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Section 1983 Litigation – Supreme Court Developments, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 1999

Section 1983 Litigation – Supreme Court Developments, Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

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The Use Of Expert Proofs In Complex Product Liability Litigation In New York: A Preliminary Consideration Of Varying Federal And New York State Approaches To Disclosure And Admissibility, Steven J. Phillips Jan 1999

The Use Of Expert Proofs In Complex Product Liability Litigation In New York: A Preliminary Consideration Of Varying Federal And New York State Approaches To Disclosure And Admissibility, Steven J. Phillips

Touro Law Review

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Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments: October 1998 Term, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 1999

Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments: October 1998 Term, Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

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Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 1999

Supreme Court Section 1983 Developments, Martin A. Schwartz

Scholarly Works

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Which Cases Go To Trial?: An Empirical Study Of Predictors Of Failure To Settle, Leandra Lederman Jan 1999

Which Cases Go To Trial?: An Empirical Study Of Predictors Of Failure To Settle, Leandra Lederman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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A Mixed Bag For Chicken Little: Analyzing Year 2000 Claims And Insurance Coverage, Jeffrey W. Stempel Jan 1999

A Mixed Bag For Chicken Little: Analyzing Year 2000 Claims And Insurance Coverage, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Scholarly Works

A visitor from another planet reading the popular and insurance trade press would probably conclude that the world stands on the abyss of a business, tort, and insurance crisis of unprecedented proportion. Media coverage of an impending Year 2000 “crisis” has reached a fevered pitch, with predictions of both a gigantic volume of Year 2000 claims and a correspondingly large amount of insurance coverage litigation. Many predict that the Year 2000 problem (also known as the “Y2K” or “Millennium Bug” problem) will create coverage controversies and costs dwarfing major insurance battles of the late twentieth century such as those concerning …


The Constitutional Dilemma Of Litigation Under The Independent Counsel System, William K. Kelley Jan 1999

The Constitutional Dilemma Of Litigation Under The Independent Counsel System, William K. Kelley

Journal Articles

The independent counsel system as established by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 has put different components of the executive branch, such as the President and Department of Justice in the position of litigating against a special counsel. Litigation is not only a bad idea, it also gives rise to a serious constitutional dilemma. It either violates Article III because there is insufficient adversity to support litigation between the parties. Or it violates Article II, by preventing the President and his subordinates from controlling central functions of the executive branch, and places the independent counsel, an inferior officer, in …


Higher Burden For Ada Plaintiffs, Susan J. Becker Jan 1999

Higher Burden For Ada Plaintiffs, Susan J. Becker

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Plaintiffs in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) cases have a signigicantly higher burden to show a disability due to a triliogy of recent decisions. This article examines this recent case law.


Impeachment: Evidence Amendments, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1999

Impeachment: Evidence Amendments, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

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Precedent Lost: Why Encourage Settlement, And Why Permit Non-Party Involvement In Settlements?, Leandra Lederman Jan 1999

Precedent Lost: Why Encourage Settlement, And Why Permit Non-Party Involvement In Settlements?, Leandra Lederman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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