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Liability Widens for Fetal Death Caused by Doctors
Overturning a 19-year-old precedent, the New York Court of Appeals held Thursday that a woman may recover damages for emotional distress for medical malpractice that causes a miscarriage or stillbirth, even if she personally suffers no physical injury. The ruling exposes physicians -- already infuriated over what they characterize as an out-of-control tort system -- to a new threat of litigation.Bar Now Has Two Contested Races on Its Hands — for Secretary, Trustee
In an unusual situation, two contenders have successfully petitioned for ballot slots against candidates handpicked by the New Jersey State Bar Association's nominating committee.Suit Seeks Special Election, Insisting McGreevey Has Effectively Resigned
A suit by lawyers for the Green Party charges that Gov. James McGreevey's postponed resignation - which will effectively make the Senate president the acting governor until 2006 - deprives New Jersey voters of their constitutional right to determine who will be their governor.Easing the Burden on IRA Estate Taxes
A DECEDENT`S Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is subject to both estate tax and income tax when distributions are paid to his estate or to the beneficiaries of his IRA. A special income tax deduction under Internal Revenue Code 1 (IRC) �691(c) is available when the IRA death benefits are subject to both taxes.Thorp Reed in Merger Talks With Detroit Firm Clark Hill, Sources Say
Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed & Armstrong is in merger talks with Detroit-based Clark Hill, according to several sources across the Pennsylvania legal community.9th Circuit Sustains Restrictions on Legal Aid Organizations
A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 on Monday that rules that bar legal aid organizations financed by the Legal Services Corp. from participating in class actions and collecting attorney fees do not violate their First Amendment rights. In a dissent, Judge Harry Pregerson wrote that the LSC restrictions were unreasonable because they distorted a lawyer's ability to take cases in line with the LSC's mission.Cite as: Solomon v. Nassau County, 08-CV-703, NYLJ 1202477854738, at *1 (EDNY, Decided January 7, 2011)District Judge Arthur D. SpattDeci
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