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  • March 6, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • E. Michael Kavanagh, a former justice of the Appellate Division, Third Department who left the bench on Dec. 31, has joined National A

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  • February 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    JPMorgan Seeks to Remove Madoff Suit to Federal Court JPMorgan Chase, the bank where Bernard Madoff kept his clients' money, said in a target="new" href="http://www.nyl

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  • September 21, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    The Effects of Unintentional Waiver and Estoppel

    Since the downturn in 2008, mortgage lenders and borrowers have attempted to resolve distressed loans in a number of ways, including through extensions, write-downs and other modifications of the u

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  • September 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Rights of First Refusal: Knowing What Is the Trigger

    A right of first refusal is a contractual covenant given by one party (the owner) to the holder of the right of first refusal (the holder) that prohibits the owner from selling an asset to a

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  • September 21, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Norman Takes Stand in Own Defense Assemblyman Clarence Norman, the leader of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, took the stand late yesterday afternoon to defend himself agai

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  • July 7, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    After Losses, Nixon Adds Partner From Sonnenschein Nixon Peabody yesterday added a finance partner from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, its first lateral hire in New

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  • April 28, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Rainmaker Departs Nixon Peabody for DLA Piper One of Nixon Peabody's biggest dealmakers and two other partners are jumping to DLA Piper to boost its sports, entertainmen

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  • June 12, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Nixon Peabody Lateral Defects After Two Months Dechert has recruited a new bankruptcy partner, the same one Nixon Peabody brought on board in April. Shmuel

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  • April 13, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Recounts Success With Juror Questioning

    ALBANY � An Upstate judge testing the controversial practice of permitting jurors to ask questions yesterday told a continuing legal education audience that the experiment has proven a success

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  • February 3, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Spoliation Costs Plaintiff a Win In Bad-Tire Case

    ALBANY � After 12 years and two trips up and down the judicial ladder, an Albany appellate panel has reversed a trial court and dismissed on spoliation grounds a defective-tire claim against M

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