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December 29, 2011 | New York Law Journal

'Disturbing and Violent' Assault by Lawyer Brings Public Censure

A First Department panel has publicly censured a Manhattan litigator for assaulting a taxi driver three years ago, agreeing with the departmental disciplinary committee that Roman Leonov's assault was "a deplorable but isolated and uncharacteristic act by a young lawyer who understands and regrets the gravity of his offense."
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January 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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April 06, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Approves Taking DNA Samples From Nonviolent Felons on Probation

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December 03, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Marketplace

World Product Centre has agreed to a 20-year lease at 555 W. 33rd St., which will begin when the 60-story, 1.5 million square-foot tower is completed in winter 2003. Also, a girls Catholic school, Convent of the Sacred Heart, has purchased the building at 406-416 E. 91st St. for approximately $22 million.
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August 10, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Senior Partners Balk At Retirement Policies

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October 19, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Courts Shoot Down Asbestos Causation Theory

In his Products Liability column, Michael Hoenig of Herzfeld & Rubin discusses the "any exposure" theory of causation, which contends that asbestos disease is a cumulative dose-response process, and the court decisions that have rejected, as one court called it, the "fiction" that would subject defendants to full joint-and-several liability for injuries and fatalities in the absence of reasonably developed scientific reasoning about substantial factor causation.
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March 26, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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October 04, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Trial of Suspects Caught in Terror Sting Goes to Jury

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September 16, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Judge Backs Refusal to Release Material About Detainee

"[W]e find it both logical and plausible that extremists would utilize images of al-Qahtani...to incite anti-American sentiment, to raise funds, and/or to recruit other loyalists, as has occurred in the past," Southern District Judge Naomi Buchwald wrote in refusing to order photos and videos showing a likely 9/11 co-conspirator at Abu Ghraib released.
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