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May 21, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Matrimonial Litigation and Legal Malpractice

Andrew Lavoott Bluestone, a Manhattan attorney specializing in legal malpractice litigation, writes that given the significance of the money division between the spouses which may comprise their entire net worth, the extreme emotional nature of the proceedings, and stringent statutory structures for the attorney-client relationship, matrimonial judgments are frequently the subject of legal malpractice scrutiny.
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June 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Standardizing Jury Selection In Civil Cases Left to Courts

A tentative agreement was reached last night to allow the administrative board of the state court system to promulgate standardized jury selection rules for civil trials throughout New York state. The agreement between the Office of Court Administration and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association was subject to a few final details, Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau and Jeff S. Korek, president of the trial lawyers group, confirmed.
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May 29, 2002 | New York Law Journal

How to Handle All Those Free Lunches

IT MAY BE TRUE that this summer is more serious than past ones, and that work quality and getting to know your firm has taken on greater importance. However, being a summer associate is also about socializing, and lunch. And anybody who says that there`s no such thing as a free lunch has never been a summer associate.
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December 14, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Marshall Urges Panel to Upset Conviction Related to Astor Will

An attorney for Anthony Marshall, the son of legendary socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor, yesterday urged a state appeals panel to overturn what he insisted was an unfair conviction for looting millions of dollars from his mother's estate when she was mentally impaired and to spare his client a fatal prison term.
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June 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Daily Routines of Smaller Firms Still Bedeviled by Storm

Many lawyers who have had to scramble to find alternate office space after Hurricane Sandy admit to meeting clients in homes or coffee shops, and several firms say they are still grappling with insurers over business interruption coverage.
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September 01, 2004 | New York Law Journal

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July 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

I Love New York for Seizing Assets

In their International Litigation feature, Baker & McKenzie members Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky discuss four decisions that demonstrate the fine jurisdictional lines when it comes to attachments and judgment enforcement and how the New York courts can aid efforts of asset seizure.
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March 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Antitrust

Elai Katz, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, reviews developments of interest, including the DOJ's enforcement action against a New York City electricity supplier for entering into a financial derivative contract alleged to have the effect of acquiring its principal rival's electricity generation capacity, a determination that the combination of the second and third largest Internet search engines could create a viable competitive alternative to the leading search engine and was not likely to reduce competition, and more.
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August 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Career Coach

Gail E. Cutter, the senior managing director of SJL Attorney Search, writes that your associate position offers an unparalleled chance to learn your craft and to develop your professional identity. You have invested significant time, effort and sacrifice to build good will at your current firm, but missteps are inevitable for all beginners. If you've gotten a bad rap at your firm, trust that your professional reputation is not set in stone.
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November 08, 2006 | New York Law Journal

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