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Today's Top Stories

• AG Defies Subpoena From Congress Over Exxon Probe

• U.S. Not Immune in Suit Over Admiral's Injury at Retirement Fete

• Settling Paternity Case, NY Judge Sides with Child's 'Unorthodox' Petition

• Closely Watched Insider Trading Trial to Open

• Prosecutors Oppose Bail in Silver and Skelos Cases

• Rules for Low-Cost Energy Providers Are Struck Down

• Judge Vacates Deal Accepted by Unrepresented Tenant

• State Extends Measures to Protect Sharks

• Exploring Standing Issues for Third-Party Intervenors

• Supreme Court Guidance on Damages and Proceedings in Patent Cases

• NAM Perspectives - Preparation, Preparation, Preparation - Investing in the Mediation

AG Defies Subpoena From Congress Over Exxon Probe

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will defy a congressional subpoena seeking information about his office's investigation of whether Exxon Mobil knowingly... Read More »

U.S. Not Immune in Suit Over Admiral's Injury at Retirement Fete

The U.S. government is not shielded from a lawsuit filed by a retired admiral in the New York Naval Militia who was seriously injured while preparing to deliver... Read More »

Settling Paternity Case, NY Judge Sides with Child's 'Unorthodox' Petition

Seeking to end seven "tortuous" years of uncertainty over the paternity of a 15-year-old, a judge said he was entering an order of filiation for a man who wants... Read More »

Closely Watched Insider Trading Trial to Open

The backdrop to Sean Stewart's insider-trading trial is the 2014 Second Circuit decision that required prosecutors to prove defendants knew a tipster would... Read More »

Prosecutors Oppose Bail in Silver and Skelos Cases

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling reversing the conviction of a former Virginia governor is no reason to let two former top New York legislators remain free... Read More »

Rules for Low-Cost Energy Providers Are Struck Down

A state mandate that independent energy suppliers stop selling natural gas or electricity to some customers unless they meet special conditions has been struck... Read More »

Judge Vacates Deal Accepted by Unrepresented Tenant

Brooklyn Housing Court Judge Marc Finkelstein vacated a stipulation of settlement between REDF Equities and at least five tenants, at least one of whom was... Read More »

State Extends Measures to Protect Sharks

A new law continues for two more years the ban on shark fishing with the traditional J-hooks that sharks are considered likelier to swallow, potentially gutting... Read More »

Exploring Standing Issues for Third-Party Intervenors

In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp review a case in which the court considered the question of whether to permit intervenors... Read More »

Supreme Court Guidance on Damages and Proceedings in Patent Cases

In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Robert C. Scheinfeld writes: Within the last month, the U.S. Supreme Court bolstered the strength and attractiveness... Read More »

NAM Perspectives - The Commercial Arbitration - The Single Arbitrator versus the Tri-Panel

The decision as to the use of a single arbitrator or a tri-panel depends on, to a great extent, the type of case being presented. Having served as a Presiding Justice of the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court, it is my belief that the majority of commercial cases are ill- suited for disposition by a jury due to the complexities involved. Read More »

Perkins Coie Lawyer's Advice Helped Spark Democratic Divisions

Perkins Coie's Marc Elias, who has juggled legal roles for both the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, saw the intersecting... Read More »

US Judge in Milwaukee Chastised for Remarks on Urban 'Pathology'

A Wisconsin judge "took a wrong turn" at a sentencing hearing last year by making "irrelevant" comments about crime in American cities, children born out of... Read More »

Lawyers Restart GM Ignition Switch Litigation

Lawyers are restarting the litigation against General Motors Corp. over its ignition switch recalls after a pair of rulings this month sent the cases down a... Read More »

Clinton VP Pick Tim Kaine Took On Insurers Over ‘Redlining’ as Young Lawyer

Tim Kaine and Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton’s choice for presidential running mate Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is a Harvard Law grad who cut his… Read More »

Federal Judge Chastised for Remarks About Baltimore Protests

A Seventh Circuit panel said 'irrelevant' and 'troubling' comments last year from a Milwaukee federal judge tainted his sentencing of a drug defendant. Read More »

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