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September 09, 2005 |

Appellate Law: State Court Remands

A central issue in many lawsuits is whether the case will be litigated in state or federal court. This issue typically arises when the plaintiff files suit in state court, the defendant removes the action to federal court, and the plaintiff then moves to remand the case to state court. As Mark I. Levy writes, because of a unique statutory scheme that precludes appellate review of remands in many instances, the district court is often the court of both first and last resort.
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January 30, 2012 |

Divided Circuit Upholds Sentencing Enhancements in Sex Conviction

A man who enticed a 15-year-old girl online, lied to her about his age, went to Connecticut for a sexual rendezvous and then brought her to New York for more sex was appropriately assessed three, two-level sentencing enhancements, the Second Circuit held.
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January 01, 2006 |

Packaging Law

Firms shine a spotlight on specific practice areas with "mini" websites.
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August 20, 2002 |

In Brief

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March 05, 2007 |

Law Firm Leaders Have Mergers On The Mind

When the history of the modern law firm gets written, one of the key turning points will be the advent of the professional executive directors or as they're now known, the chief operating officers.
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December 19, 2005 |

New York Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriages

Same-sex couples have no constitutional right to marry, New York's Appellate Division, First Department, ruled Dec. 8 in the first decision by a state appeals court to address the issue.
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June 29, 1999 |

Lawyer Responds to Rhymes With Own Memorable Lines

Instead of simply maintaining a case file in the divorce case of Busch v. Busch, state courts may instead be tempted to publish an anthology. In an application to the Pennsylvania Superior Court that it schedule reargument in an equitable-distribution row addressed by Judge Mike Eakin in verse, a lawyer in the case used a series of 10 limericks to make his point.
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July 10, 2013 |

ACC Opens First Asia Chapter in Singapore

The Association of Corporate Counsel took a major step in expanding its international presence by opening its first-ever Asian chapter in Singapore.
3 minute read
November 05, 2009 |

Investigators probing Rothstein's real estate deals

Investigators have expanded their probe into embattled Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein and are looking into his real estate dealings, including a recent transfer of a $475,000 home to an employee of his former law firm. The employee's ex-husband is accused of killing a Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler attorney last year.
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August 06, 2007 |

Bike Rider's Lawsuit Gains Traction

In the 1990s, a Stamford lawyer who liked to run on Greenwich's beaches filed a much-publicized lawsuit that eventually opened the wealthy community's parks to out-of-towners. Now a 77-year-old Stamford bicyclist has picked up the torch.
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