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Confronting and Understanding 'Gripe Sites'
The Internet has provided an unprecedented opportunity for individuals to disseminate information widely at a very low cost. This means that virtually anybody who wants to distribute a message can do so. <br>It is this sense of empowerment that may drive individuals to spend the time and energy to create sites devoted to complaints about a particular product, service, company, organization, or individual. Frequently these sites employ trademarks owned by their targets, sometimes in the site's domain name itself, and always in the text of the site. Internet search engines pick these references up, so that the gripe sites often turn up side-by-side with official corporate sites in response to Internet searches.
e-Commerce Continues To Rise
Preliminary estimates of first-quarter e-commerce activity from the U.S. Census Bureau show a continued rise in the value of services and goods procured and exchanged online or by other electronic conduits.
Landlord & Tenant
Notable cases and recent rulings.
Index
A complete listing of everything in this issue.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
Recent cases you need to know.
Development
Notable recent cases.
Real Property Law
Recent rulngs of importance to you and your practice.
Appellate Division Awards Compound Interest in Takings Case
In its April 19, 2005 decision in <i>520 East 81st Street Associates v. State of New York</i>, the Appellate Division, First Department, held that principles of just compensation require that claimant be awarded compound interest as part of its takings damages. While various Federal and state courts had previously awarded compound interest under such circumstances, <i>520 East 81st Street</i> marks the first time that a New York State Court has done so.
Eminent Domain Law
A look at a recent important case.
Life Insurance and Divorce
Life Insurance is an important matter in most divorces. There are a host of issues that are not addressed in the typical negotiation. Consider the following sample insurance clause from a Property Settlement Agreement [PSA]: "The husband shall maintain life insurance for the wife having an aggregate death benefit of $250,000. Said obligation shall be terminated if the husband's obligation to pay alimony is modified/terminated. The husband shall maintain life insurance having an aggregate death benefit of $250,000 for the benefit of the unemancipated children. Said benefit shall be reduced by $75,000 upon the emancipation of the first child and again upon the emancipation of the second child. The obligation to maintain any life insurance for the children shall terminate upon the emancipation of all Three [3] children." There are many important decisions and considerations not addressed in a simplistic -- and typical -- clause like this, and practitioners need practical recommendations and advice on how better to address life insurance issues. This article provides both.

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