• April 29, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    In Defense of Reasons

    Arbitration bodies and the arbitrators who work for them have the same basic goal: to render efficient and enforceable decisions. But they can have quite different ways of doing

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  • January 28, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    State Bar Explores Ways to Curb Wrongful Convictions

    Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said yesterday he intends to use a New York State Bar Association report on wrongful convictions and the work of other outside groups to help develop

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  • September 11, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Tax Benefits Did Not Preclude Rent Decontrol, Landlord Argues

    ALBANY - Lawyers for one of New York's biggest landlords argued yesterday before the Court of Appeals that its interpretation of rent deregulation statutes and its practice of decontrolling rents o

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  • August 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Brown Raysman Real Estate Partners Move to Loeb & Loeb Loeb & Loeb has recruited a three-partner real estate practice from New York's Brown Raysman Millstein Felder &

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  • CIFG Assurance North American v. Bank of America, 654028/12

    Publication Date: 2013-10-10
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    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division
    Judge: Justice Charles E. Ramos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Daniel L. Brockett, Esq., of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Jay B. Kasner, Esq., and Christopher Malloy, Esq. or Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.

    Case Number: 654028/12

    Cite as: CIFG Assurance North American v. Bank of America, 654028/12, NYLJ 1202622587518, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided September 23, 2013) 654028/12 J

  • Smith v. The Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

    Publication Date: 2013-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
    Judge: Justice Lester Adler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs by: Anthony J. Pirrotti, Jr., Esq., Pirrotti Law Firm LLC, Scarsdale, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant by: Thomas J. Dougherty, Esq., Peter Smishauser, Esq., And One Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 8794/10

    Cite as: Smith v. The Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 8794/10, NYLJ 1202585424299, at *1 (Sup., WE, Decided July 25, 2012)Justice Lester Adlerp cl

  • June 7, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Dispute Leads to Lawsuit Among Firm's Leaders

    A dispute among the three leaders of 19-lawyer Bryant Burgher Jaffe over an alleged conflict of interest has resulted in two partners suing the third, claiming he breached a target="new" hre

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  • July 13, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Inadmissible

    Assumption of Risk — A plastic surgeon failed to convince a judge that he was defamed by one of the Mob Wives on the popular

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  • June 20, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Bid to Avoid Terror Insurance Rejected

    Terror Insurance Ordered THE OWNER of the Cond� Nast building in Times Square yesterday lost the latest round in its back-and-forth fight over terrorism insurance, after a Manhat

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  • February 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Court Stays Takeover by Nassau Finance Board A state judge last week stayed a takeover of Nassau County's finances by a state-appointed oversight panel. The Friday decis

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