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Protecting Counsel Privilege in a Post-Yates Memo World

Ty E. Howard & Todd Presnell

<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p><p>While the Yates Memo makes no formal changes to the DOJ's position on privilege with respect to cooperation credit for businesses, its practical implications could be far-reaching.

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Release of Pineland Development Restrictions Invalidated

Stewart E. Sterk

Once Suffolk County pays a landowner to acquire Pineland Development Rights, can the county give some of those rights back to the landowner, without even requiring the landowner to pay for them?

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

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Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment in Co-op Shareholder's Water Damages Action

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Development

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Lease to Pier 55 Complied With SEQRA

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Real Property Law

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No Statute of Limitations Applies to Forgery Claim<br>Mortgage Reformed for Mutual Mistake<br>Error in Setting Upset Price Does Not Provide Adequate Basis for Setting Aside Foreclosure Sale<br>Laches Bars Claim for Reformation of Mortgage<br>Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment in Assertion of Forgery<br>Grantor's Action to Set Aside His Own Quitclaim Deed<br>No Summary Judgment in Dispute Between Cotenants<br>Homeowners Association Properly Exercised First Refusal Right

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Medical Staff Leadership Responsibilities and the Issue of 'Disruptive Physicians'

Andrew Zwerling

As stated by the Joint Commission, which is responsible for accrediting and certifying tens of thousands of health care organizations in the United, States, good leadership is critical to the viability and success of any organization, and “how well leaders work together is key to effective hospital performance … .”

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Late Notices of Claim on Behalf of Infants

Thomas A. Moore & Matthew Gaier

<b><i>Two New York Case Studies</b></i><p><p>An application for a late notice of claim sounding in medical malpractice on behalf of an infant must be brought within the 10-year statute of limitations running from the date of the malpractice. This article examines two decisions from New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, addressing such applications.

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Verdicts

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Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claim Reinstated

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Drug & Device News

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Pelvic Mesh Defense Verdict Thrown Out

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Med Mal News

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For Nursing Home Patients, No More Compelled Arbitration

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