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Tax Tips
Friday, July 18, 2008
By Sidney Kess

" Sidney Kess, CPA-attorney, consulting editor to CCH Inc., author and lecturer, reviews two recently-enacted tax laws: the Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2008, which provides $1.67 billion in tax incentives and relief to individual and corporate taxpayers, and the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008, which provides $1.2 billion in tax breaks for veterans, soldiers and military families. "

Copyright Law
Friday, July 18, 2008
By Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein

"Robert W. Clarida, a partner at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, and Robert J. Bernstein, write that it was somewhat unusual to see a recent decision from France in which a group of French copyright owners, suing in Paris over an alleged violation of their reproduction and display rights in France, under French law, were told that the claim was governed instead by U.S. law. "

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

'Can You Notarize This?' Taking the Notary Job Seriously
Friday, July 18, 2008
By Joel Cohen and Danielle Alfonzo Walsman

"Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, and Danielle Alfonzo Walsman, an associate at the firm, write: Make no mistake; failure to follow the proper procedures of notarization can carry real consequences. Not only may a notary be stripped of his commission under the New York Executive Law for fraud or taking a statement known to be false, but a notary who is guilty of malfeasance or fraudulent practice is also guilty of a misdemeanor and liable in damages to the person "

THE BACK PAGE

Free With Registration: Immigration Team Tackles I.D. Case
Friday, July 18, 2008
By Thomas Adcock

"A decision last week by Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission preserves, at least for the time being, a controversial pact of confidentiality between the city of New Haven and thousands of undocumented immigrants who hold municipal identification cards allowing them access to banks and public services. The July 9 ruling marked success for a pro bono team of lawyers from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson on behalf of the immigrants. "

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

'Can You Notarize This?' Taking the Notary Job Seriously
Friday, July 18, 2008
By Joel Cohen and Danielle Alfonzo Walsman

"Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, and Danielle Alfonzo Walsman, an associate at the firm, write: 'Make no mistake; failure to follow the proper procedures of notarization can carry real consequences. Not only may a notary be stripped of his commission under the New York Executive Law for fraud or taking a statement known to be false, but a notary who is guilty of malfeasance or fraudulent practice is also guilty of a misdemeanor and liable in damages to the person injured.'"