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January 21, 2009 |

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October 21, 2011 |

'Telecommuting Employee' Insufficient for Jurisdiction

For the first time, writes attorney Shari Claire Lewis, New York's courts have addressed whether the presence of a telecommuting employee could result in third-party claim jurisdiction over the employer.
8 minute read
April 23, 2012 |

'Deal of the Day' Marketing Approved for N.Y. Lawyers -- With Caveats

Attorney Shari Claire Lewis writes about a New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics opinion that generally supports legal marketing using a deal of the day or a group coupon website.
11 minute read
June 23, 2011 |

Federal Decision Supports Online Political Parody

Parody has long played an important role in IP law and litigation. It should be no surprise, therefore, that internet parody issues arise. Earlier this year, The New York Times reported on a court battle over a website parody of a Koch Industries website. At the heart of the litigation was the tension between enforcement of trademark rights under federal law and free speech concerns.
11 minute read
April 25, 2011 |

'American Buddha' Defines Online Infringement Situs of Injury

With Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. American Buddha, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that in copyright infringement cases involving the uploading of a copyrighted printed literary work onto the internet, the situs of injury for purposes of determining long-arm jurisdiction is the location of the copyright holder's principal place of business.
9 minute read
June 06, 2002 |

Long Island Appellate Review

Environmental issues are important on Long Island and, as such, frequently are the subject of litigation and appeals. In fact, in recent weeks, the Appellate Division, Second Department, has issued several significant decisions on a wide range of environmental matters in lawsuits filed in Long Island courts.
7 minute read
March 15, 2010 |

Prudential Litigation Centralized in Bergen County

Centralized management (not mass tort) of litigation involving alleged commercial bribery and other torts by Prudential Life Insurance Company of America and others
22 minute read
February 08, 2002 |

Long Island Appellate Review

In recent weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Appellate Division, Second Department, have decided numerous appeals in Long Island cases in which the parties have included State and county governments as well as Long Island towns, villages, boards and school districts, among other government entities. The claims in these appeals have ranged from inadequate training of employees in a �1983 action 1 and violation of the State Environmental Quality Review Act in a zoning dispute 2 to
7 minute read
April 05, 2002 |

Long Island Appellate Review

Lawsuits are often resolved through a stipulation of settlement. However, as suggested by a variety of recent decisions in Long Island cases by the Appellate Division, Second Department, that does not mean that the court battles are necessarily over. In some cases, litigation continues over the terms, meaning, validity and enforceability of a stipulation of settlement itself.
7 minute read
October 13, 2004 |

Two More Vioxx Suits -- and Counting

One day after Merck & Co. announced the recall of its anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx, prominent Long Island plaintiffs lawyer Robert G. Sullivan filed two product liability suits against the drug company, the first in New York to his knowledge. Sullivan's firm has already signed up more than 200 Vioxx clients. He predicts Vioxx litigation could come to dwarf every other products liability mass tort except for asbestos and tobacco, and is intent on having his firm lead the way.
6 minute read

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