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Index
March 03, 2004
A complete listing of everything contained in this issue.
Development
March 03, 2004
Recent cases of interest to you and your practice.
Cooperative & Condominiums
March 03, 2004
The latest cases of importance to your practice.
Landlord & Tenant
March 03, 2004
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Real Property Law
March 03, 2004
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Successor Liability of UCC Foreclosure Sale Purchasers
March 03, 2004
As a result of non-eviction co-op conversion plans, many rent-stabilized tenants live in co-operative apartment units. Suppose the apartment's owner overcharges the tenant. May the tenant recover the overcharge from a successor owner who purchased the co-operative unit at a UCC foreclosure sale? That issue, faced by a New York court in <i>Muscat v. Gray</i> (<i>infra</i> page 3 ), raises questions both of statutory construction and public policy.
Free Speech Rights Vs. Deadbeat Dad
March 03, 2004
A woman who was charged with second-degree aggravated harassment and second-degree harassment, violations of Penal Law '' 240.30(1) and 240.26(3) respectively, for allegedly posting handwritten fliers denigrating her former boyfriend and accusing him of failing to live up to his child-support obligations was exonerated by the court in February.
Decisions of Interest
March 03, 2004
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
'International Clients': Beware!
March 03, 2004
If you represent globetrotting clients, be careful! Your married "international" clients who may one day be divorced may face great financial dangers ' or alternatively enjoy significant financial opportunities ' as they travel to and live in different countries.
American Child, Foreign Mother
March 03, 2004
The courts generally favor keeping children who are American citizens in the United States when deciding custody issues. But, this hurdle is not insurmountable for the foreign-national parent.

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