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March 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

Legal cash-advance businesses form group

The legal finance industry, which advances cash to plaintiffs waiting for their lawsuits to be resolved, has launched its first national trade association in an attempt to raise standards and improve its image.
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April 30, 2008 | National Law Journal

Port Authority ruled liable for 1993 World Trade Center bombing

An appellate court Tuesday upheld a jury's finding that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was more than two-thirds responsible for the 1993 terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center that killed six and injured more than 1,000 people. The Port Authority's failure to implement adequate security measures in the face of repeated warnings that the structure's underground parking garage was vulnerable to an "event of potentially catastrophic magnitude" amounted to negligence, the court held.
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February 03, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Labor Law Section 240(1) and the Problem With Permanence

In his Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot, a partner at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, writes that there is no doubt that the collapse of a platform on which a worker was standing can constitute an elevation-related hazard within the scope of Labor Law �240(1). Yet, if the platform that collapsed was a permanent floor, stairway, fire escape or other structure, that circumstance raises an issue that has engendered a great deal of confusion and contention.
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May 31, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Personal Injury Lawyer To Lead Nassau Bar

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April 03, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Nassau Judge Withdraws Sanctions

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September 02, 2010 | New York Law Journal

9/11 Plaintiffs' Lawyers Make Deal Over Cost Sharing

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January 31, 2012 | New York Law Journal

State Bar Honors Many During Annual Meeting

A list of the awards presented or announced by the New York State Bar Association during the group's annual meeting.
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October 12, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Vioxx Litigation

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July 17, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Trenchant Divisions Regarding Trenches

In his Construction Accident Litigation column, Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo partner Brian J. Shoot writes that until the Court of Appeals' decision last year in 'Salazar v. Novalex Contracting,' whether a construction worker's fall into a trench came within the ambit of Labor Law §240(1) depended on in which department of the Appellate Division one happened to be. Now, in the wake of the Court of Appeals' ruling as to the fell-into-a-trench accident in Salazar, the answer is…almost precisely the same.
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November 10, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Deadline Extended for WTC Plaintiffs to Take Settlement

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