March 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, review rulings, including a finding that exercise of the state's eminent domain power to benefit "a private elite education institution" like Columbia University is unconstitutional,
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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March 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop, write that, not to be outdone by Mother Nature this winter, the four departments of the New York Appellate Division generated not just a flurry, but a blizzard of opinions, filling the advance sheets with an avalanche of fresh precedent.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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January 08, 2010 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, review recent decisions on, among other topics, the separation of powers, the mutual mistake doctrine, rent control, foreclosure and child support.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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June 09, 2009 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, review recent cases of interest involving loss of sepulcher, employment discrimination and out-of-state employees, hate crimes against property, a fee-splitting provision in an arbitration agreement, double jeopardy, Kendra's Law and the appointment of a money manager for a mentally ill person, the expansion of the doctrine of primary assumption of risk, gun possession and more.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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June 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal
Dissolving Same-Sex Unions and Other Groundbreaking DecisionsIn 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
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March 28, 2006 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, ask: If you appeal to the Appellate Division, what are your statistical chances of obtaining reversal? The numbers for 2004, they report, show that only 14 percent of the Appellate Division's dispositions after argument or submission were reversals.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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September 09, 2005 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, highlight recent decisions of the Appellate Division, including the First Department's holding that it is an abuse of discretion to reject a proposed settlement solely because it features an "opt-out" provision and a Second Department ruling that a contract that violated public policy was unenforceable.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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June 10, 2008 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, write that this past quarter, the decisions of New York's intermediate appellate courts truly ran the gamut, from path-breaking law on the Port Authority's negligence in allowing terrorist attacks, to a holding that drive-through coffee stops are work-related for purposes of workers' compensation.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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December 18, 2006 | New York Law Journal
Appellate Division ReviewE. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, write that although he did not practice in the New York State courts, Sir Francis doubtless understood the nail-biting angst experienced by attorneys who must wait for an appellate opinion to see if their clients' trust will be vindicated.
By E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie
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