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High Court Battle Over Public Monuments
The Supreme Court last week seemed likely to give its blessing to a Utah town that rejected a small religious sect's request to install a monument on public park land, even though the town accepted a Ten Commandments display in the same park 32 years earlier.New York to Investigate Workers' Compensation Payments at AIG
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Tuesday said he will audit American International Group Inc. over reports that it improperly booked workers' compensation premiums, providing an "unlawful benefit" to the company worth tens of millions of dollars. Spitzer said a 1992 AIG memorandum to top management reported the practice was illegal, a notice that followed similar warnings in previous years.Rulings Address Defamation On Interactive Sites, in E-Mail
Mark A. Berman, a partner at commercial litigation firm Ganfer & Shore, writes that attorneys should know that the creation and/or use of "interactive" Web sites may cause a site operator or a blogger to be subject to jurisdiction in New York. Individuals using social networking and interactive sites also should be mindful, he cautions, that, depending on the alleged wrongful conduct, courts may not permit their identity to remain anonymous.Chrysler, Ford, GM, Nissan see double-digit sales increases
April was the most successful month for car and truck sales in the U.S. in six years.Judge Dismisses At-Will Employees' Privacy, Defamation Claims
Two custodial workers who sued their former employer as well as their employer's clients for wrongful discharge, defamation and other causes of action are appealing the dismissal of their complaint.View more book results for the query "*"
Bill Davis Helped Shape Tort Law - And Practiced It With A Passion
Tort law was different when William Davis began practicing in the 1950s. Davis, whose small firm of RisCassi & Davis routinely wins some of the largest jury verdicts in the state, can well remember the days when a million-dollar verdict was unheard of. Trial lawyers were sometimes reviled as ambulance chasers, and their clients often faced tough odds in court.Bear Stearns' Demise Leaves One Less Client
The bargain-basement sale of Bear Stearns Cos. to JPMorgan Chase & Co. brought out some of the biggest names in the legal profession. But whatever fees the firms involved in the sale collect and whether more will be generated by potential shareholder litigation, the corporate bar at large is mourning the passing of a major investment banking client that only recently generated rich billings.Schneiderman Sues JPMorgan, Alleges Fraud Over Bear Stearns Securities
The New York attorney general's office has hit JPMorgan Chase with a lawsuit, alleging Bear Stearns perpetrated massive fraud in sales of mortgage-backed securities prior to its 2008 collapse and sale to the New York bank.Get the Answers Needed by Drafting Great Discovery
Discovery is the foundation of every case, so a lot of thought and preparation should go into it. New lawyers usually draft the major part of written discovery, and the most common error when formulating discovery is bad drafting. Overbroad requests, unclear wording or outright mistakes do not result in the desired answers. So, before sitting down to draft a request for production or interrogatories or a request to admit, Hunton & Williams partner Dionne Carney Rainey advises you consider some guidelines.N.Y. Court Reverses Homicide Conviction In Drug Overdose
An upstate New York appeals panel has thrown out the negligent homicide conviction of a man who, after a woman overdosed on heroin and passed out in his car, dropped her off on the lawn of a trailer park.Trending Stories
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