Latest Stories
Under Plan, Lawyers Who Counsel Poor Would Get Loan Help
New attorneys who volunteer to help low-income New Yorkers could receive state money to help them repay their student loans under a proposal advanced by Justice Michael V. Coccoma, the chief administrative judge for courts outside of New York City.
Enforceability of Non-Assignment Clauses in Asset Purchase Deals
In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes of Schulte Roth & Zabel write that most liability policies contain a standard no-transfer clause to protect the insurer from a material increase in risk resulting from an ownership change. Courts differ, however, as to how this clause is enforced.
Warrant in Porn Case Is Found Insufficient
A magistrate judge lacked a substantial basis for issuing a search warrant that led to the seizure of child pornography and a criminal admission by a New Rochelle man, a federal judge has ruled. Southern District Judge Stephen Robinson, sitting in White Plains, said the affidavit presented by an FBI officer for the search of defendant Richard Genin's apartment was insufficient to support probable cause because it did not offer specific evidence that the youths depicted in seized videos were engaged in sexually explicit activity.'Kojovic v. Goldman': Scienter and Marital Agreements
Elliott Scheinberg, a consultant to the bar in matrimonial matters, writes: I admit that when first reading Kojovic, I joined the chorus of frustration at another challenge to a settlement agreement. After reading the record on appeal through an unpredisposed lens, I recognized the established principles of contract doctrine that were implicated but nevertheless glossed over in the decision as well as Kojovic's potential resculpting of the settlement landscape.Justices Seem Skeptical of DOMA's Section 3
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday concluded its historic two-day scrutiny of the thorny issue of same-sex marriage, displaying wariness about ruling on the subject even as it appeared possible that the justices will strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
The World of Title Insurance in 2010
Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman of Adam Leitman Bailey, PC, write: Across the full panoply of events that can happen during the course of a year in any field of law - legislation, case law, court rules - everything that can destabilize titles in this state has happened during 2010.
Supreme Court Speaks on Warnings and Personal Jurisdiction Issues
In his Products Liability column, Michael Hoenig, a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, writes that Supreme Court watchers looking for greater clarity on jurisdiction may have gotten some in two recent holdings, and he reviews a decision that inadequate warnings claims filed against manufacturers of generic drugs were preempted because federal regulations directly conflicted with the state law claims.Trending Stories
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
