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In <i>Kerusa LLC v. W10Z/515 Real Estate Limited Partnership</i>, the Court of Appeals resolved a question that has plagued the Appellate Divisions over the past several years: May a co-op or condominium purchaser prevail on a common law fraud claim based on material omissions from offering plan amendments mandated by the Martin Act?

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Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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Just one week into the swine flu outbreak, health authorities in Baltimore detained 117 passengers on a flight from Cancun, Mexico. And Texas, Maryland and New York officials closed schools. Although the flu strain isn't an official pandemic yet, state and local officials are already flexing legal muscles ' many for the first time.

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In last month's issue, we discussed the Vaccine Court's (Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims) trio of decisions that found no causative links between childhood vaccinations and the onset of autism and gastrointestinal problems in three children. The discussion continues herein.

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Recent rulings of interest.

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Filed in 1981, <i>Tenuto v. Lederle Laboratories</i> is the oldest ongoing non-guardianship case in New York City, according to the Office of Court Administration. Now there's an award. But will it stand?

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Recent rulings of interest.

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Explaining that the "bankruptcy court had no jurisdiction to take such action," the Fifth Circuit also vacated the district's court's improper ruling that the bankruptcy judge could enter a personal judgment against the asset buyer.