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May 20, 2009 |

New York Court of Appeals Roundup

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, write that juries were the subject of two of the cases that they discuss this month. In the first, the Court of Appeals held that the trial court's refusal to poll a civil jury upon request is never harmless, and in the other, the Court reversed a conviction due to the imbalanced nature of the improvised deadlock charge given by a trial judge whose similar instruction in another case also resulted in reversal of a conviction.
9 minute read
December 22, 2004 |

Big Plot Twist in 'Sopranos' Lawsuit

Water-cooler gossip among lawyers these days just might be all about The Sopranos." But not the TV show -- the litigation. In a big plot twist, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a court battle against the creator of the hit HBO series. The ruling essentially allows a New Jersey judge to pursue just compensation for the value of his claimed contribution to the original screenplay, premise and plots.
6 minute read
July 13, 2010 |

In the Matter of Snellbaker

The Division of Pensions and Benefits used an incorrect legal analysis under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-1(26) in determining that the petitioner's retroactive salary increases were not creditable for pension purposes.
5 minute read
April 27, 2010 |

Hall v. Raech, Carboni, and City of Coatesville, PICS Case No. 10-0009 (E.D. Pa. January 8, 2010) Yohn, Jr., J. (35 pages)

Plaintiff sought damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. �1983 and state law. All three defendants filed a joint motion for summary judgment. The court granted in part and denied in part.
4 minute read
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October 14, 2009 |

Lawyer's ADEA Claim Found Outweighed By Anguish He Caused His Firm

A federal appeals court has bounced an age-bias suit by a lawyer whose firm axed him after a tortuous year-and-a half stint, finding there were ample non-discriminatory reasons for firing him.
5 minute read
July 26, 2007 |

Commercial Insurance Company of Newark v. Steiger

Judicial estoppel does not apply where the party asserting a contrary position in a second action did not convince the court to accept its position in the first action.
4 minute read
October 01, 2012 |

E-Discovery

In this Special Report from the New York Law Journal, brought to you free by Recommind: "Proactively Navigate Cross-Border E-Discovery and Data Privacy," "Computers vs. Humans? Putting the TREC 2009 Study in Perspective," "Second Circuit Rejects Bright-Line Test for Failure to Issue Hold Notice" and "Every Good Document Review Starts With Human Expertise."
2 minute read
September 05, 2007 |

Law Clerk Cost-Cutting Has Judges Up in Arms

A confidential salary cost-containment report currently making the rounds among federal judges would limit judges to a single career law clerk, curtail clerk vacation pay and cap career clerk salaries.
4 minute read
May 02, 2012 |

People in the News

The Inglis Board of Directors announced the winners of the 2012 Inglis Awards for Continuing Excellence.
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