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March 07, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Environmental Obligations Meet Bankruptcy Discharge: Who Wins?

Aaron Gershonowitz and Brian J. Hufnagel of Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana review two decisions that help define the line between environmental injunctions that are dischargeable and those that are not. Although the cases may represent a trend toward finding such injunctions to be not dischargeable, a better reading is that they represent a change in how the regulatory agencies act, rather than a change in the way courts view environmental agency injunctions.
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August 15, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Disapproves Of Bifurcated Trials In Firearms Cases

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September 02, 2010 | New York Law Journal

The Defense of Legal Malpractice Cases - Including Your Own

Thomas F. Liotti discusses scenarios where attorneys must decide whether they should represent themselves and how one must measure objectivity and if one can truly be one's own best advocate.
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May 01, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Senate Committee Welcomes Nomination of Abdus-Salaam

Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam's nomination to the state Court of Appeals sailed through the Judiciary Committee yesterday without an opposing vote. Chairman John Bonacic, calling her an "exemplary nominee," said he expected the full Senate to follow suit and unanimously confirm her on May 6.
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May 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

New State Bar Head Focuses on 'Lawyers Being Lawyers'

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February 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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November 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Late 40-Percent Retainer Pact Survives Widow's Dismissal Bid

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June 11, 2004 | Law.com

Court Shows Ire Over 'Sloppy' Motion Practice

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March 14, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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August 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

When Parodists Wish Upon the Fair Use Star

Joseph Petersen, a partner with Kilpatrick Stockton, writes that the Supreme Court in the landmark case Campbell v. Acuff-Rose observed that parody depends upon taking from the underlying work to criticize or mock the original. Courts have since struggled with the question whether that argument extends to second comers who criticize or mock the creators of the originals as opposed to the underlying work itself.
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