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May 18, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Improper Solicitation, Post-Release Supervision, Stabilized Rent Increases

In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partners Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry discuss: a decision arising out of the sale of a business in which the Court of Appeals provided some guidance on what constitutes improper solicitation by the seller of its former clients; a decision resolving six cases in which the sentencing court failed to impose post-release supervision during the initial sentencing hearing; and the Court's take on whether the New York City Rent Guidelines Board has the authority to promulgate orders allowing different rent increases for apartments based upon whether there had been a recent vacancy.
13 minute read
June 08, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Gifts: Validity, Enforceability, Fodder for Litigation

In her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, a partner at Farrell Fritz, addresses decisions respecting inter vivos gift transactions, providing the practitioner with useful instruction as to their enforceability.
14 minute read
February 20, 2009 | The Recorder

Law School Group Sued Over Blind Access

After a brief attempt at pre-litigation negotiations, Disability Rights Advocates sues in a California court, claiming Law School Admission Council's Web site and LSAT prep materials aren't accessible enough.
4 minute read
November 17, 2008 | The American Lawyer

A deep lateral market's new rules

A slow economy has at least one upside for law firms: The pool of potential lateral partners has deepened. Recruiters and law firm leaders say the recent dissolution of several prominent law firms has flooded the lateral market with good attorneys in need of employment, and uncertain financial futures at a number of firms have prodded some well-established attorneys to consider their options elsewhere. With talent available at bargain prices, some firms are taking advantage of the down economy to bolster their partner ranks.
8 minute read
May 30, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Commentary: The 10 Attorney Types in Joint Defense Groups

While other types of litigation can give rise to joint defense groups, they are particularly prevalent in patent litigation, write Robert P. Latham and John M. Jackson. Joint defense groups form in most patent infringement suits due to the cost of patent litigation, the fact that there are usually multiple defendants, and the common interests those defendants have in the litigation even if they are competitors in the marketplace.
5 minute read
January 26, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Refining 'Miranda': Determining Two-Stage Interrogations

In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp, members of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, review a decision handed down in December, United States v. Capers, which clarifies fundamental Second Circuit and Supreme Court precedent, providing critical guidance to district courts that apply Miranda, and has likely placed the circuit at the center of future Miranda legal discourse.
15 minute read
September 24, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Law Firm Partnership Law

Arthur J. Ciampi, the managing member of Ciampi LLC, presents a limited review of a new set of ethics rules for lawyers in New York adpoted in April, focusing in particular on how the new rules impact the conflict of interest rules pertaining to lateral transactions of law firm partners.
10 minute read
August 03, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Time To Fill Federal Judgeships

The existence of 76 open judgeships nationwide erodes the delivery of justice. The president must expeditiously nominate, and senators must swiftly approve, candidates before the presidential election additionally slows the process.
4 minute read
August 23, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Newcomer Dead at 82

Senior U.S. District Judge Clarence C. Newcomer, a gentlemanly judge from Lancaster County with a �rocket docket� who was known affectionately by lawyers and court workers as �the Newk� during his 33 years on the federal bench, died yesterday at his home in Stone Harbor, N.J., after a battle with melanoma. He was 82.
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April 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Jurors Get to Ask Witnesses Questions In Patent Trial

For the first time in an Eastern District of Texas courtroom, jurors in a patent trial recently got to ask questions of witnesses.
4 minute read

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