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Court Watch

Rupert Barkoff

In-depth analysis of recent cases of importance.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of the latest cases.

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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NJ & CT News

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The latest cases in neighboring states that you need to know.

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Determining the Proper Amount of Spousal Maintenance

Carl M. Palatnik

In last month's newsletter, we discussed Domestic Relations Law (DRL) ' 236(B)(6)(a), the statute containing the factors courts use to determine spousal maintenance awards in New York, along with the recently proposed legislation (See New York State Assembly Bill A10446) that would replace the statute with a formula to calculate both the amount and duration of maintenance. The discussion concludes here.

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Verdicts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

A roundup of recent key cases.

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Case Notes

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings of interest.

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Sophisticated User Defense Gains Acceptance

Beth L. Kaufman & Ronit D. Appel

The sophisticated user doctrine has become a prevalent defense nationwide in product liability actions involving failure-to-warn claims. This article expounds upon recent cases that help to entrench the sophisticated user doctrine in many states' case law, to a full or limited degree.

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The Growth in Wage-and-Hour Claims

Andrew M. Slobodien & Stacey L. Smiricky

This article explores some of the most common FLSA issues that employers confront on a daily basis, and ways to avoid being a victim of this FLSA wave.

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RICO

Gregory B. Robertson & Kurt G. Larkin

Smithfield Foods' precedent-setting civil racketeering suit against the United Food and Commercial Workers' Union (UFCW) and several related defendants spawned critically important legal precedent that blazes a new trail for employers who are in search of litigation options for responding to non-traditional union organizing methods.

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