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November 21, 2008 |

UCC Article 4A: Displacing Common-Law Tort Claims

Michael J. Friedman, a partner in Winston & Strawn, writes that three recent decisions in New York and Florida have shed new light on the question of whether customers challenging their banks' processing of unauthorized wire transfers are confined to the liability rules of Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, or may also bring separate common-law tort claims.
9 minute read
August 06, 2008 |

2007-2008 DECISIONS

During its 2007-2008 term, which concluded on June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court issued 67 signed opinions on cases briefed and argued before it. Here are summaries of those decisions.
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July 01, 2004 |

Briar Patch Ltd. v. Phoenix Pictures Inc.

Complete Preemption Doctrine Does Not Allow Federal Court to Decide Unpleaded Claims
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September 27, 2013 |

Recent Developments in Employee Restrictive Covenant Law

In his column for CLI, Roy W. Breitenbach of Garfunkel Wild in Great Neck writes about how the law regarding employee restrictive covenants in New York is ever-changing.
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January 24, 2006 |

Heerwagen, plaintiff-appellant v. Clear Channel Communications, defendants-appellees

Monopolization Claims Against Concert Promoter Denied Class Certification; Ticket Market Is Local
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March 22, 2006 |

Supreme Court Tackles Patentability of Scientific Phenomena

In a dispute that tests the scope of patentability, the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Tuesday to decide a key case in a way that would establish what Justice Stephen Breyer called "monopolies in this country beyond belief" over naturally occurring phenomena. Laboratory Corp. of America v. Metabolite could help resolve a festering legal debate over whether a basic scientific phenomenon can be patented -- and, by extension, whether business strategies or other less tangible creations can be patented.
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January 09, 2006 |

Docket Watch: January 2006

Cases coming before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high court hears cases.
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Newman v. Family Management Corporation, 08 Civ. 11215
Publication Date: 2010-11-01
Practice Area: Business Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Leonard B. Sand
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Case number: 08 Civ. 11215 (LBS)

Cite as: Newman v. Family Management Corporation, 08 Civ. 11215, NYLJ 1202474183030, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 20, 2010)District Judge Leonard B. Sandp

June 10, 2009 |

Holmes, plaintiffs-appellants v. Grubman, defendants-appellees

Georgia High Court Must Decide Issues Arising From Decision to Hold, Not Sell, WorldCom Stock
28 minute read
August 25, 2005 |

What's Left of 'Luckie'? Court or Arbitrator and Timeliness Issues

Julia A. Cort, principal court attorney for Justice Joan A. Madden of the Supreme Court, New York County and an adjunct law professor at New York Law School, analyzes the issue of whether a court or an arbitrator decides timeliness questions when an agreement to arbitrate is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
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