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September 10, 2002 |

Paralegals Are Team Members

At some point during the first few months at your firm, a senior attorney will tell you to "ask the legal assistant." Legal assistants, or paralegals, are trained professionals who do work of a legal nature under attorney supervision -- and who, at this point, may know more about your job than you do. It's to your advantage to see them as valued team members: know who they are, what they do, and how you can work together.
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October 01, 2009 |

National Rankings: Season of Uncertainty

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May 16, 2002 |

Bar Drafts Loan Forgiveness Propsal

BY THE end of the month, members of the New York State Bar Association Executive Committee will have in their hands a draft proposal that would offer law school debt relief to young attorneys in return for devoting at least part of their careers to government or public interest law.
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February 02, 2000 |

Judge Bags Clorox TV Ads

The Clorox Company, maker of Glad Bags, went too far when it ran television ads showing a competitor's Slide-Loc food storage bags couldn't be trusted to hold water. A federal judge in New York ruled the ads exaggerated the leakage rate of the Slide-Loc bag and issued an order blocking the ads. In the ads, a Slide-Loc bag filled with water and a goldfish is turned upside down, putting the goldfish in jeopardy as the water quickly leaks out.
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September 28, 2006 |

2nd Circuit Rejects Malpractice Suit Against Plaintiffs Firms

The 2nd Circuit has ruled that two prominent plaintiffs firms aren't liable to former clients for failing to sue Arthur Andersen in a securities fraud suit stemming from the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. Counsel for Kirby, McInerney & Squire and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman noted the irony of class action firms being sued in a class action. "They're usually accused of suing every deep pocket in sight," Bertrand Sellier said. "Here they're exercising restraint and they get sued for it."
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Romano v. Ficchi, 376/09
Publication Date: 2009-06-17
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Court: Supreme Court, Kings County
Judge: Francois Rivera
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Justice Francois A. Rivera KINGS COUNTY Supreme Court Counsel: For Plaintiff: Munzer & Saunders, LLP For Defendant:

Morrison and Racketeering: With Federal Courts Bouncing RICO Claims by Foreign Plaintiffs, Is State Court an Alternative?
Publication Date: 2011-03-09
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As Norex, the first plaintiff whose RICO case was dismissed on Morrison grounds, refashions its lurid allegations as a New York state case, a Brooklyn federal judge has cited Morrison in his dismissal of a similarly provocative RICO case against RJR.

Crigger v. Fahnestock and Co., Inc.
Publication Date: 2005-04-21
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U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Keenan Defendant Fahnestock and Company, Inc. ("Fahnestock") moves to admit into evidence the terms of the sett

LONGHITANO v. McCLELLAND
Publication Date: 2003-07-17
Practice Area: Antitrust | Banking | Business Law | Contracts
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January 12, 2007 |

Malpractice Suit Ruled Not 'Core' to Chapter 11

The former partners of defunct New York law firm Hall Dickler are facing a legal malpractice suit for failing to advise a company to file for bankruptcy earlier than it did. John R. Sachs of Epstein, Becker & Green, who represents the Hall Dickler defendants, said the case could allow a federal court to consider the question of whether lawyers can be held liable for advising on transactions that worsen a bankruptcy situation.
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