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Domestic Environmental Law
Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Christine A. Fazio and Ethan I. Strell

"Christine A. Fazio and Ethan I. Strell, attorneys at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, write that, overall, with the tightening of several air quality standards and EPA's climate change endangerment finding, we should expect to see more regulation of sources, including those that had been too small to be subject to CAA requirements or had been grandfathered in the past, and more stringent requirements for those sources already subject to CAA regulatory and permitting programs."

Condemnation and Tax Certiorari
Thursday, February 25, 2010
By M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon

"M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon, partners of Goldstein, Goldstein, Rikon & Gottlieb, review a recent case where the court granted a petitioner in a tax assessment case summary judgment where the taxpayer alleged that the town selectively reassessed the residential property in question from $150,000 to $240,000."

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Free With Registration: Rulings in 2009 in Class Actions Under CPLR Article 9
Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Thomas A. Dickerson and Kenneth A. Manning

"Thomas A. Dickerson, an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, and Kenneth A. Manning, a partner at Phillips Lytle, provide their annual wrap-up of New York case law on litigation as diverse as post-settlement discovery issues, deceptive price matching, cell phone plans, fixed price contracts, and employee gratuities, to name a few."

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Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Corinne Ball

 "Corinne Ball, a partner at Jones Day, reviews a recent federal appeals court ruling that set forth a stark reminder that the bankruptcy threshold for break-up fees, which is that such fees be "actual, necessary costs . . . of preserving the estate," must always be met"