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February 02, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Cuomo Urges Judiciary to Reduce Spending

Governor Cuomo criticized the state's Judiciary yesterday for "not participating" in his efforts to close a $10 billion gap. "I respectfully ask the Judicial Branch to reduce its spending while continuing to serve those who seek justice," Mr. Cuomo said, noting that he had asked executive branch agencies under his control to trim spending by an average of 10 percent.
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September 07, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Port Authority Must Make PATH Station In Jersey City Handicapped-Accessible

A federal judge has ordered the Port Authority to make the Grove Street PATH station in Jersey City handicapped-accessible, rejecting contentions that the accommodations are impracticable.
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February 21, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Circuit Rules Ponzi Promises Properly Considered for Sentence

The unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the 20 years Mr. Hsu received for bilking investors out of $20 million or more from 2000 to 2007 and the term of 4 1/3 years he is serving for violating federal campaign finance laws.
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February 15, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

Polygraph Examiner Went Too Far in Giving Opinion on Defendant's Guilt

Polygraph examiners may not offer an opinion on the test subject's guilt or innocence, a state appeals court rules.
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March 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Defeating Daubert Challenges: Tips for Getting Expert Evidence to a Jury

It has been 17 years since the U.S. Supreme Court set the federal evidentiary standard for scientific evidence in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical case where the issue was the causal nexus between the injury and the drug. The decision was an effort to separate mere speculation from reliable science.
7 minute read
March 18, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Dramatic Legal Changes in U.S. Capital Markets Over the Last Decade

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson partners Stuart H. Gelfond and Andrew B. Barkan write: Beginning with Sept. 11 and ending in the aftermath of a severe financial crisis, the past decade was marked by tragedy, crisis and fraud. But all the while, it was also the decade during which the Internet exploded, dramatically changing the way we communicate. In reaction to these events and changing times, the government responded with numerous new rules and regulations forever changing the landscape of the securities laws and the way capital is raised.
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July 03, 2013 | The Recorder

Litigators Getting in Step With S.F.'s New Complex Judge

Replacing a popular long-serving judge, Curtis Karnow has done things a little differently.
7 minute read
June 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Monsanto Does Not Change Rules of Patent Exhaustion

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bowman v. Monsanto, No. 11-796,was limited to the specific facts and was tailored to avoid the issue of post-sale exhaustion. The classic view of post-sale exhaustion holds that a patentee loses the right to control the disposition of a patented item once the patentee has gained the benefit of the patented invention through a sale.
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July 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Proposed Amendments To the No-Fault Law, Take 2

In their Insurance Law column, Norman H. Dachs and Jonathan A. Dachs, partners at Shayne, Dachs, Corker, Sauer & Dachs, review revisisions ot six substantive sections, which are wide-ranging and varied, covering amendments to several different sections of the Insurance Law, and aimed predominantly, albeit not exclusively, at combating fraud associated with the no-fault system.
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May 22, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Milberg Weiss, Two Name Partners Indicted in Kickback Claim

How, class action lawyers wondered for decades, did the firm now known as Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman consistently beat its competitors in the race to find lead plaintiffs in securities suits?
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