles and Ammunition Feeding Devices Constitutional
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 18: September 2015
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Featured Decision: Question of Fact Whether City Liable for Shooting by an Off-Duty Police Officer Under Negligent Hiring, Retention and Supervision Theory
Appellate Division Digest
Issue 17: August 2015
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Featured Decision: Suit by At Will Employee Alleging Employer Fraudulently Induced Employee to Accept the At Will Employment Allowed to Proceed
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Issue 16: July 2015
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Featured Decision: Request to Unseal Grand Jury Minutes Re: the Death of Eric Garner, Who Was Unarmed, at the Hands of the Police, Who Were Not Indicted, Properly Denied
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 15: May-June 2015
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Featured Decision: New York Can Issue a License to Practice Law to an Undocumented Immigrant Authorized to Be in the US by the Deferred Action for Childood Arrivals Policy
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 14: March-April 2015
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Featured Decision: Artist's Taking Photos Through Apartment Windows Did Not Violate Subjects' Right to Privacy--Art Is Exempt from the Reach of the Civil Rights Law
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 13: January-February 2015
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Featured Decision: Consideration of Evidence Submitted with Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Cause of Action
Appellate Division Digest
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Issue 12: November-December 2014
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Featured Decision: Civil Rights/False Arrest/Excessive Force/Retaliation for Protected Speech
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Report Excerpt: What We Know: The Reality, Risks and Response to Climate Change
Issue 11: September-October 2014
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Featured Decision: Continuous Treatment Doctrine
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Article: The Department of Defense Recognizes the Catastrophic Effects of Climate Change in a Recent Report
Issue 10: July-August 2014
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Article: The Latest Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: The Debate About Fracking in New York Should Be Over
Article: The Senate Judiciary Committee Endorsed a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United and McCutcheon
Issue 9: May-June 2014
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Article: Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Drilling Waste Pollutes New York's Allegany State Park: Fourth Department Upholds Department of Environmental Conservation's Authority to Impose Sanctions Against the Responsible Corporation--Gregg Freeman
Issue 8: March-April 2014
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Article (Excerpt): “How to Destroy a Planet Without Really Trying” -Noam Chomsky
Article: The Obama Administration’s Proposal Re: the Bulk Collection of Americans’
Telephony Metadata
Issue 7: January-February 2014
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Article: U.S. Government Agency: The Bulk Collection of Americans' Phone Records Is Not Authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act
Article: U.S. State Department: The Devastating Effects of Climate Change Are Evident Now, Are Caused by Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Are Already Catastrophic
Issue 6: November-December 2013
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Article - Opposing Rulings on the Constitutionality of the Collection of Every American’s Phone Records
Article - Intergenerational Justice, Human Rights, and the “Public Trust” Doctrine Applied to Climate Change
Issue 5: September - October 2013
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Article - Would The Proposed “Sensenbrenner/Leahy” Amendments to Section 215 of The Patriot Act (50 USC 1861) Stop The On-Going Blanket Collection of All Americans’ Phone Records?”
Article “To Prevent Climate-Change Catastrophe, 80% of The Known Reserves of Fossil Fuels Must Stay in The Ground---Debate Over Fracking in New York Should be Over"
Issue 4: July - August 2013
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Appellate Division Digest
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Article - The House Committee’s Hearing on The NSA’s Collection of Phone-call Meta-Data
Article - A New Book Explains Another Consequence of The Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Deposits For The Production of Natural Gas---The Massive Use And Contamination of Water
Issue 3: May - June 2013
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Article - New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department Upholds Town Ordinance Banning Fracking
Article - Some Courts are Acting to Protect Our Expectation of Privacy in Our Electronic Communications and in Our
Daily Physical Movements
Issue 2: March - April 2013
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Article - New York Polluter, After a Jury Trial, Convicted of Federal Environmental Crimes
Article - A New Report Forces Us To Face How the "War on Terror" Has Weakened the "Rule of Law"
Issue 1: January - February 2013
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Article - Federal Courts Reject Efforts to Curb Water Pollution
Article - How Lawyers Defeated Efforts to Eliminate Habeas Corpus