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February 19, 2004 |

Justices to Consider Hearing Military-School Prayer Case

Adina [email protected] U.S. Supreme Court may decide this week to consider whether the Virginia Military Institute's long-standing tradition of praying before dinner violates the First Amendment.Bunting v. Mellen, No. 03-863, is one of dozens of cases on the agenda at the Supreme Court's private conference on Friday.
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October 19, 2006 |

Plaintiffs Fail to Meet Burden in Residential-Mold Case

Residential mold may not be the plague many housing advocates have claimed it to be, according to a recent New York Supreme Court decision. In an action filed on behalf of co-op residents who allegedly suffered health problems caused by mold, Manhattan Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich dismissed the causes of action for personal injury, holding that the plaintiffs did not establish that the theory underlying their claim has been generally accepted by the scientific community.
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April 20, 2010 |

Racketeer Conviction of Dealer in Untaxed Cigarettes Is Vacated

A Long Island judge has thrown out the racketeering conviction of one of the state's biggest dealers of untaxed cigarettes. In setting aside three of his own previous decisions to uphold the verdict, Eastern District Judge Denis R. Hurley found that a March decision of the Second Circuit, City of New York v. Golden Feather Smoke Shop, demonstrated an ambiguity in state law that deprived defendant Rodney Morrison of his substantive right to due process.
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April 19, 2004 |

Star Search: Hiring for the Future of Your Small Firm

Hiring, more than any other management decision, can shape the future of your firm. Poor hiring is more than a nuisance -- it can undermine the success of your entire operation. Adding staff has implications for everything from revenue to firm culture. Here are some tips on avoiding a bad hire.
7 minute read
April 05, 2004 |

Star Search: Hiring for the Future of Your Small Firm

The good news: Your practice is thriving. The bad news: You're swamped. You need help. But don't just hire the first person who walks in. Adding staff has an impact on everything from revenue to firm culture -- you're shaping the future of your firm. So how can you hire effectively? Here are some tips.
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February 17, 2004 |

Another Religion Case

The Supreme Court may decide this week to consider whether the Virginia Military Institute's longstanding tradition of praying before dinner violates the First Amendment. The VMI case involves a challenge to a mealtime custom for most students at the state-operated military college in Lexington, Va. After cadets assemble in the dining hall, announcements are made, and a cadet reads aloud a prayer written by the VMI chaplain.
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September 08, 2010 |

News In Brief

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May 12, 2010 |

Resignations Without Prejudice

Notice to the bar.
26 minute read
February 19, 2004 |

Virginia Seeks Review of Ruling on Prayer

The Supreme Court may decide this week to consider whether the Virginia Military Institute's tradition of pre-dinner prayer violates the First Amendment. The Virginia ACLU has sued on behalf of two cadets, contending the courts shouldn't view the matter differently than prayer in elementary and secondary schools. This is the second time in a decade that a VMI tradition has come before the Court -- the last issue involved women's admittance to the state-run college.
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Second Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Onondaga Land Claim in New York
Publication Date: 2012-10-26
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Legal efforts by Native Americans to assert claims to ancestral lands have run into increasing resistance from courts reluctant to undo history. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit delivered the most recent setback by upholding the dismissal of a claim by the Onondaga Nation to 4,000 square miles of upstate New York. The Onondaga suit is the latest to be rejected by the Second Circuit based on a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision which held that recognizing a historical right to land is precluded by a long passage of time.

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