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January 22, 2002 | The Recorder

MP3.com Sues Cooley Over Advice

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August 15, 2011 | National Law Journal

MOVERS

Peter Fitzpatrick joins K&L Gates as partner in the New York office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
4 minute read
April 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Revealing Your Client's 'Guilt' When He Sues You

In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan's Joel Cohen, writes: You litigated your heart out for a client whom you relentlessly claimed to be innocent. But despite your Herculean efforts, the jury simply didn't buy the alibi so poignantly delivered at trial by his girlfriend. After two years in prison, for a variety of reasons largely arising from incorrect rulings by the trial judge, the client gains a reversal, and then decides to sue you for legal malpractice.
16 minute read
March 24, 2003 | National Law Journal

Don't Let Your E-mail 'Papering' Hurt Your Client

In an age of increased court-ordered surveillance — prosecutors may now surveil e-mail accounts — a lawyer's "papering" of his legal advice may come home to harm a client.
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February 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

No gatekeeper of justice

The rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players has exposed to a national audience an unbridled abuse of prosecutorial power. From the outset, the Durham County, N.C., district attorney, Michael B. Nifong, violated so many legal and ethical rules that the case has become a national scandal.
5 minute read
October 12, 2010 | New York Law Journal

When Defendants Are Threatened to Plead Guilty

In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, writes that in a justice system so reliant on guilty pleas, a defendant facing a potential plea is often moved to action by the implied or explicit consequences of hanging tough when the moment of decision is at hand. Sometimes, the communication emanating from the prosecutor or judge is not at all subtle.
13 minute read
March 03, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Richard Siegler, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and an adjunct professor at New York Law School, and Eva Talel, a partner at Stroock and an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School, write that boards and managers must address legitimate complaints of occupants who wish to be free of the odor and adverse health impacts of secondhand smoke.
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November 07, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Alienation and Alteration of Common Elements

In their Cooperatives and Condominiums column, Richard Siegler, of counsel to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, and Eva Talel, a partner at the firm, write that, absent a bylaw provision that addresses exclusive use, the most effective way for a condominium board to allow a unit owner exclusive use of a portion of the common elements is to grant a revocable license for the subject space.
13 minute read
June 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

When the Client's Approach Is Deadly

In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, asks: Is it more zealous to resist the client's wishes or to simply abide by them when, in the attorney's professional view, the client is fully competent to understand the consequences of his decision, even though he prefers what clearly appears to be a far less favorable outcome?
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September 01, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Richard Siegler, a partner in the firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and an adjunct professor at New York Law School, and Eva Talel, also a partner at the firm, write that when dealing with the purchase of another unit by an existing shareholder, it can be difficult to strike a legally sound balance. Boards must carefully consider the economic and habitation issues raised and act in the best interests of the co-op as a whole.
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