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April 10, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Eastern District Roundup

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December 16, 2008 | New York Law Journal

State Suit Proceeds Against Light Cigarette Makers

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December 11, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Judge Dismisses 'Absurd' Copyright Suit Over 'Heroes'

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May 04, 2007 | New York Law Journal

The Art of Communication

Jay Sullivan, an attorney and partner at communications consulting firm Exec|Comm, writes that although your job initially is to crank out billable hours, after a few years at a firm part of your job becomes helping to plan for the firm's future. This often means helping to hire new attorneys. As you interview, don't settle for simply having a pleasant conversation with a candidate. Make sure your time is used wisely.
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July 20, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Rulings Reveal Courts With Conscience

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Frederick A. Brodie, partners at Pillsbury Winthrop, write: Some cases, including in New York's Appellate Division, call for decisions that try to join justice with conscience. Judges strive to reach results that are not only legally correct, but also fair and just.
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May 30, 2006 | New York Law Journal

MERS Foreclosures Continue to Face Challenges in Suffolk County Courts

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October 28, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Trial Advocacy

Ben B. Rubinowitz, a partner at Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf, and Evan Torgan, a member of Torgan & Cooper, write that an attorney selecting a jury on behalf of a plaintiff in a medical negligence case faces several obstacles to finding jurors who can hear the evidence and decide the case in a fair and unbiased manner.
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December 21, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Appeals Panel Orders Velella to Return to Jail

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May 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

New York Practice

Patrick M. Connors, professor of law at Albany Law School, writes: It is difficult to precisely gauge the significance of a particular period without the benefit of hindsight, but we are likely in the midst of the Golden Age of Personal Jurisdiction. Judicial opinions in this domain, especially those involving the dreaded long-arm provisions in CPLR 302, have historically been long, tedious, and dry as toast. That is beginning to change in the 21st century, as concepts of personal jurisdiction must now be applied in a whole new set of riveting circumstances.
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April 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The 2012 Guideline Amendments: Missed Opportunities?

In his Sentencing Guidelines column, Covington & Burling partner Alan Vinegrad reviews amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines announced last week that include increases in punishments for white-collar crimes in response to Dodd-Frank and a choice of method for calculating losses in securities fraud, but do not keep the initial proposals that provided for more lenient treatment of less culpable defendants convicted of large-dollar frauds.
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