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Copyright Law
Friday, May 15, 2009
By Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida

"New York practitioner Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida, a partner at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, write that United States Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter's decision to forego the remainder of his lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, and President Barack Obama's search for suitable nominees, have heightened public interest in issues of constitutional interpretation. It is therefore fitting, they note, that this month's column examines a case at the crossroads of the Copyright Clause and the First Amendment."

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Free With Registration: New York Adopts Tough New Laws to Target Tax Fraud
Friday, May 15, 2009
By William Comiskey

" William Comiskey, deputy commissioner for enforcement at the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, reviews the new law increasing criminal penalties for tax evasion and improving the Tax Department's ability to identify and pursue non-compliant taxpayers. The provisions simplify a confusing and unfair patchwork of tax crimes that often left serious tax fraud untouched and that sometimes treated minor acts of cheating more severely than major tax evasion. "