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May 02, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Judge Directs Defendant With Delusional Disorder to Be Injected With Anti-Psychotic Medication

Osmond Decoteau, the alleged mastermind of a fraud that cheated banks out of more than $20 million, had refused to cooperate with "talk therapy" to overcome his disorder enough to make him fit for trial in Brooklyn federal court.

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July 03, 2007 | New York Law Journal

School Law

Jerome H. Ehrlich, a partner at Ehrlich, Frazer & Feldman, writes: The law is clear. A student will be permitted to attend the schools of a given district, tuition free, only if the student's residence is within that district's boundaries. As lawyers, however, we have learned that circumstances are not always so clear.

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February 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Panel Denies Law Firm's Bid for Interest on Arbitrated Fee Award

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April 08, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Failure to Provide Police Protection and Special Relationship Exception

Kevin G. Faley and Kenneth E. Pitcoff, partners with Morris Duffy Alonso & Faley, write that the special relationship exception is a narrow one and the New York courts require a plaintiff to prove four elements to determine whether or not such relationship exists between the police and the injured person, the last of which, justifiable reliance on the municipality's affirmative undertaking to act on behalf of the injured party, has been the most difficult for a plaintiff to prove.

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November 22, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Litigation Review

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that while the standards for disqualifying an expert are not identical in the state and federal courts, some recent Long Island decisions show that there is little meaningful difference in the courts' analysis.

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August 29, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Action Against Mortgage Broker Proceeds

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December 28, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Citing Conflict, Judge Removes Attorney, Firm

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February 16, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Immigration Judge Must Weigh Effect Of Sterilization Law

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