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January 17, 2012 |

Expansion of DNA Database Hinges on Resolution of Testing, Other Concerns

The addition of petit larceny to a list of crimes requiring DNA samples from convicted offenders has helped solve 51 murders, 222 sexual assaults, 117 robberies and 407 burglaries over the past 5 1/2 years, New York authorities say. Now the Cuomo administration wants to expand the statewide DNA databank.
4 minute read
May 07, 2009 |

Mandatory Webcam Is a Non-Solution to Parent-Child Separation

A child can't bond with a noncustodial parent on a TV screen any better than with Big Bird or Hannah Montana.
4 minute read
August 31, 2011 |

Court: Policy Change Extends MCARE Coverage Toward $7.7 Mil. Award

The Commonwealth Court, sitting en banc, has ruled that the state-run fund that provides excess coverage for medical malpractice claims might need to provide coverage in a case in which an allegedly negligent doctor's primary malpractice insurance policy converted from a claims-made policy to an occurrence-type policy.
4 minute read
December 16, 2009 |

Hogan and Lovells Partners Approve Merger

Partners at Hogan & Hartson and Lovells signed off on their megamerger in separate votes that ended at midnight on Monday.
5 minute read
November 03, 2009 |

Justices Skeptical of Second-Guessing Fund Advisers' Fees

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared wary Monday of second-guessing the fees that mutual funds pay to the investment advisers who run them.
5 minute read
January 21, 2010 |

Immigration Law

Michael D. Patrick, a partner and general counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, discusses various ways in which foreign nationals may face immigration consequences through criminal activity, the exceptions and waivers that might be available, and recommendations should your foreign national employee, client, or colleague encounter trouble with law enforcement.
11 minute read
January 02, 2013 |

Recovering Costs on Appeal

In their Appellate Practice column, Thomas R. Newman, of counsel to Duane Morris, and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr., a partner at Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt, discuss the authority to recover costs; reasons for the denial of costs; the amount of costs, including those for printing the record and briefs; and taxation of costs.
10 minute read
February 04, 2011 |

Job Hunting Tips for New Attorneys

A greater percentage of law school graduates from recent classes are graduating without jobs, notes Luis A. Gonzalez, presiding justice of the New York Appellate Division, 1st Department. However, says Gonzalez, the creative job seeker can find opportunities despite the economic climate.
7 minute read
July 29, 2013 |

Judicial Profile: Hersch Stays Focused On Flying, Diving, Presiding

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Richard Hersch says in the juvenile division he gets the opportunity to mentor young lawyers who are passionate but not yet seasoned.
4 minute read
December 21, 2009 |

Panel Rejects Claims by Aliens Of Unlawful Prolonged Detention

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a central claim in a high-profile putative class action filed on behalf of Arab and Muslim non-citizens who were subjected to prolonged, abusive detention by immigration officials in the wake of 9/11. The panel affirmed Eastern District Judge John Gleeson's rejection of the plaintiffs' claim that they were illegally detained for periods longer than necessary to effect their removal. The eight named plaintiffs had contended that the federal government used their immigration violations as a "cover" or "excuse" to investigate possible ties to terrorism.
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