Can a state court decision effect a judicial "taking" in violation of the federal constitution? The United States Supreme Court addressed that question this term, but did not furnish a definitive answer.
July 29, 2010sewart E. Sterk
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July 29, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
July 29, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Important news and rulings from neighboring states.
July 29, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The Appellate Division, Second Department, has interpreted Friedman, discussed last month, in a more restrictive way than was suggested by the Court of Appeals. Is this interpretation the correct one?
July 29, 2010Douglas A. Cooper and Matthew F. DidoraIn May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Converntion) trumps a custodial parent's right to move a child out of a country without the non-custodial parent's consent.
July 29, 2010Janice G. InmanPersuading family law specialists that some other professional might do a better job than they of marshalling financial evidence on the client's behalf has remained a hard sell in some quarters ' even in the realm of collaborative divorce practice, where interdisciplinary professional teams are becoming the norm.
July 29, 2010Pauline H. TeslerFlorida Federal Court Dismisses Book Author's Publicity and Privacy Claims
No Access Shown By Plaintiff in Copyright Infringement Action over TV Shows
Plaintiff's Counsel Lacked Authority to Settle Suit over TV SeriesJuly 29, 2010Stan SoocherRECORD DISTRIBUTION/EXTRATERRITORIAL IMPACT
SONG DISTRIBUTION/PERSONAL JURISDICTIONJuly 29, 2010Stan SoocherO'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 million in unpaid legal fees related to the company's long-running legal dispute with Mattel over ownership of the popular Bratz line of fashion dolls.
July 29, 2010Brian Baxter