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New York Practice

Monday, May 18, 2009

By Patrick M. Connors

"Patrick M. Connors, a professor of law at Albany Law School, writes that the rules of conduct concerning attorneys' drafting of retainer agreements, like the baseball stadiums that host the Amazin's and the Pinstripers, have changed, with a new look, but some features that evoke their storied pasts."

Tax Tips

Monday, May 18, 2009

By Sidney Kess

"Sidney Kess, CPA-attorney, consulting editor to CCH Inc., author and lecturer, reviews tax breaks enacted under legislation during the past year to encourage homeownership as well as to provide relief for those who lose their homes, including the first-time homebuyer tax credit, an increase to the standard deduction for homeowners who do not itemize deductions, credits for residential energy improvement expenditures and alternative energy improvements, and a tax break on debt forgiveness in a foreclosure."

that often left serious tax fraud untouched and that sometimes treated minor acts of cheating more severely than major tax evasion.

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Free: Complex Litigation

Monday, May 18, 2009

"In this Special Section from the New York Law Journal, brought to you free by Tinari Economics Group: 'American Pipe' and Tolling For Individual Claims,' 'Will 'Bridge' Lead To More RICO Fraud-Based Certifications?' and 'Scratching Below the Surface.' "

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Free: Avoiding the Minefields in New York Practice

"Steven F. Napolitano, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and William H. Mack, a senior associate at the firm, write that every attorney involved in complex litigation in New York must know the basic procedural rules governing class action litigation. However, they caution that the "basics" may not be enough, and your case may turn on successfully navigating novel and developing procedural issues that go far beyond what was taught those many years ago in CPLR 101. Recent New York decisions, they say, highlight important class action issues that practitioners may overlook, but are well advised to keep in mind as they could be essential to a court's ruling on class certification."