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September 12, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Judge Narrows Claims Against Beastie Boys

Southern District Judge Alison Nathan has dismissed most of the copyright infringement claims in a case spearheaded by a record label that owns the copyrights to Trouble Funk's music, which was allegedly unlawfully sampled in a handful of the Beastie Boys' songs from the 1980s.
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May 10, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Cross-Border Assignments: Current Trends

In his Employment Law Issues column, Littler Mendelson partner Philip M. Berkowitz writes: As businesses increasingly become global and multinationals seek the best platform for economic growth, cross-border assignments of executives have become more common and more important. Employers who practice global mobility must have in place appropriate policies and procedures that reflect best practices.
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October 05, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Failing to Find an Emergency, Judge Overturns Ban on Natural Gas Drilling

Broome County Justice Ferris Lebous concluded that Binghamton could not establish the 'dire necessity' required to enact what effectively amounted to a moratorium given that the practice is still not allowed by the state.
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January 31, 2013 | New York Law Journal

After 4 Years, Breuer Set to Leave DOJ's Criminal Division

As one of the longest-serving leaders of the U.S. Justice Department's Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer has overseen some of the highest-profile cases in the nation's history. On March 1, after nearly four years at the helm, Breuer is planning to leave his post.
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August 28, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Faults Unexplained 15-Year Delay in Sentencing

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November 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, analyzes recent decisions, including an appellate panel's reversal of a decision that would have allowed the NYCHA to evict a tenant with an otherwise blameless 17-year record for underreporting her income, a punishment described as "shocking to one's sense of fairness."
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October 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Title Companies Must Collect Sales Tax: How It Works, Are Attorneys Next?

Stephen Saler, principal and co-founder of Langdon Title Agency, writes: Odds are that most real estate attorneys are more familiar with the bizarre sliced bagel tax than with a new requirement that title companies and their vendors have to collect sales tax on abstracts of title, tax searches and municipal searches.
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December 11, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Wage Deductions: Labor Law §193, 'Pachter v. Bernard Hodes'

Jeffrey D. Pollack, a partner at Mintz & Gold, reviews wage deductions, a popular subject for class-action litigation, and Labor Law §193's effect on benefits and wage supplements, bonuses and commission payments, a topic recently discussed by the Court of Appeals.
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March 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Legal Community Tackles Question Of Due Process Rights for Detainees

As the United States began its fifth year of war in Iraq last week, the New York legal community engaged in symposia, teach-ins, lectures and the screening of a new documentary - all addressing the question of due process for prisoners in places such as Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and the U.S. military detention camp at Guant�namo Bay, Cuba.
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