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Parnes v. Parnes, 509617
Publication Date: 2011-01-14 Practice Area: Legal Profession
Industry: Court: Appellate Division, Third Department Judge: Before: Mercure, J.P., Malone Jr., Stein and McCarthy, JJ. Case number: 509617
Cite as: Parnes v. Parnes, 509617, NYLJ 1202477948716, at *1 (App. Div. 3rd, Decided January 13, 2011)Before: Mercure, J.P., Malone Jr., Stein and McCarthy, JJ.
Victims of Terrorists in Egypt May Sue in N.Y.
The families of American victims of a hotel shooting in Egypt in 1993 may press their personal injury and wrongful death claims in New York, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Finding a lower court gave too little weight to the emotional toll the families would suffer if forced to sue in Egypt, the court reinstated a case that had been dismissed for forum non conveniens.
Revised I-9 Form Must Be Used for New Hires
Having an I-9 Compliance Policy in place to guide HR personnel in how to properly complete and retain the I-9 forms, review acceptable documentation and conduct reverification when necessary will go a long way toward avoiding needless penalties and help employers stay within the letter of the law.
Safe Harbor Suit Proceeds Against Hotel Over Reveler's Mishap
A New Year's Eve reveler who got booted out of the Marriott Marquis in New York's Times Square and then drove his car into a tree can sustain a federal lawsuit against the hotel under a common law precept that innkeepers have a duty to provide safe harbor for their guests, a federal judge has held. Judge Lawrence E. Kahn held that the hotel was arguably negligent for kicking Jeffrey Dagen out of the hotel when it knew he had been drinking and was unlikely to find other lodging.
Second Circuit Blocks Investors' Suit Against Mel Weiss and Co-Counsel in Computer Associates Class Action
Publication Date: 2012-10-10 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Case number:
The billionaire Sam Wyly and his lawyers at Bickel & Brewer have long campaigned against a $143 million class settlement that Computer Associates International reached with its shareholders in 2003, in the wake of a massive accounting scandal. Their primary targets have been the plaintiffs lawyers that secured the deal, including the infamous Melvyn Weiss, formerly of the firm now known as Milberg. But Wyly's claims that the plaintiffs firms bungled the case keep missing their mark.
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