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January 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

News In Brief

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December 14, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Anatomy of an Acquittal

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December 14, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Police, District Attorneys Unveil Statewide Identification Procedures

Kristine Hamann, executive assistant district attorney in the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York, writes that, in a unique collaboration, law enforcement agencies at all levels of government across New York State have agreed upon new uniform guidelines for identification procedures.
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January 23, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Client 'Satisfaction' and Legal Malpractice

Andrew Lavoott Bluestone, an attorney specializing in legal malpractice litigation, discusses a novel defense in malpractice actions arising from matrimonial cases: that the client's often naive statement that he or she is satisfied with the conduct of counsel at an on-the-record settlement immunizes the attorney.
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April 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Estate Planning and Philanthropy

Conrad Teitell, a principal at Cummings & Lockwood, writes that whether railroad rights-of-way gifts are deductible or not would seem to be an issue only railroad owners would care about, but a recent Technical Advice Memorandum from the IRS is an excellent primer on the law of retained rights and the so-called so-remote-as-to-be-negligible doctrine. So you don't have to be on the railroad's track to pick up knowledge that can help you in an array of situations.
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June 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

United States, appellee v. Rolondo Gonzalez, defendant-appellant

Sentence Imposed for Violation of Supervised Release Remanded Due to Omission of Presentence Allocution
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August 04, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Secured Transactions

Alan M. Christenfeld, a partner at Clifford Chance, and Shephard W. Melzer, a partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, write that the overall tenor of the latest legislation makes bankruptcy less hospitable to debtors. This would appear at first blush to help secured creditors. Whether the new provisions are beneficial or disadvantageous, however, is likely to vary depending on the facts of a particular case.
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June 25, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Vet School Ruled Not a 'College' in Child Support Case

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