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CORPORATIONS - Goldwater v. Silberkleit

(N.Y. Sup. Ct., New York County) - An Archie Comics Publications director is seeking the removal of co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit, alleging she has created a pervasive, hostile work environment that is putting the company at serious risk for costly litigation.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - Gyani v. Great Neck Medical Group

(N.Y. Sup Ct., Nassau County) - The attorney for a hospital facing a medical malpractice lawsuit can be served with a trial subpoena for a co-defendant doctor who no longer resides in New York state, Justice Arthur M. Diamond has ruled.

PERSONAL INJURY - Calcano v. Rodriguez

(N.Y. App. Div., 1st Dept.) - A plaintiff in a automobile accident case was not entitled to summary judgment despite uncontroverted evidence that the defendant made an illegal U-turn because triable issues remain as to the plaintiff’s own negligence and share of culpability, the First Department has ruled.

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Appeals court overturns its own ruling on insurance law

1/17/2012

A New York appeals court said that insurance companies must immediately notify their customers when they are denying a claim based on lateness.

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Sanofi-Aventis chemist admits trade secret theft

1/18/2012

Yuan Li said she downloaded information through an internal Sanofi datatbase and made the information available for sale through a Chinese company.

Spider-Man at Foxwoods theater in NY. REUTERS Brendan McDermid

'Spider-Man' Broadway producers sue director Taymor

1/18/2012

The 66-page filing submitted in federal court in New York accuses Taymor of jeopardizing the production by not caring about ticket sales.

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in New York. Sept. 29, 2011. REUTERS Lucas Jackson

'Occupy the Courts' rally stymied in Manhattan

1/17/2012

Protesters have been denied a permit to hold a rally in front of the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan as part of the nation-wide "Occupy the Courts" protests planned for Jan. 20.

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Cuomo supports state court budget proposal

1/17/2012

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo praised the Office of Court Administration's proposal to cut $19 million, saying the plan could "make the court system work better and smarter."

PriceWaterhouseCoopers office in Hyderabad. REUTERS Krishnendu Halder

Law firm sues PriceWaterhouseCoopers for accounting malpractice

1/17/2012

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu claims that the advice provided was based on keeping a pension plan funded, resulting in big tax liabilities.

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Ropes & Gray loses bid to dismiss $83 mln malpractice suit

1/17/2012

A federal judge has ruled that the a suit can move forward against the Boston-based law firm which is defending its handling of patent applications for a major New York research facility.

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Bronx Surrogate chafes under cross-examination

1/13/2012

The cross-examination of Lee Holzman was barely half an hour old, and the judge and Brenda Correa, a lawyer for the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, were already at odds.


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