Firm News
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A case litigated in Brazil by Berenice Busson and her associate in Brazil, Helio Sant’Anna, was recently voted by the Brazilian Supreme Court as the case of the Century in Brazil. The case created a cause of action for ‘Group Libel’, and resulted in enacting of criminal legislation creating the crime of intentional group libel (pdf - in portuguese, 16MB). You can also view the case via the Brazilian Supreme Court Website, it is case n. hc/82424. (Google Translator)
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The firm, together with local co-counsel, Harvey Levine, and in conjunction with counsel for several co-respondents, in a proceeding brought in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, won a release of several million dollars from forfeiture from the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. A copy of the District Court’s decision is attached here as pdf.
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The firm, in conjunction with co-counsel for several co-defendants, won the release, in an proceeding in the Supreme Court of New York County, of several millions dollars from an attempted forfeiture brought by the District Attorney of New York County under CPLR 13-A. A copy of the Supreme Court’s decision is available here as pdf.
Update, December 28, 2007: The decision of Judge Shulman in the Article 13A proceeding was affirmed by the unanimous decision of the Appellate Division First Department dated December 28, 2007 available here
Update, Court of Appeals Decision, available here
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The firm has won a reported decision in the New York County Surrogate’s Court determining that an attorney-fiduciary is limited to only one-half of fiduciary commissions otherwise allowed under the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act, if the attorney does not obtain an acknowledgement from the testator that the testator is aware that the attorney-executor would be entitled to both attorney’s fees and commissions if the attorney acts both as an attorney and an executor. (pdf).
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The following decision was published in the New York Law Journal of Wednesday, February 9, 2011 (pdf).