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Attacking the Root of the Punitive Damages Problem
March 26, 2007
On Feb. 20, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on punitive damages in <i>Philip Morris USA v. Williams</i>, when it found a jury's $79.5 million punitive damage award, assessed in conjunction with $821,000 in compensatory damages for negligence and deceit in misleading a smoker to believe that smoking was safe, was unconstitutional. Instead of reducing yet another runaway punitive damage award, the 5 to 4 majority of the Court attacked the root of the problem: unfair punitive damages trial procedures. This decision may indicate that the Court, operating under Chief Justice Roberts, is considerably more aggressive in protecting the constitutional rights of punitive damage defendants than was the Rehnquist Court.
<b><i>Online Exclusive:</b></i> Internet Porn Law Ruled Unconstitutional
March 23, 2007
Congress suffered yet another setback on March 22 in its ongoing efforts to shield children from sexually explicit content on the Internet when a federal judge struck down the Child Online Protection Act, a 1998 federal law that makes it a crime for commercial Web site operators to allow children access to "harmful" material.
Marketing for the Small and Mid-Sized Law Firm
March 23, 2007
Marketing for the Small and Mid-Sized Law Firm
COPA Struck Down By Federal Judge
March 22, 2007
A federal judge sitting in Philadelphia has struck down the 1998 Child Online Protection Act ('COPA') on March 22. The Act was challenged as unconstitutionally vague by health Web sites and the American Civil Liberties Union ('ACLU').
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March 14, 2007
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Getting Published: A Practical Approach to Business Development
March 14, 2007
Getting Published: A Practical Approach to Business Development
Landlord & Tenant
March 06, 2007
Cases and analysis.
Real Property Law
March 06, 2007
In-depth analysis of the latest verdicts.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
March 06, 2007
The latest cases.
Zoning Lot Mergers
March 06, 2007
The Zoning Resolution of the City of New York provides a mechanism for the transfer of unused development rights from one owner's property to another adjacent owner's property. That mechanism is a zoning lot merger. The Zoning Resolution uses 'zoning lot,' not tax lot, as the basis for all zoning calculations. A zoning lot is a tract of land comprised of one or more tax lots within a single block.

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