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March 28, 2005 |

New Rules For Foreign Professionals

The latest immigration measures affecting the H-1B and L visa programs are part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (H.R. 4818), signed into law by President Bush on Dec. 8, 2004. The act contains the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Acts, which provide for more annual H-1B visas, tighter regulation of certain L-1 workers and increased filing fees for both visa categories.
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February 05, 2002 |

Real Estate Securities

P revious columns 1 in this space have discussed the rules dealing with the allocation of income and loss for a partnership or a limited liability company taxed as a partnership, principally discussing �704(b) of the Code and regulations thereunder. 2 This column will discuss the allocation of income and loss when there is a change in the partners` relative interests in the partnership during a year. This can occur by the admission of new partners; the withdrawal of old partners; transfers of partnership i
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March 05, 2001 |

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." This week, Faith E. Gay joined the Miami office of New York's White & Case as a litigation partner. And Torys announced that Charles E. "Trip" Dorkey III has been appointed to the Advisory Council for the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York.
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Norex Petroleum v. Access Industries, 07-4553-cv
Publication Date: 2010-09-30
Practice Area: Civil Practice
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Pooler, Katzmann, C.JJ., and Preska, Ch.DJ.1
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For plaintiff:
For defendant:
Case number: 07-4553-cv

Cite as: Norex Petroleum v. Access Industries, 07-4553-cv, NYLJ 1202472687813, at *1 (2d. Cir., Decided September 28, 2010)Before: Pooler, Katzmann, C.JJ., and

April 11, 2007 |

Valley Firms Top Equity Deals List

A financial news service has been counting up the private equity and venture capital deals, and is reporting who scored big last year.
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April 19, 2011 |

The Practice of Law in the Era of 'Big Data'

"Big Data," a name for new data-analysis technologies as well as a movement to develop real-world uses for these capabilities, holds big promise. With regard to the practice of law, the impact of these technologies on electronic discovery is likely the first practical application that comes to mind. But its analytical power also raises big concerns.
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July 06, 2006 |

2nd Circuit Asks N.Y. High Court to Decide if NASD Form Statement Privileged

Are statements made by an employer on a National Association of Securities Dealers termination form subject to an absolute or qualified privilege? That is the question the 2nd Circuit wants the New York Court of Appeals to answer as it wrestles with the latest of several cases where a fired employee claims he was libeled in a termination form by his employer. Plaintiff Chaskie Rosenberg sued MetLife, claiming he was investigated and ultimately fired because he was a Hasidic Jew.
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November 03, 2009 |

Ex-Miller Canfield Partner Gets Five Years for Illegal Tax Shelter

Former Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone partner John Campbell was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for conspiring to sell fraudulent tax shelters. Campbell, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the U.S. in April 2008, had two years of supervised release tacked on to his sentence along with an order to pay $40,763 in restitution. Campbell worked at Miller Canfield, where he headed the firm's office in Kalamazoo, Mich., until 2006.
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October 07, 2009 |

Don't Play Like Letterman, Employment Lawyers Warn

David Letterman's recent revelation that he had sex with subordinates is just a high-profile example, say employment lawyers, of a pervasive and potentially explosive problem: bosses having relationships with lower-level employees. "It's not illegal. It's just dangerous," said Fisher & Phillips partner Andria Ryan. "Most of the public looks at [the Letterman scandal] and says, 'Oh, what a shame for his wife, his family or his job.' My first reaction was, 'This is a sex harassment suit waiting to happen.'"
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January 07, 2005 |

Circuits Split Over 'Safe Harbor' Protection for Companies

Federal appeals courts have split over the degree to which a securities law "safe harbor" provision involving company disclosures provides a shield from shareholder suits. The 2nd Circuit has held that companies can assert the defense at the pleadings stage of a suit -- creating a powerful weapon for defendants in terminating cases before discovery -- but the 7th Circuit has given a boost to class action plaintiffs with a ruling that declined to apply the defense at the pleadings stage.
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