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June 21, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Outside Counsel

T he specter of mold litigation is closing in on New York. This article will briefly discuss some of the issues to be considered by the attorney defending a mold case as well as advising that attorney of those issues that are paramount in the minds of the insurance carrier who likely assigned him that case.
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February 13, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Dewey Retirees Drop Suit, Clearing the Way for Bankruptcy Approval

The settlement, detailed in Feb. 7 filings, has been offered to 125 retired Dewey partners - most of them tied to legacy firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Green & MacRae - who are being asked to repay the bankruptcy estate a portion of money they received from the firm in 2011 and 2012, including tax advances, payments from non-qualified retirement plans, and of counsel and special counsel compensation.
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September 29, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Judge Dismisses Suit By Prosecutor's Rival

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January 30, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Acting Affirmatively Against Harassment

SURVEY OF the scores of lower court decisions handed down since the U.S. Supreme Court established the standards for imputing liability to employers for sexual harassment engaged in by supervisors reveals a trend towards applying these guidelines to other forms of workplace harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, such as race-based harassment, and to harassment under other anti-discrimination laws including the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. In applying the Supreme Court`s 1998 Ellerth/Fa
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April 08, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Law Firm Roundup

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May 24, 2011 | New York Law Journal

News In Brief

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January 21, 2010 | New York Law Journal

People v. Kahn

Free With Registration: Defense Attorney Allowed to Testify Against Former Client on Intent to Intimidate Witness
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April 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

The '411' on 911 Litigation: Proving Municipalities' Liability

Sherri B. Sonin and Robert J. Genis, partners at Sonin & Genis, write: The whole point of a 911 system is to provide emergency medical services, and emergency means immediate; delays can cause death or serious injury. If a caller relies on the instructions given by a 911 operator instead of taking other action, and by the time the ambulance arrives or gets the patient to the hospital it is too late, then counsel may be able to obtain just compensation for their client.
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October 30, 2008 | New York Law Journal

New SEC Enforcement Manual: Better Late Than Never

Amy Walsh, a partner at Kostelanetz & Fink, writes that since its establishment in 1934, the policies and practices governing the Securities and Exchange Commission have existed under a shroud of mystery accessible only to those who previously worked at the SEC or to those who represented parties in front of the commission.But recently the SEC's Division of Enforcement issued a 122-page Enforcement Manual that addresses a multitude of subjects, ranging from waiver of the attorney-client privilege to the best practices for Bates stamping documents.
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March 29, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Struggles to Parse 'Crawford' but Affirms Verdict

The convictions of two men who pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars in life insurance payments after having the policyholders killed have been upheld by a federal appeals panel that had struggled with the application of unsettled and hazy confrontation clause jurisprudence.
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