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August 24, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Taxation

In order to not risk the validity of its liens, the federal government bears the responsibility of ensuring they are correctly indexed in local court offices, an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge has ruled.
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November 19, 2007 | Law.com

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January 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Moving Forward: Modernizing and Consolidating N.Y. Trust Law

Joseph T. La Ferlita, counsel at Farrell Fritz, writes: Practitioners think that New York trust law, which traditionally has been among the most developed and respected in the nation, now all too often frustrates a settlor's intent, often forcing the trustee and beneficiaries to deal with problems, or incur expenses, that otherwise could have been avoided. Fortunately, New York now finds itself in the midst of a once-in-a-generation opportunity to systematically review, modernize, and consolidate its trust law.
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April 02, 1999 | Law.com

Civil Suits Over Bosnia Languish

During the Bosnian War in the early 1990s, the rape and torture of Muslim women by Serb soldiers led to a pair of novel civil suits seeking justice for the victims in the U.S. court system. Both suits are pending in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Each rests on a 200-year-old law known as the Alien Tort Statute, which has enabled victims of genocide and torture to sue individual defendants for damages in U.S. courts.
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July 01, 1999 | Law.com

The Case for Going Public

Most lawyers instinctively feel that law firms shouldn't go public. But why not? Putting aside for a moment the professional rules that appear to prevent this (and these rules could be changed), it's time to think hard about this option. There's a compelling argument that a public law firm not only makes sense, but is necessary to keep the profession alive.
12 minute read
July 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?…Is There an Antitrust Guideline for That?

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partners Neal R. Stoll and Shepard Goldfein write: This month we planned to discuss the recently-issued Policy Guide to Merger Remedies, which discusses the DOJ's rationale for devising, implementing and enforcing various provisions used to remedy allegedly anticompetitive horizontal and vertical mergers. And then along came the announcement of the "Chicken Consent."
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May 26, 2000 | Law.com

Amgen Trial Draws a Crowd

There's a lot of extra lawyers in the Boston courtroom where Amgen and Transkaryotic Therapies are in a patent fight over erythropoietin, a drug that stimulates the production of red blood cells. The stakes are huge: Estimated 1999 worldwide sales hit $4 billion. Unrelated parties -- from institutional investors to biotech firms -- are sending legal minions to see how the case might affect their own fortunes.
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August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Pro Bono: Just Do It

Ten do-good role models for Second Hundred firms.
5 minute read
May 16, 2011 | National Law Journal

Circuit Split Watch: Lost in translation

A circuit split is developing over how to interpret the word "interpreter" and what that means for a litigant trying to recoup court costs. The most recent case in the split, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, could reach the U.S. Supreme Court as a petition for certiorari soon.
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October 17, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Summer Associates Survey 2011: A Season In the Sun

After two years of economic anxiety, summer associates rediscover their optimism.
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