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Second Circuit Review
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp

"Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp, partners at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, write that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court decision holding that the National Security Agency may respond to a Freedom of Information Act request with a Glomar response ? that is, a response that neither confirms nor denies the existence of the requested records?where a response to the FOIA inquiry would cause harm cognizable under an FOIA exception."

Immigration Law
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
By Angelo A. Paparelli and Ted J. Chiappari

"Angelo A. Paparelli, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw, and Ted J. Chiappari, a partner at Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, ask: Why is U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services clipping the wings off future job growth? USCIS has done just that by issuing a memorandum that announces a new set of demanding, burdensome and commercially unreasonable requirements for an employer to prove that the petitioning business will have a valid employer-employee relationship with the foreign workers it proposes to hire."

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

 Discoverability of Cell Phone Records In Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
By Joseph D. Nohavicka

" Joseph D. Nohavicka, a partner at Mavromihalis Pardalis & Nohavicka, discusses recent case law delineating under what circumstances an individual's cell phone records become subject to disclosure in New York during the discovery phase of motor vehicle accident civil litigation. "

REAL ESTATE TRENDS

Taxation
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
By Ezra Dyckman and Daniel W. Stahl

"Ezra Dyckman, a partner at Roberts & Holland, and Daniel W. Stahl, an associate at the firm, review a recent private letter ruling in which the IRS considered whether mezzanine financing, where debt is secured by interests in an entity that owns real property but not by the real property itself, can be qualified real property business indebtedness."