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March 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Judge Taps Firm That Heeded His Advice on Diversity as Class Action Lead Counsel

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August 31, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Weighing Benefits, Pitfalls of Off-Campus Workers

Christine V. Bonavita, a partner at Mitts Milavec, writes: Although the benefits of telecommuting can be significant for both the worker and the employer, companies should carefully consider some of the legal issues that may arise when employees telecommute and take proactive measures to mitigate any potential liability.

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June 26, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Panel Rejects Audit Firm's Definition Of Discrete Service

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October 24, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Accolades

Two hundred lawyers representing 40 private firms and corporate law offices were honored earlier this month by MFY Legal Services for their volunteer counsel to indigent New Yorkers. Also, attorneys from 18 Manhattan firms and a Westchester County law school are set to be honored for their assistance to women and children victimized by domestic violence this Monday at a benefit dinner for Sanctuary for Families.

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October 17, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Public Interest Projects

After years of litigation against the Bush administration, attorneys from Kramer Levin and Bingham McCutchen have won release of their ethnic Chinese clients, 17 men from a Muslim and Turkic-speaking enclave in the remote Xinjiang province, from custody at the Guant�namo Bay naval base. Also, legal information Web site www.LawHelp.org/NY has expanded its immigration section so clients do not fall prey to common notary public scams causing false hope of obtaining legal status, and fourteen new members of Legal Services of New York City were recently named to the organization's board of directors.

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May 06, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Landlord Faces Big Fine for Conduct Toward Handicapped Tenant

A Queens landlord that argued it could not structurally alter an apartment building to accommodate a handicapped tenant, and then installed surveillance cameras to videotape the paralyzed woman, has been hit with the highest fine ever levied by the New York City Commission on Human Rights.

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December 12, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Products Liability

Michael Hoenig, a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, reviews two recent Second Circuit decisions, one that clarifies the extent to which a district court may consider materials beyond the complaint when a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is made, and another that discusses inconsistent verdicts when a jury, in answer to special interrogatories, says "No" to strict liability and breach of warranty but answers "Yes" to negligence in design and warnings.

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