• July 2, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Courts in a Quandary Over 'Crawford'

    When prosecutors in the Bronx brought Eugenio Cortes to trial for attempted murder, they made a routine application to submit a 911 phone call by a witness to the crime.The caller, an

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  • Eileen G v. Frank G., 203399/09

    Publication Date: 2011-12-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau County, Part 26
    Judge: Justice Daniel Palmieri
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Schechter, Esq., Garden City, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant: Goodman Jurist & Pandolfo, LLP, Garden City, NY. *1

    Case Number: 203399/09

    Cite as: Eileen G v. Frank G., 203399/09, NYLJ 1202534232778, at *1 (Sup., NA, Decided November 30, 2011)Justice Daniel PalmieriDec

  • July 12, 2001 | Corporate Counsel

    Can Companies Ever Satisfy the ADA?

    The first president George Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law in July 1991. The employment discrimination provisions of that statute went into effect a year later. Since

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  • May 26, 1999 | Daily Report Online

    Conviction for E-Mail Sexual Invitation Reversed

    An online conversation between a Midwestern businessman and a Floridiannamed "Maggie284" began in a chat room designated for "men interestedin 'barely legal females.' ""Maggie284" was hardly

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  • January 18, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Corporate Concerns Compound

    Corporate compliance will get a lot tougher in 2007, thanks to pressure from securities regulators, activist shareholders and hedge funds. In addition to new rules requiring detailed disclosur

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  • Sepaugh v. LaGrone

    Publication Date: 2009-08-31
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-08-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: Bob Pemberton, Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 03-05-00358-CV

    OPINION*fn1Marietta Sepaugh, individually and as next friend of her late minor son, Frank LaGrone (Frank), appeals a take-nothing summary judgment on damages claim

  • November 5, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court to Review Prosecutors' Liability, Tactics

    Jailhouse snitches and error-prone crime labs — problems that continue to bedevil the nation's criminal justice system — form the backdrop to two U.S. Supreme Court cases with h

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  • June 23, 2006 | Alm

    High Court Dismisses Scientific Patent Case

    The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed from its docket a closely watched patent case, saving for another day a decision on whether a naturally occurring scientific relationship can be patented.

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  • June 7, 2010 | Special To Law.Com

    Fairness, Empathy and the 'Interfering' Judge

    Most laymen, along with most non-litigating lawyers, know the court system through the minimizing prism of their own experience. Maybe they once fought a parking ticket. Maybe their kid was arreste

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  • January 1, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

    Lawyers Brace for Compensation Controversy

    Can there be such a thing as too much information? Former Pfizer Inc. CEO Henry "Hank" McKinnell would probably say yes. In the past, Pfizer usually devoted about 10 pages in its annua

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