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  • November 25, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Trial Practice

    Labor Law §200, frequently referred to as the safe workplace doctrine, is a codification of the common law duty to protect the health and safety of those at the work place. Its

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  • September 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Deems Specific Chuppah a 'Structure' Under Labor Law

    A Brooklyn appellate court has deemed a 10-foot-tall Jewish wedding canopy, or chuppah, a "structure" under the state Labor Law. In a personal injury case where Samuel McCoy fe

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  • Monticelli v. Wal-Mart Stores East, 5:12-cv-1274

    Publication Date: 2012-09-25
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy
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    Case Number: 5:12-cv-1274

    Cite as: Monticelli v. Wal-Mart Stores East, 5:12-cv-1274, NYLJ 1202572414594, at *1 (NDNY, Decided September 20, 2012)District Judge Thomas J. McAvo

  • Redstone Water Company v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

    Publication Date: 2001-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-30
    Court: Pa. Commw. Ct.
    Judge: Senior Judge Flaherty
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    Case Number: 531 C.D. 2001

    Argued: September 12, 2001OPINIONRedstone Water Company (Redstone) petitions for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) which affirmed as modified the order of an

  • September 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    "Florida attempted to radically raise the cost of doing business for voter registration groups," said Craig Siegel, a New York associate at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel who won a prelim

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  • February 7, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Oops! Did I Say 'No Jail'?

    A 77-year-old great-grandmother who spent a year in prison for a crime she didn't commit has won a $1.77 million malpractice suit against her attorney, who had advised that if she pleaded guil

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  • BAUMAN, AMBER, PEOPLE v

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Case Number: 1444

    SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1444 KA 07-01160 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., GORSKI, LU

  • September 12, 2011 | National Law Journal

    In Jeopardy

    Richard Cordray has been called many things in recent weeks. Political pawn. Brilliant advocate. Anti-business zealot. Devoted public servant. Whether he'll ever be called director of the ne

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  • July 25, 2003 | Legal Times

    A More Perfect Union

    Even without more, the U.S. Supreme Court's grand finale is a work of stunning humanity. At the core of his opinion for the court in Lawrence v. Texas, Justice Anthony Kennedy wr

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  • Matter of Brown v New York State Racing Wagering Bd.

    Publication Date: 2009-01-13
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    Case Number: 2007-07303

    Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. MARK C. DILLON JOSEPH COVELLO DANIEL D. AN