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Can I borrow the car? I promise I'll be careful

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2013

Mark Hales has driven a lot of fast cars, both as a Formula One driver and in his subsequent career as a freelance auto racing journalist. You'd

Lawyers as nonprofit directors maximizing opportunities, mitigating risks

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

Attorneys can reap enormous rewards by serving on nonprofit boards. Lawyers derive tremendous personal satisfaction in governing an organization that

Take me out to the ball game, but keep me away from the flying hotdogs!

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 29 2013

When we last wrote about hot dog litigation a few years ago, baseball fan John Coomer had just filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Kansas

Windsor v. United States, 2d Cir. no. 12-2335-CV(l) (10182012)

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 7 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") is unconstitutional because it violates equal protection

Hastings v. PNC Bank NA, Md. No. 109 (09272012)

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 15 2012

The Maryland Court of Appeals holds for PNC in a suit by the beneficiaries of a testamentary trust created under the will of a Maryland resident where the beneficiaries claimed that PNC breached its fiduciary duty in requiring them to sign a release agreement arguably too favorable to PNC before distributing assets to them

Windsor v. U.S., Case 1:10-cv-08435-BSJ-JCF (June 6, 2012, Southern District of NY) DOMA does not withstand rational basis test

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2012

In this big victory for the taxpayer, the Court granted summary judgment against the U.S. finding that the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) had no rational basis

Benefit claim

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 14 2012

In Smith v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., No. 11-30540, 2012 WL 373090 (5th Cir. Feb. 6, 2012), the court held that plaintiff, the beneficiary of his wife's life insurance policy, was not entitled to benefits because of the plan's "voluntary ingestion" exclusion

IRS issues final Form 8938

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 2 2012

Treasury has issued a final Form 8938, which certain taxpayers will need to file in 2012 for the 2011 tax year

New York State changes personal income tax rates

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 2 2012

New York has modified the personal income tax rate schedule for tax years 2012 through 2014

Tannen v. Tannen

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 2 2012

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division's holding that, for purposes of determining alimony, it was not appropriate to impute income to a wife based on her beneficial interest in an irrevocable trust created and funded by her parents