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April 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Legal View for Investing in China

Jerome Cohen, professor of law at New York University, an Adjunct Senior Fellow on Asia, Council on Foreign Relations, and of counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, writes that contract negotiations between foreign and Chinese companies frequently stall over the dispute resolution issue. Both sides may prefer arbitration to litigation. Yet it is not uncommon for foreigners to insist on arbitration outside mainland China, while the Chinese hold out for their own local forum.
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May 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Mission Loses Bid for Tort Immunity in City Code Violation

The Republic of Namibia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations cannot escape liability for the damage its contractor did to an adjoining townhouse during construction, the Second Circuit has ruled.
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September 11, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Physician Privilege Claim Rejected in Baby's Death

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August 23, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Judge Rules He Is Powerless to Grant Hearing to Fired Cop

An ex-police officer who claims he recorded fake summonses to meet an allegedly illegal quota ought to be entitled to a hearing to explain the circumstances that led to his termination and loss of a pension, but he has no such right, a judge has held.
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March 14, 2003 | New York Law Journal

A budget GC

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March 31, 2006 | New York Law Journal

After Talmudic Studies, Lawyer Resumes Career

Mark D. Harris had some explaining to do while looking for a job this year. Never mind the splendid r�sum� of the 38-year-old attorney � Harvard Law School '92; clerkships with U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and the late Lewis F. Powell Jr.; litigation work at Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C.; assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District. What about that yawning three-year gap in his legal career?
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September 07, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Recovering Internal Investigation Costs From Federal Criminal Defendants

Steptoe & Johnson partner Evan T. Barr discusses how appellate courts around the country had been adopting the view that costs of an internal investigation could fairly be included in restitution orders, but a recent D.C. Circuit decision has created the possibility of a deepening circuit split which may necessitate resolution by the Supreme Court.
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November 16, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Federal Insurance Co., plaintiff-respondent v. North American Specialty Insurance Co., defendants-appellants

Legal Malpractice, Subrogation Rulings Overturned In Action Over Settlement of �Scaffold Law� Injury
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July 13, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Hassig v. FitzRandolph

Activists Cannot Sustain Defamation Action Against Legislator Who Told Reporter They Lack Credibility
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