New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest October 27, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>FIRST DEPARTMENT<br/>Family Law<br/><font>Court Should Have Adopted 'Dunn' Method to Value Divorce Husband's Shares in Subchapter C Company</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532661&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Wechsler, plaintiff-respondent v. Wechsler, defendant-appellant</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Torts<br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Lawyers' League Granted Summary Judgment In Basketball Player's Negligence Action</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532403&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Stephenson v. Food Bank for NYC</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Leave to Amend Pleadings to Add Legal Malpractice Claim Within Medical Malpractice Suit Denied</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532432&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Bradshaw v. Lenox Hill Hospital</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>BRONX COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Petitioner Cannot Be Incarcerated For Violating Conditions of Non-Existent Period of PRS</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532374&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People (ex rel. Matthew Harper) v. Warden, Rikers Island Correctional Facility</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Motor Vehicles</b></font><br/><font>Graves Amendment Does Not Apply to 'Loaner' Vehicle Provided to User Without Charge</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425533268&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Zizersky v. Life Quality Motor Sales Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Periods of 'Unreasonable Delay' Properly Charged to Prosecutors, Exceed Statutory Period</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532258&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Lin Chen, et. al.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>SUFFOLK COUNTY<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Ski Resort Granted Dismissal of Personal Injury Action by Skier For Lack of Personal Jurisdiction</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425533297&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Bossey v. Camelback Ski Corp.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></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>'Polaroid' Proximity Factor Noted in Judgment Denial In Suit Between Same Name Florida, New York Clubs</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532205&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>SB ICE LLC v. MGN LLC</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>After Hearing on Azeri Law, Court Rules on Jury Instructions on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532176&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. Viktor Kozeny et al.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></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>'Salomon' Held That 'Basic' Market Fraud Presumption Applies to Both Stock Issuers and Research Analysts</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532345&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Lapin v. Goldman Sachs & Co.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Default Judgment Recommended as Sanction For Spoliation of Laptop Computer Hard Drive</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532147&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Gutman v. Klein</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 27, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Slavery Defendant Denied Release Pending Appeal, Elimination of In-House Monitoring Bail Condition</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425532316&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. Varsha M. Sabhnani and Mahender M. Sabhnani</i></b></a></font><br/></font></p></font>
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