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Immigration Law
Monday, January 26, 2009
By Michael D. Patrick

" Michael D. Patrick, a partner at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, gives a historical overview of immigration remedies available to foreign victims of domestic violence, trafficking and other crimes, and describes the newly issued regulations that allow nonimmigrants in the T and U classifications to adjust their status and become Lawful Permanent Residents."

Intellectual Property
Monday, January 26, 2009
By Alan J. Hartnick

" Alan J. Hartnick, a partner of Abelman, Frayne & Schwab and an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, writes: Was Marilyn Monroe domiciled in New York and not California when she died in 1962? If it were California, the company succeeding to her rights might have publicity rights for 70 years after her death if the new California statute were constitutional. The new California statute is retroactive as well as prospective."

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

Court 'Veto' Power Oversees Property Sales by Religious Firms
Monday, January 26, 2009
By David G. Samuels

" David G. Samuels, a partner at Duval & Stachenfeld, writes that though there have been a plethora of cases addressing various procedural aspects of the RCL since its enactment, the role of the court, as protector of the assets and the interests of the members of religious corporations, has never been challenged."

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Trusts & Estates
Monday, January 26, 2009
' In this Special Section from the New York Law Journal: 'Falling Into the Gap Of State Death Taxes,' 'True Counselors,' 'Confronting Conflicts' and 'Substituted Judgment.' " 

Also, in the highlighted article from this section,

Free With Registration: Of Sound Mind Yes, but Did She Understand The Tax Clause?
"Eve Rachel Markewich, a member of Markewich and Rosenstock, writes that every lawyer knows the requirements of an enforceable will: the testator must have capacity, and the will must be validly executed. In fact, the general parameters of the process are so ingrained in our jurisprudence that, next to the necessity of Miranda warnings, or proof 'beyond a reasonable doubt,' they are probably among the best known legal requirements in the non-lawyer's ken."

NYSBA Annual Meeting
Monday, January 26, 2009
" Justices Prudenti and Scudder discuss the new conduct rules and Judge Pfau looks at the hard fiscal realities facing the bench and bar in 2009, while NYSBA Section Chairs discuss the indigent defender system, the Employee Free Choice Act, the new administration's environmental team, jury selection and more in this Special Section from the New York Law Journal."

Also, in the highlighted article from this section,

Free: Celebrating Collaboration of Bench and Bar
"Jonathan Lippman, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, and Nominee for Chief Judge Of the State of New York, writes: In many respects, the legal world today is a much different place than it was 15, or even 10, years ago. Much of the progress in shaping our profession for the better has been the result of the spectacular partnership between the courts and the bar."