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New York Law Journal

FOIA Claims Dismissed Based on Res Judicata, New Trial Granted and Qui Tam Claims

This column reports on several recent significant decisions from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Natasha C. Merle dismissed claims based on res judicata. Judge Frederic Block granted a motion for a new trial due to an excessive damage award. And Judge Brian M. Cogan dismissed qui tam claims under the False Claims Act for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
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New York Law Journal

Letter to the Editor: Law Journal Used Misleading Photo for Article on Election Observers

A recent article published in the New York Law Journal highlighting the work of the Cozen O'Connor team representing the State Democracy Defenders Fund included a photo featuring lawyers who are not part of the group that may have been misleading for readers.
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New York Law Journal

Using In Rem Jurisdiction to Ameliorate Artificial Intelligence Difficulties

Jonathan Bick discusses the process of holding an AI accountable for any bad acts it may have caused. He writes: "Since an AI is not a legal entity, it may avoid being held accountable for its bad acts because it cannot be a party to a court proceeding. However, an AI may be the object of a court proceeding…which would place it under the jurisdiction of a court and that court may transfer the AI to the plaintiff and thereby ameliorating the difficulties associated with an AI's bad acts."
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New York Law Journal

Alter Ego: Protecting Your Corporation's Tax Status

Creditors of corporate entities will, at various times, pursue the controlling shareholders to satisfy an undercapitalized corporation's indebtedness. Following along these lines, when it comes to income taxation, it is always important to be able to identify the proper taxpayer.
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New York Law Journal

Establishing the Prevailing Party; Failure To Comply With LLC Law; Takings Claim: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Inwood Gardens, Inc. v. Udoh," "Hull Unique Equities LLC v. Boone," and "Martinez v. Town of Clarkstown."
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New York Law Journal

How New York Is Ethically Leveraging AI in the Courtroom

Andrew Wylie, Clinton County District Attorney, and Chief Desmond Racicot (Ret), senior director of business development at Cellebrite discuss the growth of the use of AI in digital investigations and how New York practitioners can leverage the tech to deliver justice in a swift yet ethical manner.
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New York Law Journal

In Eric Adams Case and Other Corruption Matters, Prosecutors Seem Bent on Pushing Boundaries of Their Already Awesome Power

[Editor's note: This letter was submitted in response to the column "In Corruption Case Against Eric Adams, Prosecutors Are Attempting to Create a…
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New York Law Journal

Hospitality Performance Tests: Fool's Gold?

Pryor Cashman attorneys Todd Soloway, Bryan Mohler and Itai Raz discuss how performance tests for hotel management function in the real world and look at recent case law interpreting these tests and the manners in which performance tests can and cannot provide additional protection to hotel owners.
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New York Law Journal

Avoiding the Bray Pitfall for Lapsed Appeals

This article discusses New York's Appellate Division "immediate appeals "as of right" to the Appellate Division from non-final (interlocutory) orders of the Supreme Court, about the only qualification being that the non-final order"
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New York Law Journal

The Kids Online Safety Act Threatens Free Speech and Opens the Door to Political Weaponization

The majority in Brown v. EMA held that government does not have "a free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed." Yet the Kids Online Safety Act aims to do just that, threatening the vital resources and affirming online communities that support LGBTQ+ youth, a CUNY Law associate professor writes.
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