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State Environmental Regulation
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
By Charlotte A. Biblow

" Charlotte A. Biblow, apartner at Farrell Fritz, analyzes a Court of Appeals ruling that is likely to result in more individuals and organizations challenging agency conclusions under SEQRA in court than has happened in the past."

Aviation Law
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green

"Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green, partners with Kreindler & Kreindler, write: The different combinations of potential choice of law rules and damage laws can result in a mind-boggling array of outcomes after a plane crash. What is clear is that in almost every case, the surviving family of a New Yorker will receive a sharply limited recovery compared with those residing in other jurisdictions. It is well past time for New York to adopt realistic death damage rules that recognize the true value of the loss of a family member."

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Bills Addressing Charitable Investments Impair Donors' Rights
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
By William Josephson

" William Josephson, a retired partner of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and head of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's Charities Bureau from 1999 to 2004, expresses comncerns about pending legislation that would continue an unfortunate trend to shield further charitable fiduciaries from liability for their reinvestment decisions."  

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New Life for an Old Tort: 'Hot News' Returns to Court
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
By Stephen M. Kramarsky

"Stephen M. Kramarsky, a member of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky, writes that the recent decision in Barclays Capital Inc. v. Theflyonthewall.com is long, detailed and carefully reasoned. It is likely right, as a matter of New York's common law of misappropriation. But it is also out of sync with the modern view of intellectual property and with the way most people view the flow of information in the Internet age. "