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The Martin Act and Common Law Fraud

Stewart E. Sterk

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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Legal Issues Swell if Swine Flu Spreads

Marcia Coyle

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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The Autism Cases

Janice G. Inman

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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Polio Victim's 30-Year Crusade Garners $22.5 Million Award

Mark Fass

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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The Leasing Hotline

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Recent rulings of interest.

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Bankruptcy Court Cannot Surcharge Credit Bidding Asset Buyer with Expenses of Sale

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

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.

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Considerations of Examiner Appointments in Bankruptcy Actions

David J. Baldwin & R. Stephen McNeill

Examiner appointments in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases are uncommon, and despite Judge Peter J. Walsh's statement that he had appointed an examiner only two or three times during his career as a bankruptcy judge, he recently ordered the appointment of an examiner in <i>In re DBSI, Inc.</i>

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