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APPELLATE DIVISION
FIRST DEPARTMENT
Employment
Free With Registration: Withholding Commissions After Termination Held a Violation of Implied Covenant of Good Faith
Arbeeny v. Kennedy Executive Search, Inc.

APPELLATE DIVISION
FIRST DEPARTMENT
Insurance Law
'Midland LAQ' Binding on Supreme Court; Ruling On Objections in Insurer's Liquidation Is Reversed
In re Liquidation of Midland Ins. Co. (American Standard Inc. v. Swiss Reinsurance America Corp.)

NEW YORK COUNTY
Damages
Teacher Granted New Trial on Issue of Past Medical Expenses Unless Defendants Stipulate to Increase
Capshaw v. City of New York

NEW YORK COUNTY
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Article 75 Special Proceeding Time-Barred; Teacher Failed to Comply With Procedural Requirements
Cruz v. New York City Dept. of Education

NEW YORK COUNTY
Administrative Law
Petitioner's Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Bars Challenge to Agency's Decision
Matter of Gambino v. NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs

NEW YORK COUNTY
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Court Concludes That Issue of Who Held Money In Escrow Account to Be Resolved in Arbitration
Teletech Europe BV v. Essar Services Mauritius

QUEENS COUNTY
Criminal Practice
Defendant's Execution of Waiver of Extradition Finalized Process; Withdrawal Is Denied
People v. Fanning

NASSAU COUNTY
Trusts and Estates
Court Rules Non-Marital Children Are Not Entitled to Any Rights Under After-Born Law
Estate of Gilmore

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
Criminal Practice
Counsel Re-Appointed; Notice Should Have Preceded Order Relieving Counsel as Sanction
United States v. Frankel

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
Legal Profession
Trial Record Did Not Support Champerty Finding In Suit on Assignment in Defaulted Mortgage Loan
Trust for Certificate Holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc. v. Love Funding Corp.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Suit Dismissed for Failure to Prosecute Is Denied Re-Opening; 'Lewis' Factors Favor Dismissal
Lowery v. Petrusino

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Criminal Practice
'Brady' Violation Claims Rejected in Denial of New Trial To Executive Convicted Under SEC Fraud Charges
United States v. Kaiser