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Enforcing Divorce Agreements

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The Appellate Division, Second Department, has issued three decisions which held that motions to enforce a divorce agreement are not subject to the six-year statute of limitations that controls breach of contract actions.

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Leveling the Playing Field

Michael L. Junk & John McNulty

The age of ESI changed everything in terms of how quickly and easily documents are created and then stored. As a consequence, every corporate defendant in a product liability case today can expect to spend thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars producing documents in discovery.

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Whither Weingarten?

John D. Shyer & Linda M. Inscoe

The current NLRB is beginning to issue rules and decisions more favorable to organized labor, and its field offices are issuing complaints expanding the rights of non-union workers. A look at <i>Weingarten</i> rights, and what they mean.

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Employee's Inability to Work Overtime Is Not a Per Se Disability

Maria Greco Danaher

The Fourth U.S. Court of Appeals has dismissed an employee's lawsuit, holding that the individual's inability to work overtime hours was not a substantial limitation that would entitle him to the protections of the ADA.

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Quarterly State Compliance Review

Sandra Feldman

This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some enacted and pending legislation of interest to corporate lawyers. It also analyzes some recent cases of interest, including two decisions from the Delaware Chancery Court.

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Secured Lender Invokes Seldom-Used Tool to Protect Collateral in Bankruptcy

Mark A. Berkoff, Robert Radasevich, Nicholas M. Miller, William Choslovsky & Kevin G. Schneider

In a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process,the question becomes: Who will take the loss on their balance sheet ' the lender or the borrower? An analysis of recent litigation.

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Public Corruption Prosecutions in New York

Daniel G. Cort & Daniel R. Alonso

This article focuses on the example of New York State and the prosecution of public corruption offenses under that state's law. A case in point is the recent prosecution of former New York State comptroller Alan Hevesi, in which then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo effectively used a statute other than bribery to prosecute public corruption.

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Development

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An important planning board case.

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Real Property Law

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A look at several key cases.

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of a recent important ruling.

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