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August 14, 2013 | Law.com

Debt Collecting Firm Is Found Liable for 'Benign' Error

A law firm that "blindly" relied on a client's records and mistakenly went after an 82-year-old tenant is liable for Fair Debt Collection Practices Act damages even though the firm backed off immediately after learning of the error, a Southern District judge has held.
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May 31, 2007 | National Law Journal

Lawyer's 'Super-Size' Gaffe Costs Him Client and Possibly Right to Practice Before Fla. Court

Saying a bankruptcy judge was "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal" may cost an out-of-state lawyer the ability to practice in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. The comment already has cost Chicago-based McDermott Will & Emery partner William P. Smith his client -- Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute. Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Myerson Isicoff also slapped the hospital with a restraining order at the hearing where Smith made his fast-food quip.
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June 21, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 09-21

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April 13, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Flagler Station sells for $340 million

Flagler Station has been sold for $340 million to Boston-based AEW Capital Management, according to sources familiar with the transaction.
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March 28, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

Law Students Spend Spring Break on Human Rights, Other Service Projects

Earlier this month, Fordham Law student Aminta Kilawan packed her bags and headed to the Dominican Republic for spring break. But rather than lounging on the beach for a week, she co-led six other students on a service project to examine human rights issues experienced by Dominicans of Haitian descent.
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January 14, 2004 | Law.com

Law School Probed on Reverse Discrimination Claims

Seton Hall University School of Law is the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for allegedly discriminating against white law students. The department's Office for Civil Rights, acting on a complaint from an unidentified party unharmed by the alleged discrimination, is looking at two Seton Hall programs: a minority mentoring effort called "Partners in Excellence" and a minority job fair aimed at increasing law firm diversity.
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June 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Suing Isn't Best

Taking potential customers to court can be the road to ruin, writes Rick LeVine, Accenture's lead consultant on digital rights management.
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August 30, 2005 | Law.com

County Tightens Belt, Fires Firm

At $360 an hour, hiring Fish & Richardson can be an expensive gamble. But will a new defense be able to successfully pick up a federal lawsuit?
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December 04, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

It Might Not Be Hearsay!

Law Journal article passed over the definition of hearsay a little too abruptly.
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June 02, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

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