July 19, 2013 | New York Law Journal
Pathbreaking Decisions Address Fracking, Fraud, Indian SovereigntyIn their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman discuss recent decisions involving digital streaming of music from before 1972 under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the administration of a breath test when an arrestee has counsel, local zoning laws and fracking, the state's power to prosecute Medicare fraud, and more.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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October 21, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Panels Address Challenges of Advancing Science, TechnologyIn their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman discuss recent cases that involved how to locate electronic documents, how to locate defendants electronically, what duties the law should impose on medical providers, and how to tell who is the mother of a child.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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August 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal
The Serious Business of Appealing a Sanctions OrderE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman write: Appealing a sanctions order presents unique considerations that make the exercise different from an appeal on the merits. Sanctioned parties seeking to cleanse their wounds on appeal should heed strategic suggestions.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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July 20, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Rulings Reveal Courts With ConscienceIn their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop, write: Some cases, including in New York's Appellate Division, call for decisions that try to join justice with conscience. Judges strive to reach results that are not only legally correct, but also fair and just.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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April 20, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Stream of Decisions Includes Advances in E-Discovery and InsuranceIn their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, write that during the arid first quarter of 2012, despite drought elsewhere, the Appellate Division's four departments provided the profession with a steady shower of decisions.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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October 18, 2013 | New York Law Journal
Courts Issue a 'Big Gulp' of Significant DecisionsIn their Appellate Division Review, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partners E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie discuss recent cases involving New York City's large-soda ban, comfort dogs accompanying witnesses, the documentation of a settlement agreement in email, whether a non-moving party seeking affirmative relief must cross-move, and more.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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January 20, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Decisions Resolve Unsettled Questions on Substance and ProcedureIn their Appellate Division Review, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partners E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie discuss key rulings during the final quarter of 2011 on topics such as law firm opinion letters, supplemental submissions in summary judgment motions, insurance coverage for disgorgement payments, forensic medical examinations of alleged child sexual abuse victims, retroactivity of a change to businesses' eligibility for tax credits, and more.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
12 minute read
October 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Fine-Tuning the Law in Business, Family, GovernmentIn their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, write that New York courts have traditionally decided whether shareholders' claims are "derivative" or "direct" on a case-by-case basis, and, as a result, the distinction between derivative and direct lawsuits has been fact-dependent and difficult to pin down.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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October 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal
No Tricks, Several Treats and a Few TwistsIn their Apellate Division Review column, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, write that just in time for Halloween, the courts as usual have supplied us with a variety of intellectual "treats," without any "tricks." For its seasonal offering, for example, the Fourth Department has taken a hard line against grave-robbing.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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September 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, discuss recent decisions from the four Appellate Divisions that touched on topics such as jury selection, prejudgment interest, the "faithless agent" rule, incapacitated persons, rent control and more.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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