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New York Law Journal

Split Panel Allows Added Contingency for Appeal

Adding a 10 percent contingency fee for appellate work on top of the allowable maximum of one-third of damages awarded in personal injury trials is permissible, a split First Department panel ruled Tuesday.
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New York Law Journal

Retrial Ordered Due to 'Suggestiveness' of ID Process

The Second Department panel said failing to keep the original photo arrays viewed by two complainants by itself did not mandate suppression of identification testimony, but that failure gave rise to a "presumption of suggestiveness," and a detective's "inconsistent" testimony was not detailed enough to demonstrate the procedure's fairness.
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New York Law Journal

Rules Limiting Depositions Take Hold in Commercial Part

The days of never-ending depositions in Commercial Division cases are drawing to an end.
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Daily Business Review

Jury Deliberating in Broward Judge Cynthia Imperato's Drunken-Driving Trial

The jury in the drunken-driving trial of Broward Circuit Judge Cynthia Imperato is set to resume deliberations Friday. Jurors didn't reach a decision after four hours of deliberation Thursday night.
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New York Law Journal

Faulting Evidence, Circuit Rejects Insider Trading Verdict

The convictions of former hedge fund portfolio managers Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson have been reversed by the the Second Circuit, which said prosecutors failed to produce sufficient evidence to show that they had willfully engaged in either insider trading or an insider trading conspiracy or knew the sources of the insider information received a personal benefit.
6 minute read

Law.com

Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL)

If you have used email at all in your life, a constant burden that you'd have to deal with over the years is spam. 'Spam' are those advertising messages that come into your inbox from marketers. They are sometimes relevant but on the whole they are more of an annoyance to your daily schedule. To slow down, Canada passed an Anti-Spam Law that took effect on July 1.
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Law.com

Bankruptcy Not an Escape From Federal Healthcare Privacy Watchdogs

Patient privacy and medical data protection are hot-button issues in the healthcare industry. Though the Bankruptcy Code contains provisions that address privacy protection for individuals, the Bankruptcy Code does not contain an operative provision detailing a process for the protection of healthcare data. Lack of such a provision, however, has not precluded the federal government from independently stepping in to protect patient data.
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National Law Journal

Plaintiffs' Hot List

The firms on this year's list landed groundbreaking verdicts, negotiated big settlements and, in many cases, paved the way for the resolution of other disputes.
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