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NYC Bar Murder case: A Reminder of Premises Liability and Owner Responsibility

March 15th, 2006 · No Comments

NYC Bar Murder case: A Reminder of Premises Liability and Owner Responsibility

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Tags: Columnists · Criminal Law · General

Advice for employers to avoid employee lawsuits in 2006

January 3rd, 2006 · No Comments

By Keith J. Rosenblatt, Esq.
Unfortunately, it has simply become far too easy for employees to sue their employers in today’s overly litigious society. It is even more unfortunate that many employers do not realize until after they are sued that a lawsuit could have been prevented, or at least their defenses to a lawsuit [...]

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Tags: Columnists · Labor & Employment Law

Background checks save employers thousands of dollars at minimal cost

November 30th, 2005 · No Comments

Issues in Private InvestigationBy John Parker
Several years ago, assigned as a detective sergeant, I received a call from a business owner regarding the theft of $130,000 from her company’s bank account. She suspected her bookkeeper of embezzling the money. During the course of the investigation, we discovered the [...]

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Internal investigations all too common for police officers

October 13th, 2005 · No Comments

Issues in Private InvestigationBy John Parker
This story is true. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. The same story, or one similar, has played out in just about every police department in the country. Police officers are constantly under scrutiny. This is description of a common internal police investigation, [...]

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Client guide to attorney fees

July 5th, 2005 · No Comments

Attorneys arrange payments with clients in a variety of ways. The cost of an attorney fees can vary substantially, but should be in all circumstances, reasonable.

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Tags: Columnists · General

Attorney: Uninsured motorist option key for motorcycles

June 22nd, 2005 · No Comments

Issues in Personal Injury LawBy Ralph C. Buss
Spring has sprung and motorcycle riding season is upon us, but before you dust off the saddle and head out on the highway, be sure to give your insurance a tune-up to make sure you’re properly covered in case some “cager” isn’t used to looking out for motorcycles [...]

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Tags: Columnists · General · Personal Injury

Defense focuses on reaction of jury, not journalists

June 13th, 2005 · No Comments

Issues in Criminal LawBy Attorney John D. Cahners

The verdicts in the Michael Jackson case, and the O.J. Simpson case before it, point out, once again, a fundamental failure in the media’s coverage of criminal cases. A criminal jury trial is not like a sporting event where one counts the “points” from each side to see [...]

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Tags: Columnists · Criminal Law · General

Bankruptcy court tackles copyright infringement

June 2nd, 2005 · 2 Comments

Issues in Bankruptcy LawBy Attorney Wayne R. Terry
A California Bankruptcy Court has opined that willful copyright infringement may be so egregious as to give rise to a claim that may be excepted from discharge in a bankruptcy case. This is the first opinion speaking directly to the dischargeability of copyright infringement liability after a [...]

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Tags: Bankruptcy Law · Columnists · General

Settlement to shorten waiting time for green cards

May 25th, 2005 · No Comments

Issues in Immigration LawBy Attorney Jon Wu
A recent class action settlement will shorten waiting times for green card applications and result in a significant victory for plaintiffs. The court in the case of Ngwanyiav v. Gonzales is currently waiting for the two parties to officially accept the settlement.

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Company policy on sex offenders lacks legal weight

May 19th, 2005 · No Comments

Issues in Criminal LawBy Attorney Tonya D. Cromartie A policy reserving the right to admit anyone convicted of a sex crime into an amusement park carries little legal weight and is mostly grandstanding.

Practically speaking, there is no way to enforce an anti-sex offender policy in an amusement park unless officials checked every [...]

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Tags: Columnists · Criminal Law · General