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July 05, 2013 |

Bid Challenging Quick Passage of New Gun Laws Is Rebuffed

The Third Department gave wide deference to the governor after an activist claimed Cuomo essentially precluded debate by sending the Legislature a sham "message of necessity" to permit an immediate vote.
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August 24, 2012 |

Ford attorney says bystander's asbestos claims a first

Ford Motor Co. attorney James Yukevich offers his overview of a defense verdict in an asbestos case brought by a former service station worker's girlfriend.
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June 29, 2006 |

Supreme Court Upholds Most of Texas Redistricting Map

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld most of the controversial Texas Republican redistricting plan spearheaded by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. The ruling could encourage other states whose legislatures are dominated by one party to break from the tradition of redistricting only after the census every decade. The Court was splintered on the case, with six justices writing separately, and appeared no closer to deciding when a politically motivated redistricting plan crosses a constitutional line.
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September 09, 2008 |

Breach Cases Could Cost U.S. Govt. Billions

The federal government recently suffered two potentially multibillion-dollar blows in long-running breach-of-contract litigation involving oil leases and spent nuclear fuel, and it now faces a third area of possible liability for broken Medicare contracts.
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April 25, 2003 |

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April 26, 2013 |

NY court: Artist Richard Prince fairly used photos

NEW YORK (AP) - Painter and photographer Richard Prince, whose works have sold for millions of dollars, did not violate copyrights with most of the paintings and collages he based on a photographer's published works, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a case closely watched within the art community.
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November 28, 2011 |

New York Same-Sex Marriage and Employee Benefits

Seyfarth Shaw partners Richard Schwartz and Fredric Singerman and associate Lauren Worsek write that while the language of the New York State Marriage Equality Act is straightforward, its impact on employee benefits is made surprisingly complicated by conflicting federal laws, including DOMA, ERISA, and the Internal Revenue Code.
9 minute read
August 16, 2010 |

Discipline Report: Lawyer Resigns, Two Others on Probation

A Mansfield lawyer resigned in lieu of discipline, and two other lawyers were placed on probation, the State Bar of Texas announced recently. One of the lawyers was placed on probation for 48 months and was ordered to pay $10,644.91 in restitution and $1,500 in attorney's fees and direct expenses to the Bar. The other lawyer was placed on probation for one year and was ordered to pay $1,450 in restitution. In both cases, the Bar cited rules requiring lawyers to keep clients informed about their cases and not to neglect legal matters.
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