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February 06, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Appellate Practice

Thomas R. Newman, of counsel to Duane Morris, and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr., a partner at Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, review a recent decision holding that although a nonappealing party generally cannot be given the benefits of a coparty's appellate victory, a remaining defendant was not precluded from seeking renewal of its cross motion to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against it based upon the Appellate Division's prior decision to grant dismissal of the complaint as to a codefendant.
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April 12, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Real Estate Marketplace

The State University of New York has purchased Long Island University's Southampton campus for $35 million, which the LIU board plans to put into a long-term endowment. Also, Barnes & Noble and H&M will be the two lead retail tenants at a 400,000 square foot mixed-use development site under construction between 85th and 86th streets on Lexington Avenue.
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June 11, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Jusitce Samuel A. Alito on Judge Learned Hand

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June 18, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Bar Group Calls for Repeal of Restrictions

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May 14, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Determining the Bounds Of Lis Pendens on Real Property

John R. Higgitt, law clerk to Associate Justice James M. McGuire, Appellate Division, First Department, and an adjunct assistant professor of law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, as a recent decisions demonstrates, the question of whether a particular action directly affects real property is not always an easy one. A plaintiff who wishes to use the notice of pendency must therefore take pains to draft a complaint that spells out the factual basis of a claim that would support the filing of a notice of pendency, he notes.
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April 20, 2012 | Law.com

Court Cuts Homeowner's Debt, Says Bank Acted in 'Bad Faith'

Acting Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Spinner in Suffolk County said Bank of America "deliberately acted in bad faith" while prosecuting the foreclosure over 34 months and ordered the bank to pay $200,000 in damages to the homeowner, John Lucido.
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February 05, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Motorist Must Pursue State Fund When Other Driver's Insurer Goes Bankrupt

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August 18, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, analyzes a case where a state department's inability to locate documents created a loss for the petitioner.
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October 31, 2003 | New York Law Journal

United States v. Illaya Stephens

Community Confinement Reasonably Related to Offense and Defendant's History May Be Longer
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May 01, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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