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• Richard Green (Fine Paintings) v. McClendon
• New York's Revived Power Plant Siting Law Preempts Local Control
• Dual Prosecution for Tax Offenses: Closing the 'Helmsley Loophole'
• Terror: Last Defendant in FBI Sting Gets 25 Years for Bomb Plot
• Ten Years After 9/11
• Judge Unpersuaded by Companies' Defense That Chinese Government Made Them Act as a Cartel
• Panel Rules Non-Lawyer Cannot Run for Queens D.A.
• State Bar Launches Veterans Committee
• Character Committee Interviews Set for Tuesday
• First Monday Program to Tackle Health Care Law
• Court Backs Disclosure in Cases Using Cellphone Data
• People v. Andrade
• Cabukyuksel v. Ascot Properties LLC
• San Pietro v. NY Times Building LLC
• Dzierzawski v. Kelly
• Matter of the Estate of Richard A. Otto
• Gholian v. Mmakwe
• Daibes v. Cheng
• Edwards v. City of New York
• Bell v. Const. and Gen'l Building Laborers' Local 79
• Seidita v. Millennium Pipeline Co. LLC
• Blast v. Fischer
• Outside Counsel: Wage Order Sets Forth Dramatic Changes to Tip Pooling

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Richard Green (Fine Paintings) v. McClendon	Top
Woman Loses Breach Suit Over $4.2 Million Painting; E-Mails Satisfied Statute of Frauds
New York's Revived Power Plant Siting Law Preempts Local Control	Top
In his Environmental Law column, Michael B. Gerrard, a professor at Columbia Law School, and senior counsel to Arnold & Porter, analyzes recent legislation recreating a one-stop, state program for permitting electric generating facilities while preempting local requirements. But the new statute differs from its predecessor in several important ways.
Dual Prosecution for Tax Offenses: Closing the 'Helmsley Loophole'	Top
In his Tax Litigation Issues column, Jeremy H. Temkin, a principal in Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, while there may be egregious cases with new legislation with which both federal and state authorities will be warranted in pursuing the same defendant, there is reason to be hopeful that such dual prosecutions will continue to be rare.
Terror: Last Defendant in FBI Sting Gets 25 Years for Bomb Plot	Top
Southern District Judge Colleen McMahon yesterday ordered Laguerre Payen to prison for his role in a plot to bomb Riverdale synagogues, but not before she again criticized the government for creating a crime of terrorism where one did not exist through the instigation of a confidential informant.
Ten Years After 9/11	Top
Firefighters, family members and court personnel yesterday attended an Eastern District special session to remember firefighters from a nearby firehouse who were killed responding to the 9/11 terror attacks.
Judge Unpersuaded by Companies' Defense That Chinese Government Made Them Act as a Cartel	Top
Although China's Ministry of Commerce took the unprecedented step of hiring lawyers at Sidley Austin to join the litigation and take responsibility for requiring a group of Chinese vitamin C makers to act as a cartel, on Tuesday, Judge Brian Cogan rejected that defense.
Panel Rules Non-Lawyer Cannot Run for Queens D.A.	Top
State Bar Launches Veterans Committee	Top
Character Committee Interviews Set for Tuesday	Top
First Monday Program to Tackle Health Care Law	Top
Court Backs Disclosure in Cases Using Cellphone Data	Top
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday sided against the DOJ in upholding the public release of information about court cases in which the authorities used cellphone location data to track criminal suspects.
People v. Andrade	Top
Hearsay Rule Not Violated by Evidence to Rebut Claimed Coercion of Incriminating Statements
Cabukyuksel v. Ascot Properties LLC	Top
Attorney Estopped From Denying Another Lawyer's Charging Lien for Personal Injury Suit
San Pietro v. NY Times Building LLC	Top
Defendants Fail to Show Statute Requires MoreThan 1 Piece of Debris to Constitute Violation
Dzierzawski v. Kelly	Top
Officer Denied Motion to Annul Decision Denying Him ADR Benefits Under WTC Law
Matter of the Estate of Richard A. Otto	Top
Executors Granted Protective Order; Decedent's Wife's Motion to Compel Denied
Gholian v. Mmakwe	Top
Protective Order Found Warranted to Prevent Unreasonable Annoyance; Another EBT Denied
Daibes v. Cheng	Top
'Overtones of Forum Shopping' Grant Motion To Consolidate Actions, Not to Transfer Venue
Edwards v. City of New York	Top
Time City's Prison Guards Spend Donning, Doffing Uniform, Gear Is Not Compensable
Bell v. Const. and Gen'l Building Laborers' Local 79	Top
Recording, Transcript Properly Excluded As Not-Excepted Hearsay; New Trial Denied
Seidita v. Millennium Pipeline Co. LLC	Top
Pipeline Builder Granted Indemnification By Safety Contractor Following Settlement
Blast v. Fischer	Top
Settlement Not Breached by Demand That Water Be Ordered Through Prison Officials
Outside Counsel: Wage Order Sets Forth Dramatic Changes to Tip Pooling	Top
Demi Sophocleous and Christopher P. Keenoy of Morrison & Mahoney discuss the New York State Hospitality Industry Wage Order that took effect this year, which permits employers to mandate their employees to share or pool tips, and even to set the percentages that each employee will receive in the tip pool. But while the wage order provides clarity for the restaurant industry, it has not meant the end of lawsuits, especially with regard to who is entitled to participate in tip sharing.

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