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October 04, 2007 | Law.com

Record Companies Win Music Sharing Trial

The recording industry won a key fight on Oct. 4 against illegal music downloading when a federal jury found a Minnesota woman shared copyrighted music online and levied $222,000 in damages against her. The jury ordered Jammie Thomas to pay the six record companies that sued her $9,250 for each of 24 songs that the companies focused on in the case. The jury found that Thomas's infringement was "willful," which meant that it could have imposed much higher damages of $150,000 per violation.
4 minute read
October 07, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, analyes recent rulings, including a school district's failed bid to pierce the Corporate Veil of a developer and another where the buyer of a property was entitled to the return of his down payment based on the seller's failure to complete construction in a timely fashion.
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February 03, 2010 | Law.com

Trustee, Madoff Investors Spar Over Payout Calculation

The attorney for the trustee recovering Bernard Madoff's assets argued before a packed courtroom Tuesday that "no one in their right mind" would use financial statements concocted by Madoff as a basis for distributing the funds. David Sheehan urged the judge to accept trustee Irving Picard's approach, under which investors who withdrew less cash from their accounts than they deposited would share in what Picard recovers, now about $1.5 billion, while investors who withdrew funds exceeding what they invested would get nothing.
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March 10, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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July 17, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Upholds Summary Judgment For Hospital

The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Emory-Adventist Inc., d/b/a Emory-Adventist Hospital ("EAH"), in Laura Hunter's medical malpractice suit alleging that an emergency room physician failed to properly treat Hunter's husband for his heart condition, resulting in his death, holding that EAH did not employ the physician and it was protected from vicarious liability because it fully complied with Georgia law in posting a notice in a public area of the hospital regarding the independent contractor status of all or some of the physicians performing services.
19 minute read
July 11, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Ex-Sidley Partner Admits Faking Bills, But Not For Gain

A former Sidley Austin partner now with DLA Piper has admitted to submitting $120,000 in improper expenses while with his former firm, but claims he didn't do so to benefit himself.
6 minute read
March 31, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Delray duo wins $2.25 million verdict for children of widow killed in wreck

Attorneys Matthew D. Levy and Kenneth N. Metnick persuaded a jury that a 70-year-old widow was killed by a rear-end collision on I-95 caused by a 17-year-old driver.
3 minute read
January 11, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Divorce firm Warner Mayoue breaks up after 30 years

One of Atlanta's most established divorce firms, Warner, Mayoue, Bates McGough, has split in two. Name partner John C. Mayoue left the firm on Jan. 1 to establish Mayoue Gray Eittreim, taking seven attorneys with him. That leaves Warner, Bates McGough with nine lawyers. Mayoue and C. Wilbur Warner Jr., who started their firm 30 years ago, said the break-up was amicable.
7 minute read
May 05, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, analyzes recent rulings, including a case where a landlord's withdrawal of an action barred the tenant from being awarded attorney's fees.
10 minute read
June 21, 2013 | New York Law Journal

DLA Pro Bono Team Teaches Legal Skills to Tanzanian Law Students

When New York-based DLA Piper corporate partner Jack Kantrowitz taught joint ventures negotiation tactics to a class of law students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania earlier this month, he found that his new students had a lot to learn.
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