tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125830052024-03-13T14:19:58.814-04:00Albany LawyerBlog by an Albany lawyer about law, life in Albany NY, etc. Plus news about <a href="http://www.town-court.com">county court</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.comBlogger536125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-82704462125951019832018-01-23T08:09:00.002-05:002018-01-23T08:13:27.077-05:00Warren RedlichIf you're looking for photos or images of Warren Redlich, we have the latest here. When Warren is not working as a Realtor or attorney, he's living life. Here's a brief gallery.
Warren Redlich is a man on the move. In this case moving while he's supposed to be still for a photo. Eventually we got it right and here's Warren where he's supposed to be:
When he's not modeling, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-57291870192403571782014-06-19T19:37:00.000-04:002014-06-19T19:39:30.688-04:00Carmelo Laquidara for Rensselaer District Attorney
The Albany Lawyer has been quite for a while. Moving to Florida will do that to a guy.
But today we learned that Carmelo Laquidara is running for District Attorney of Rensselaer County.
I've dealt with Carm in his roles as a prosecutor, defense lawyer and judge. He's a class act, a real pleasure to work with, and someone who has common sense. I could not imagine a better person to become Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-83917973580530391882014-01-23T14:10:00.003-05:002014-01-23T14:12:11.895-05:00Google Canonical Quirk?
How well does Google handle the canonical tag?
We just found a quirk that makes us wonder. Here's what piqued our interest - we noticed some landing pages in our Google Analytics that were not consistent with our url structure. Check the image below:
As you can see, two of our top landing pages appear twice under slightly different urls. One version includes a 4-digit number (the post id) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-43309139757709056712013-11-03T08:29:00.000-05:002013-11-03T08:29:51.927-05:00Paul Anthony Ciancia: LAX ShooterThe hot story of the week is the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport. The authorities have accused Paul Anthony Ciancia of being the shooter. There are some holes in the story. We'll see how this one turns out.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-58483026315420896622013-06-30T10:46:00.003-04:002013-06-30T10:51:54.361-04:00DUI Book - July 4th SaleThe Albany Lawyer's new book is on sale this week.
Fair DUI: Stay safe and sane in a world gone MADD includes practical strategies to avoid drinking and driving, advice on how to handle police encounters, and policy suggestions to protect the innocent and make our roads safer.
Get the details at FairDUI.org.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-27297929564937631722013-06-24T14:00:00.003-04:002013-06-24T14:03:39.346-04:00DUI Book Now on KindleWarren's DUI book is now available on Kindle. The paperback is coming soon.
If you're on a budget, we suggest waiting until June 30th, when the book will go on sale for a few days.
Keep track of the book on the Fair DUI website.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-19977277562201365222013-05-11T11:32:00.001-04:002013-05-11T11:32:36.077-04:00DUI BookA new DUI book is coming soon from Albany lawyer Warren Redlich.
The working title is "Fair DUI – How To Protect Yourself From The MADDness".
In the book, Warren challenges some of the ideas pushed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The main focus is advising people how to avoid driving drunk, and how to handle yourself in traffic stops, arrests, and what do to after you're released.
The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-57179933560147232692013-05-04T16:04:00.000-04:002013-05-04T16:04:12.162-04:00iPhone Shuffle Repeats Same Song: The FixA friend was experiencing a really annoying problem with her iPhone. She would hit shuffle within a playlist or album. Instead of shuffling the songs on that list, it would repeat the first song over and over.
Took me a while to figure it out, but I found the problem and how to fix it.
While there are several web discussions about iPhone shuffle problems, I had trouble finding the answer but Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-6421732958900869962013-04-26T23:22:00.005-04:002013-04-26T23:22:54.916-04:00Florida School Parking Lots and Concealed Carry
[L]icensed parents can legally carry a concealed weapon in the car
during [school] pickup and drop-off [but cannot] carry a
concealed weapon into a school building and not even ...
outside the vehicle in the school parking lot.
Read more at: Florida School Parking Lots and Concealed Carry Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-36170422333394676572013-03-20T08:39:00.002-04:002013-03-20T08:39:49.453-04:00Suffolk County Traffic CourtSuffolk County's traffic tickets will be handled in a new Suffolk County Traffic Court, effective April 1, 2013.
In the past, cases were handled in Suffolk County Traffic Violations Bureau, an arm of the DMV. The new court is under the auspices of the county.
This is good news for pretty much everyone. TVB is known for being difficult. The new traffic court seems to be structured like the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-15221765033622393772013-03-08T08:13:00.001-05:002013-03-08T08:13:47.337-05:00Sulaiman Abu Ghaith Indictment Should Be DismissedBin Laden's brother-in-law has been indicted and is being held on the charge of conspiring to kill Americans. Having reviewed the indictment, it should be dismissed. Why?
The caption of the indictment first:
"Conspiracy to Kill US Nationals" - Got that?
Next, the important part of the indictment is where it describes his "Overt Acts":
Let's get this straight:
1. In May 2001, he "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-8119043849772919852013-01-23T15:38:00.002-05:002013-01-29T23:44:59.039-05:00Cuomo Limits Speeding Ticket Deals
Governor Andrew Cuomo is on the warpath again, this time against speeding tickets. Or so it would seem.
This morning I got a panicked call from a lawyer friend, who read this article: Speeding Ticket Plea Plan on Fast Track, in the Times Union.
The article gave at least some the impression that there would no longer be deals on speeding tickets in local traffic courts. A local attorney Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-46411109837380733122013-01-15T23:06:00.000-05:002013-01-19T21:32:58.749-05:00Why the Cuomo Gun Ban Violates the Second Amendment
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo's new gun control, the so-called SAFE Act (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act), is unconstitutional. I'll explain in some detail below, but in short the new law flies directly in the face of the purpose of the Second Amendment.
The law explicitly goes after "military-style" firearms while purporting to protect hunting and sporting purposes. The SecondAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-75042363269485551322012-12-08T11:05:00.000-05:002012-12-08T11:05:27.981-05:00Dennis Drue: The Rush to JudgmentA few days ago I got a call about a drunk driving case. Early in the conversation I realized this was going to be different.
This was actually about the Northway accident that killed two Shenendehowa students. The caller was a 16-year-old girl from a nearby town. She had all sorts of questions about how the "killer" had been able to get his license back after multiple DWI convictions and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com36Saratoga Springs, NY, USA43.0831301 -73.784565143.0367411 -73.8635291 43.129519099999996 -73.7056011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-6364124063351047942012-10-05T17:07:00.000-04:002012-10-05T17:07:28.188-04:00Book ReviewJust a quick pointer to my recent Book Review of Rand Paul: Government Bullies.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-27388162045505865282012-10-04T23:02:00.001-04:002012-12-11T14:29:31.416-05:00NY DWI Repeat Offenders: New DMV Rules in 2012In my previous post I covered the phony emergency and bureaucratic end run in the new NY DMV DWI rules.
Now let's get into the meat of the new rules, all of which can be seen on the DMV Proposed Rules page (for now).
Update: A number of people have called me asking what they can do about their situation. A friend of mine, Eric Sills, is working on challenging the new regulations. His office Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-61940265468546278792012-10-04T10:25:00.000-04:002012-12-11T14:30:14.917-05:00New DMV Rules for Repeat DWI: A Phony EmergencyThe New York DMV has issued a new set of proposed rules affecting repeat DWI cases. This received a brief splash of coverage in the media, such as Casey Seiler's article in the Times Union. This has an impact on anyone convicted of a DWI offense who has a prior offense within the past 25 years.*
Update: A number of people have called me asking what they can do about their situation. A friend of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-71178191057567979252012-09-19T10:18:00.001-04:002012-09-19T10:19:35.904-04:00DirecTV Customer Service and NFL Sunday TicketI had an angry experience with DirecTV this morning. Before I get into the details I have to say in retrospect that by comparison to other experiences I've had (such as Time Warner Cable Phone Support), they did pretty good. But only by comparison.
How did this start? This summer after problems with Hotwire Communications TV service in Boca Raton, we decided to keep using DirecTV and reviewed Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-31620788281524680852012-09-16T17:26:00.000-04:002012-09-16T17:27:17.376-04:00Time Warner Cable Phone Support: Prognosis NegativeIn my previous post I described my initial problems and experience with Time Warner Cable Live Chat. That was only the beginning.
The chat session ended with "Ben" (not his real Indian name) referring me to my "local support" team. He did not provide me with a direct phone number, but rather a web address.
Here's the web link he gave me: Time Warner Cable Northeast Contact Page
He told me it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-76722106584629573352012-09-16T10:08:00.003-04:002012-09-16T20:08:23.747-04:00Time Warner Cable Live Chat: PatheticMy mother's Time Warner Cable (RoadRunner) e-mail stopped working today. Their website heavily promotes their Live Chat support option. It was terrible, and the subsequent phone adventure may actually be worse (it continues as I type).
Cable providers are, of course, notorious for poor customer service. Recently Time Warner sapped Patrick Stewart's will to live, something even the mighty Borg Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-57633926595884063002012-09-15T13:05:00.004-04:002012-09-15T13:05:58.421-04:00Congratulations to Phil SteckWe'd like to congratulate Phil Steck on his victory in the recent Democratic primary for Assembly. In celebration, we have updated our website about him and expect to add more over time.
We're especially excited about incorporating the latest news and blog posts about him on the Phil Steck News page.
And we will be updating with more information in the next couple months as the election Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-76564786308247826682012-09-13T22:25:00.003-04:002012-09-13T22:35:27.883-04:00Soares Beats KindlonBased on election results reported so far by the Albany County Board of Elections, it appears that David Soares has soundly defeated Lee Kindlon the primary for District Attorney.
As of 10:23 pm, Soares is ahead 57% to 40%, with over half the precincts reporting. It seems like a very low turnout, so it is always possible that Kindlon will come back. But with this wide a margin, it sure doesn'tAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-37710379948561719662012-09-08T11:41:00.002-04:002012-09-08T11:42:41.751-04:00Lee Kindlon for Albany DA
The campaign for Albany County District Attorney is a big deal. David Soares has been DA since defeating Paul Clyne in the 2004 election. Lee Kindlon, son of prominent defense lawyer Terry Kindlon and an experienced lawyer himself, is running against him in the September 13 Democratic primary election. I've moved on to Florida so this doesn't matter so much for me. My Albany practice is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-51988246312689996672012-08-31T07:53:00.004-04:002012-08-31T08:24:22.566-04:00Spooky Search Engine Stuff: Flowers on GoogleI had a spooky (or perhaps creepy) moment today doing a simple Google search. I searched for "flowers" because I want to buy flowers for a family member's birthday. Some of the results were what I expected - the sponsored links (paid ads) and the top links were online florists. Then they showed florists near my home, which doesn't work in this instance because the gift is for someone in another Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12583005.post-90693237902436682472012-04-25T22:36:00.001-04:002012-04-25T22:36:51.853-04:00Ron Artest Battery (Metta World Peace)Ron Artest should be charged with battery after a vicious elbow to the head of James Harden. Below is a video of it:
The sports news media has been obsessed with the incident and the question of how long of a suspension Artest, aka Metta World Peace, would face from the NBA. He was suspended for 7 games.
There has been little or no talk about criminal prosecution (see Bleacher Report forAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942422727278141113noreply@blogger.com0