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Drug & Device News
Bellwether Trial Opening in Vaginal Mesh MDL <br>NuvaRing Settlement in the Works
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Avoid Transfer Taxes? Maybe Not
Last month, we began discussion of a hypothetical couple's transfers of assets to one another. We continue our analysis of the tax consequences of their proposed agreement herein.
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Domino's Challenges Joint Employer Liability for Franchisors
After more than three years of litigation, delivery workers for four Domino's pizza restaurants in Manhattan are receiving payments for unpaid wages. The payments of nearly $1.3 million began in January and are divided among approximately 60 delivery workers. While rare, the case applied well-settled principles of joint employment under wage and hour law to bring in the franchisor.
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Dying Intestate After Divorce
I have been practicing law for over 25 years, but I am still shocked when I hear that a person who spent so much time, effort, and money in a divorce proceeding has not taken the time to confer with an attorney and sign a will.
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City Parkland: Invalid Lease or Permissible License?
When may a New York municipality authorize commercial use of parkland without express authorization of the state legislature? That question recently reached the Court of Appeals in <i>Union Square Park Community Coalition v. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation</i>, in which the court upheld an agreement between the city and a private party authorizing the latter to operate a seasonal restaurant in Union Square Park.
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Court Watch
Arbitration of Trademark Dispute Not Required <br>Court Finds Tax Preparer's Operations Shady, Puts It Out of Business<br>Mode-of-Operation Liability Cannot Be Assumed
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Can Using Facebook Be a Firing Offense?
You have likely read stories of employees being fired for poorly thought-out Facebook posts or controversial Tweets. Depending on your point of view, you may be sympathetic to the employer's desire to avoid being associated with offensive or controversial statements made by an opinionated worker ' or you may be appalled that an employer would concern itself with an employee's use of social media.
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Landlord & Tenant
Anticipatory Repudiation Raises Questions of Fact <br>Landlord Not Liable for Breaches of Its Predecessor<br>Successful Tenant Entitled To Attorneys' Fees<br>Three-Quarter House Residents Not Entitled to Rent Stablization Protection<br>Nonprimary Residence Proceeding Succeeds on Remand from Court of Appeals
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Tax Court Imposes New Limitation on IRA Rollovers
In <i>Bobrow v. Commissioner</i>, U.S. Tax Court Judge Joseph Nega surprisingly ruled that Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 408(d)(3)(B), which allows one tax-free 60-day rollover per year, applies to all of a taxpayer's IRAs, rather than to each IRA separately.
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Film Takedown Order Part of Controversy In Ninth Circuit Dispute over <i>Muslims</i> Film
Controversy has followed <i>Innocence of Muslims</i> ever since the 14-minute video was uploaded to YouTube and dubbed into Arabic. After provoking violent and sometimes deadly protests around the world, the film has set off a legal firestorm at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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