New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest October 7, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Business Law<br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Analysts Placed on Same Footing as Stock Issuers For 'Fraud on Market' Misrepresentation Claims</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057770&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>In re: Salomon Analyst Metromedia Litigation</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Attorneys' Fees<br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Kaye Scholer Denied Summary Judgment Against Client in Action for Unpaid Legal Fees</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425058328&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Kaye Scholer LLP v. Failsafe Air Safety Systems Corp.</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Contracts</b></font><br/><font>Court Enforces Landlord's Oral Agreement Allowing Tenant's to Reside in Home With Option to Purchase</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057653&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Kaur v. Guida</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>SUFFOLK COUNTY<br/>Government</b></font><br/><font>Court Rules Suffolk County Properly Awarded Contract for Medical Laboratory Services</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057711&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Quest Diagnostics Inc. v. County of Suffolk</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>WESTCHESTER COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Defendant's Words Ruled Not 'Fighting Words'; Disorderly Conduct Charge Did Not Comply With Law</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057624&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. George Brown</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>ONONDAGA COUNTY<br/>Trusts and Estates</b></font><br/><font>Court Finds Fiduciary's Failure to Marshal Estate Assets Imprudent; Denial of Commissions Rejected</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425058299&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Last Will and Testament of John Clarke Adams</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>ALBANY COUNTY<br/>Family Law</b></font><br/><font>Agency Fails to Meet Burden to Show Circumstance Exists to Deny Child Right to Be Heard in Court</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057682&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Pedro M.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Rape Victim's Claims of Hilton Agency Relationship Support Court's Jurisdiction Over Dominican Hotel</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057518&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Chrobak v. Hilton International</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Intellectual Property</b></font><br/><font>'Project Runway' Show Did Not Violate Copyright To Treatment for 'American Runway' Program</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057339&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Rodriguez v. Heidi Klum Co. LLC</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Business Law</b></font><br/><font>Defunct Firm, Leadership Granted Partial Judgment In Investors' Lawsuit Alleging
10(b) Securities Fraud</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057400&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Jay Dees Inc. v. Defense Technology Systems Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Intellectual Property</b></font><br/><font>Fraudulent Concealment Pleaded in C.A.'s Suit Over Rival's Infringing Use of Software Source Code</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057430&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>C.A. Inc. v. Rocket Software Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Constitutional Law</b></font><br/><font>'Legitimate Pedagogical Concerns' Support Teacher's Hiding of Jesus Image on Child's Environment Poster</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425057369&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Peck v. Baldwinsville Central School District</i></b></a></font><br/></font><br/><!-- This ad should show on this page from Friday, October 03, 2008 10:00 AM PT to Friday, October 10, 2008 9:59:59 AM PT. This message was last updated: 10/6/2008 10:01:13 AM PT. FOR AGENT USE ONLY: a=4447,k=33569,c=34,s=619,kw=5,t=10/6/2008 10:01:13 AM --><!--adID=4447--><!--adComment="This ad should show on this page from Friday, October 03, 2008 10:00 AM PT to Friday, October 10, 2008 9:59:59 AM PT. This message was last updated: 10/6/2008 10:01:13 AM PT. FOR AGENT USE ONLY: a=4447,k=33569,c=34,s=619,kw=5,t=10/6/2008 10:01:13 AM"--><!--adImgDir="/img/a_d_z/"--></p></font>
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