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Free: Misconceptions About Suicides
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Andrew Sparkler

"Andrew Sparkler, president and a founding director of The Dave Nee Foundation, a non-profit corporation that seeks to support and encourage organizations devoted to preventing suicide among adolescents and young adults, writes: In the wake of several attorneys' recent deaths by suicide, a number of articles in the national media have suggested that each of those deaths resulted from a particular disappointment or loss. But it is misguided to frame suicide as the direct result of a single stressful event."

Corporate and Securities Litigation
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Sarah S. Gold and Richard L. Spinogatti

"Sarah S. Gold, a partner at at Proskauer Rose, and Richard L. Spinogatti, senior counsel at the firm, write that resolution of competing policy issues, often the enunciated bases for recent securities fraud decisions, is likely to play a significant role in the outcome of a case recently accepted for review by the U.S. Supreme Court."

Domestic Banking Law
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Clyde Mitchell

 "Clyde Mitchell, adjunct professor of banking law at Fordham Law School and a former partner in the banking and financial services group at White & Case, asks two questions: First, do we wait until the current financial services crisis is under control before doing anything about regulatory restructuring, or do we commence the latter at this time? Second, do we deal with systemic risk regulation and resolution on a priority basis, or do we undertake this as a part of the overall consideration of regulatory restructuring?"

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

Interrogations and the Law: Does 'Miranda' Work?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Jay Goldberg

" Jay Goldberg, a New York City attorney and former acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, writes: In Dickerson v. United States, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, for the Court, wrote, 'Miranda has become embedded in routine police practice....' But there is more than enough to question the accuracy of the Court's sweeping and confident observation. It is clear the Court does not rely on any empirical evidence. If what the chief justice wrote were accurate, there should be no law enforcement objection to tape recording custodial interrogations."  

REAL ESTATE TRENDS:

Despite 'Jones,' Ambiguities In Title Chain Can Be Cured
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman

"Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman, partners at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., write: When the Supreme Court decided Jones v. Flowers, it exacerbated a nagging problem for the title insurance industry - the necessity to do constitutional analysis when examining chains of title. With the increase in tax foreclosures, more properties have these ambiguities. But, while we recognize that many titles come with problems from tax foreclosures in the chain of title, we do not find the need to reject such titles. Instead, one can take measures to make these transactions as safe as any other."