Google And The Street View Privacy Litigation

“The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Google of violating a federal wiretap law while collecting data for its Street View program. The case arose after Google acknowledged that its Street View vehicles had been collecting and storing data over unencrypted Wi-Fi networks, including personal e-mails, usernames, passwords, videos and documents”.

Read more here.

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CRS Report: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

Legislative Attorneys Jody Feder and Cynthia Brougher wrote a recent CRS Report entitled Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Employment: A Legal Analysis of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

"The stated purpose of the legislation is “to address the history and persistent, widespread pattern of discrimination, including unconstitutional discrimination, on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity by private sector employers and local, State, and Federal Government employers,” as well as to provide effective remedies for such discrimination." Read their report here.

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New Study Rooms Available

Hofstra Law Library has just added 4 new study rooms to our student study areas.  In addition to the study rooms already available, sign up for rooms 029S, 029T, 029U and 022C at the Circulation Desk.

Come study at the library!

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Writing a research paper?

If you a writing a paper for a seminar, you may want to check out the research guide "Paper Writing Resources".  In this guide: 1a.  Selecting a Topic | 1b.  Quick Preemption Checklist | 2.  Finding Research Guides | 3.a.  Finding Legal Articles | 3b.  Finding Non-legal Articles | 4.  Locating Articles | 5.  Finding Books | 6.  When you are finished / Current Developments. 

You will find a list of all our research guides here.

The friendly librarians are always updating and creating new guides for our law students.

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Online Resources: Telecommunications Monitor (BNA)

If you are looking for a publication that offers coverage of regulatory, legislative, judicial decisions and developments relating to telecommunications, check out BNA's Telecommunications Monitor.  Dates of coverage are from February 6, 2001 to the present.

To access the Telecommunications Monitor:

• Go to the Library's home page, click "Online Resources"
• Click the "Intellectual Property Law" link
• Scroll down to "Telecommunications Monitor (BNA)"

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DecideNYC.com

Even if you don't live or have an internship in New York City, you can't miss the obvious: there's a primary election for Mayor, other important offices, and City Council members next Tuesday.  What is much harder to find in the midst of confusing flyers and endless TV ads is clear, thorough, non-partisan information about each candidate and race that's also interesting and moves way beyond locating voter polling places. Fortunately, DecideNYC.com fills the bill. This unique site not only provides a detailed profile of every candidate, a Poll Tracker for all major races, and debate coverage and candidate interviews with their own staff reporters, but also an extensive list of media, community group, union, and political advocacy group endorsements for every candidate in every race. And if you just want to know what a Public Advocate or Borough President is really supposed to do, they cover that, too. So if you live or vote in one of the Boroughs, or you just want to know more about how this huge and complex city works, be sure to check out DecideNYC.com.   


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The President And The Two-Year Law Degree

What exactly did President Obama mean when he recommended that law school be for two years instead of three? Read one interpretation in the National Law Journal here.


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Research Resources: GlobaLex

Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, GlobaLex is an electronic publication dedicated to international and foreign research. New and updated research guides published by GlobaLex include:  

 

To Access Globalex:

• Go to the Library's home page, click "Online Resources"
• Then, click on the "International Law" or "Foreign/Comparative Law" link
• Scroll down, click the "GlobaLex" link

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William J.Clinton Presidential Library's Digital Library

The Digital Library lives on the website of the Clinton Presidential Library.  "Collections in the Digital Library include President Clinton and the First Lady's daily schedules, nomination papers, Domestic Policy Council’s files, records concerning foreign policy, selected speeches and writings of President Clinton, and photo galleries."  (see more here)

Some of the collections:
-Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets (Records concerning the investigating as to what happened to the assets of victims of the Holocaust)
-Declassified Records (Previously classified records concerning national security and U.S. foreign policy)
-Sonya Sotomayor Collection (Records concerning President Clinton’s 1997 nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit) 

Research and explore these digital collections today!

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Enjoy your Labor Day!

Take a little time off and enjoy what is considered the last day of Summer.

Remember that this day is meant to celebrate the economic and social contributions of workers.  You can view the Wikipedia entry here.

Give a big Thank You to those who are working on Labor Day to make our holiday special.

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