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Practice Tip: Trying the Design Defect Case
A properly pleaded Complaint in a design defect case will permit the plaintiff to try his case on several different theories: negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty. Nevertheless, certain cases would be most efficiently tried only as a breach of warranty.
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Preemption Paradox
The two recent Supreme Court decisions in <i>Riegel</i> and <i>Altria Group</i> are difficult to reconcile in fundamental ways, and, consequently, they did little to provide meaningful guidance to litigants and lower courts.
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The Evidence Rules All Family Law Attorneys Should Master
Conclusion of a three-part discussion of CPLR ' 4511, which provides that the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts must take judicial notice, without request, of the common law, constitutions and public statutes of the United States and of every state, territory and jurisdiction of the United States ...
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Shopping Spree!
In matrimonial law, it is not uncommon for litigants to consult with a series of attorneys in order to narrow the pool of available counsel able to represent their spouse and "conflict out" particular lawyers. There is also an increasing instance of well-informed clients retaining particular attorneys to cause the disqualification of particular judges. In both instances, the integrity of the legal system demands that all appearances of impropriety be eliminated even at the risk of the client losing his or her preferred choice of counsel.
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Index
An easy-to-use index of all the cases contained in this issue.
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Inside the New GM Dealer Agreements
Automakers Chrysler and General Motors changed the history of dealer relations when they stepped through dozens of state laws and regulations and terminated thousands of long-standing dealers through the power of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Now that they have emerged from bankruptcy, history remains to be written on the intriguing issues of whether GM will be able to make its new, bold agreement, heavily weighted in GM's favor, stick in the face of state dealer laws.
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Trouble in Lease Land
When financial problems affect the ability of a retail landlord or tenant to perform its lease obligations, both parties can be mutually benefited by working out a solution that keeps the tenant operating and paying rent.
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Bridging the Gap Between Leasing and Loan Transactions
This article highlights some (but certainly not all) of the leasing and loan issues that should be taken into account when negotiating leasing documents and loan documents, respectively.
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Tax Issues for Real Estate Leasing by Tax-Exempt Organizations
The article herein examines the issues involved when a tax-exempt organization owns a tract of vacant land that it wishes to develop and lease, so as to realize a stream of income from the land greater than would be realized by a simple sale or lease of the unimproved property.
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Who's Your Client?
A federal judge recently concluded in a widely reported option backdating case that the California law firm Irell & Manella had "compromised ' important principles" involving the "fair administration of justice."
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