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New York Law Journal

Court Hears Call to Bolster Access-to-Justice Lawyer Fees

A government agency's attempt to reduce the shelter allowance of a disabled woman has prompted the state Court of Appeals to take up what advocates for low-income New Yorkers say is an important access-to-justice issue for individuals before state government.
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New York Law Journal

Terrorism Suspect Challenges the Use of Warrantless Surveillance

After taking back his plea that he had aided terrorists by emailing and sending money to an alleged Pakistani extremist, Agron Hasbajrami insists any evidence collected through previously undisclosed warrantless monitoring must be suppressed in a closely watched case.
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New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Verizon's Settlement of Shareholders' Lawsuit

In a highly critical opinion, Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer said the case was an example of the rising tide of litigation that comes with every public acquisition in which a settlement benefits the class counsel financially and helps the defense by ending the litigation but enables "an unwarranted divestiture of shareholder rights."
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New York Law Journal

Criticism of Doctor Was Protected Speech, Judge Finds

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a doctor against three New York attorneys who wrote about another judge's scathing remarks against him, finding their statements were privileged or protected opinions.
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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.
3 minute read

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.
3 minute read

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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