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Today's Top Stories

• Circuit Reverses Ruling Granting Forfeiture to Terror Victims

• Countdown to New York's First Uniform Bar Exam

• Pro Bono NY Lawyers Train Kenyans to Better Prosecute Poaching

• Queens Prosecutors See Tactics Scrutinized by Second Department

• Panel Allows Work to Start on Pier 55 Project in NYC

• Judge Denies Company's Bid to Change Defense

• Art Gallery to Pay State $4.28M in Back Sales Taxes

• Pay Board to Consider Raises For Lawmakers, Officials

• On the Move

• Immediate and Long-Term Tax Strategies for Windfalls

• NAM Perspectives - Preparing Your Witness and Yourself For a Trial or Arbitration

Circuit Reverses Ruling Granting Forfeiture to Terror Victims

The Second Circuit found unanswered legal questions about whether American properties, acquired with Iranian government funds, are subject to forfeiture to... Read More »

Countdown to New York's First Uniform Bar Exam

Nearly 11,000 lawyer-hopefuls are set to take next week's New York bar exam, which will include a new twist on the traditional rite of passage. Read More »

Pro Bono NY Lawyers Train Kenyans to Better Prosecute Poaching

Two partners from Shearman & Sterling and a group from Wigdor LLP have joined a pro bono effort to help officials in Kenya prosecute poachers more effectively. Read More »

Queens Prosecutors See Tactics Scrutinized by Second Department

Court watchers say that the Second Department has been issuing more opinions that fault prosecutors, including this month's reversal of a murder conviction. Read More »

Panel Allows Work to Start on Pier 55 Project in NYC

An appellate court has modified an injunction it issued in June by allowing the sponsors of a disputed park project to drive nine piles that would support a... Read More »

Judge Denies Company's Bid to Change Defense

A defendant in a suit filed by a tenant who alleges her possessions were mistakenly cleared out of her apartment while she was away on vacation cannot add a... Read More »

Art Gallery to Pay State $4.28M in Back Sales Taxes

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Gagosian Gallery's California affiliate, Pre-War Art, Inc., sold and shipped nearly $40 million of art to customers... Read More »

Pay Board to Consider Raises For Lawmakers, Officials

Now that it has set higher pay levels for state judges for the next three years, the New York Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation... Read More »

On the Move

Brian Corrigan joined Farrell Fritz as a partner in the firm's estate litigation department, Kelley Drye & Warren named two new partners, John Dellaportas and... Read More »

Immediate and Long-Term Tax Strategies for Windfalls

In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess discusses various exclusions that transform some recoveries into tax-free income, steps that can minimize taxes, and some... Read More »

NAM Perspectives - Want to Settle? Consider Bringing Your Expert to the Mediation

Most lawyers know that in order to ensure a successful mediation, it is important to have the right people in attendance. But many attorneys do not give consideration to whether having an expert in attendance at a mediation will also help their client arrive at the best resolution. Read More »

DOJ Prosecution Manual Ruled Exempt From Disclosure

An internal prosecution guide developed by the U.S. Department of Justice in the aftermath of the failed case against the late Sen. Ted Stevens is exempt from... Read More »

Report Finds Large Monetary Judgments Difficult to Enforce

Winning a lawsuit and being awarded a large sum of money is not necessarily cause for celebration, according to a new report. In fact, companies are likely... Read More »

Delaware Court Blocks Fee Recovery for Former Goldman Programmer

Attorneys for a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer are appealing the Delaware Court of Chancery's ruling last week that blocked their client's bid to... Read More »

All Writs Act at Play as FDA Considers Generic Drug Approval

In this year's showdown between Apple Inc. and the DOJ, government lawyers invoked a centuries-old law to argue that a federal judge had the power to force... Read More »

A Pa. Lawyer Who Wasn't Faces Sentencing After Years of Deception

Kimberly Kitchen's past began to unspool two years ago. Kitchen was, by all accounts, a generous member of the Huntingdon community whose volunteer work with... Read More »

Akerman Expands in Four Cities as Houston's Beirne Maynard Shuts Its Doors

Houston litigation shop Beirne, Maynard & Parsons is dissolving after nearly 30 years, with 30 trial lawyers joining Florida's Akerman and 10 others form... Read More »

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