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September 12, 2007 |

Vucetovic, plaintiffs-appellants v. Epsom Downs Inc., defendant-respondent

City Property Owners Not Liable to Pedestrians Hurt After Tripping on Tree Wells in Front of Property
6 minute read
May 01, 2009 |

Big Suits

USA/UBS; Citibank Shareholder Derivative Litigation; Congoleum Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; FTC vs. Whole Foods; Parmalat Securities Litigation; SEC v. Automated Trading Desk Specialist, et al.
15 minute read
June 18, 2008 |

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, analyzes recent rulings, include a dispute over an architect's report, a Court of Appeals case regarding a claim for damages over a temporary easement, and a dispute in how earnings should be calculated when applying for low-income housing.
21 minute read
December 30, 2009 |

Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 18, No. 249 ? December 30, 2009

Daily decision alert.
6 minute read
January 18, 2008 |

Criminal Law and Procedure

Barry Kamins, a member of Flamhaft Levy Kamins Hirsch & Rendeiro, writes that last month, the New York Court of Appeals revisited the issue of appellate weight of evidence review in criminal cases and clarified the scope of such analysis. In so doing, the Court may have blurred the dividing line between two layers of appellate review afforded by the Appellate Division: legal sufficiency and weight of the evidence.
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March 20, 2003 |

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July 24, 2001 |

Percentage of Minority Lawyers at Austin Firms Increases -- Slightly

The percentage of minority lawyers hired by Austin, Texas' 26 largest law firms edged up this year, but the numbers still are too low, two minority attorney groups say. Of the 1,211 lawyers employed by the 26 firms, 119 -- or 9.8 percent -- are African-American, Hispanic, Asian or Native American, according to a "report card" issued July 16 by the Austin Black Lawyers Association and the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin.
6 minute read
June 01, 2007 |

Hospitals Fear Privacy Claims Over Medical Records

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is raising new legal fears for health care providers concerning privacy suits. Labor and employment attorneys are concerned that courts have begun to let plaintiffs use HIPAA standards to prove liability in privacy suits, even though the law doesn't currently provide a private right of action. And a new federal crackdown on HIPAA violators is also causing concerns for health care providers.
4 minute read
January 09, 2004 |

Immigration Bar Weighs Bush Proposal

Immigration lawyers across the country got a first taste of what's sure to be a surge of interest from potential clients Wednesday following President Bush's call to ease restrictions on undocumented foreign workers. The proposal would provide temporary legal status to an estimated 8 million people in the United States. Attorneys are now busy analyzing the few details available and trying to gauge the plan's effect on the relatively small immigration bar.
3 minute read
January 29, 2007 |

Claimed 'Illegal Purpose' Dooms Enforcement of Pact Between Lawyer and Investigator

An attorney who allegedly hired an investigator to locate and solicit accident victims, then failed to pay the investigator's finder's fee, has successfully moved to dismiss the investigator's suit for non-payment on the grounds of illegality. In dismissing the suit, a New York appellate panel said the agreement between an attorney and a nonlawyer to split fees was illegal, and held that "a party to an illegal contract cannot ask a court of law to help him carry out his illegal object."
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