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October 01, 2009 |

National Rankings: Season of Uncertainty

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May 16, 2002 |

Bar Drafts Loan Forgiveness Propsal

BY THE end of the month, members of the New York State Bar Association Executive Committee will have in their hands a draft proposal that would offer law school debt relief to young attorneys in return for devoting at least part of their careers to government or public interest law.
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February 02, 2000 |

Judge Bags Clorox TV Ads

The Clorox Company, maker of Glad Bags, went too far when it ran television ads showing a competitor's Slide-Loc food storage bags couldn't be trusted to hold water. A federal judge in New York ruled the ads exaggerated the leakage rate of the Slide-Loc bag and issued an order blocking the ads. In the ads, a Slide-Loc bag filled with water and a goldfish is turned upside down, putting the goldfish in jeopardy as the water quickly leaks out.
3 minute read
September 23, 2002 |

Looser Rein Given to Lawyers Who May Be Witnesses

A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that the prohibition against lawyers handling cases in which they are witnesses applies only to trial phases, not the rest of the litigation. U.S. District Judge Dickinson Debevoise's opinion rejects more expansive interpretations, notably a 9-year-old precedent in the district that said lawyers must bow out as soon as they learn their testimony is likely.
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September 28, 2006 |

2nd Circuit Rejects Malpractice Suit Against Plaintiffs Firms

The 2nd Circuit has ruled that two prominent plaintiffs firms aren't liable to former clients for failing to sue Arthur Andersen in a securities fraud suit stemming from the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. Counsel for Kirby, McInerney & Squire and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman noted the irony of class action firms being sued in a class action. "They're usually accused of suing every deep pocket in sight," Bertrand Sellier said. "Here they're exercising restraint and they get sued for it."
4 minute read
September 27, 2007 |

The Global 100

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Morrison and Racketeering: With Federal Courts Bouncing RICO Claims by Foreign Plaintiffs, Is State Court an Alternative?
Publication Date: 2011-03-09
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As Norex, the first plaintiff whose RICO case was dismissed on Morrison grounds, refashions its lurid allegations as a New York state case, a Brooklyn federal judge has cited Morrison in his dismissal of a similarly provocative RICO case against RJR.

January 12, 2007 |

Malpractice Suit Ruled Not 'Core' to Chapter 11

The former partners of defunct New York law firm Hall Dickler are facing a legal malpractice suit for failing to advise a company to file for bankruptcy earlier than it did. John R. Sachs of Epstein, Becker & Green, who represents the Hall Dickler defendants, said the case could allow a federal court to consider the question of whether lawyers can be held liable for advising on transactions that worsen a bankruptcy situation.
3 minute read
May 10, 2005 |

Keeping Pace With New Rules For Foreign Professionals

Attorneys Christine Alber and Parisa Salimi examine the latest immigration measures affecting H-1B and L visa programs under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. Although the H-1B Visa Reform Act fails to address the dearth of visas made available each year, one provision provides a reprieve for H-1B employers, creating an exemption from the annual cap for up to 20,000 foreign nationals with master's or higher-level degrees from U.S. universities.
8 minute read
March 31, 2005 |

Supreme Court Allows Disparate Impact To Be Used in Age Discrimination Claims

The Supreme Court yesterday opened the door for older workers to bring age discrimination claims against their employers based on disparate impact rather than discriminatory intent. But the court also gave employers the tools to defend against the new type of claims.
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