Frederick A Brodie

January 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie summarize decisions from the last quarter of 2014 involving a shareholder challenge to a fashion house's going-private transaction, the common interest doctrine, the unauthorized use of a credit card number, the application of the "fugitive disentitlement doctrine" in child support cases, the the writ of habeas corpus for animals, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

11 minute read

January 15, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie summarize decisions from the last quarter of 2014 involving a shareholder challenge to a fashion house's going-private transaction, the common interest doctrine, the unauthorized use of a credit card number, the application of the "fugitive disentitlement doctrine" in child support cases, the the writ of habeas corpus for animals, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

11 minute read

October 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie report on recent decisions involving a shareholder's common-law right to corporate information, whether a murderer may indirectly inherit from his or her victim, the "knowing, intelligent and voluntary" standard for criminal defendants' waivers of appellate rights, and sealing of criminal records after completion of a judicial diversion or drug treatment program.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

11 minute read

July 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie discuss recent decisions involving whether a prisoner's cell phone could be considered "dangerous contraband," what happens when a deliberating jury asks questions but reaches a verdict before receiving answers, defamation by implication, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

11 minute read

April 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, discuss recent decisions involving a lawyer's defamation suit against a former client, the enforcement in New York of a money judgment of a foreign criminal court, the Prompt Pay Law, resentencing for parolees under the Drug Law Reform Act, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

11 minute read

January 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman discuss recent decisions on untimely summary judgment motions, willfulness in civil contempt applications, unlawful surveillance, reckless endangerment in a case where an HIV-positive man did not inform his partner of his status before they had unprotected sex, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

11 minute read

March 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, review recent decisions of interest that touch on topics such as canine sniffs, involuntary servitude, video testimony, derivative suits, speedy trials, charter schools, patients' rights and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

12 minute read

June 28, 2010 | The Recorder

In their Appellate Division Review column, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, review recent decisions of interest involving civil commitment, adverse possession, the notice requirements of the Home Equity Theft Prevention Act, and the right to a jury trial in a declaratory judgment action.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

3 minute read

January 28, 2008 | National Law Journal

Last year marked the 25th year on the bench for Judge Bruce M. Selya of the 1st Circuit. One of the nation's most productive jurists, Selya has authored more than 1,250 opinions. Among practitioners, however, he is best known for his erudite and arcane vocabulary, which has provoked frequent head scratching by counsel. To assist the lawyers who appear before Selya, or who are required to interpret his opinions, here's a compendium of some memorable Selyaisms, selected with input from his former clerks.

By Frederick A. Brodie / Special to The National Law Journal

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April 19, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman summarize recent decisions on spoliation, a condo owner's right to obtain the other unit owners' names and addresses, the Queens D.A.'s prefacing Miranda warnings, judicial review of out-of-state subpoenas, judicial diversion, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie

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