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$5.7 Million Securities Arbitration Award Overturned 
New York Law Journal
A Manhattan Supreme Court justice has thrown out a $5.7 million arbitration award in a dispute between securities firms because the arbitrators openly refused to consider the laws applicable to such hearings.  
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Prudenti to Wear Two Judicial Hats -- For Now 
New York Law Journal 
Supreme Court Justice Gail Prudenti, confirmed last week as an associate justice at the Appellate Division, and set to take bench in Brooklyn starting Oct. 22, will wear two hats for a while. Prudenti will remain Suffolk County's administrative judge for the next few months, until Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye names a successor.  
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Former Deputy Attorney General to Speak at Bar 
On Monday, November 12, 2001 at 7 p.m., Eric Holder, Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, will deliver the Benjamin N. Cardozo Lecture at the House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street. The topic of this year's lecture will be "The Importance of Diversity in the Legal Profession."  For more information, please call (212) 382-6660. 

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Morning Radio Program Host's Statements Were 'Pure Opinion' Not Actionable as Libel
Supreme Court, Bronx
The court dismissed the complaint of libel against radio host Don Imus of WFAN's "Imus in the Morning" brought by a Division of Motor Vehicles employee whom Imus disparaged on the air, finding that the facts before it showed that the complained-of speech was clearly prefaced by, and couched within, a statement by Imus concerning his alleged personal experiences upon which the complained-of opinion was based.  
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A Sign of the Times
The Recorder 
A small sign reading "God Bless America" has propelled a quiet, suburban elementary school in California to the center of the debate over the separation of church and state. The school sign may test how far the American Civil Liberties Union is willing to go in challenging what it perceives as religious messages on public buildings, and how far the courts are willing to go towards defining what is religious, and what is patriotic.  
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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Key Job Bias Cases 
The National Law Journal 
The U.S. Supreme Court has the potential to alter significantly the rights and duties of employees and employers in a large batch of job bias cases this term. Gregory Malovance, of Chicago's Winston & Strawn, says the first case heard, EEOC v. Waffle House, concerning the issue of whether an arbitration agreement is enforceable, may "indirectly" have the most significant consequence of all the job bias cases. 
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House Votes to Extend Ban on Internet Taxes 
The Associated Press 
With a weekend deadline looming, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to extend a ban on Internet-only taxes by an additional two years, putting off the difficult issue of how state sales taxes should apply to electronic commerce. The bill, which the House passed on a voice vote, would extend until Nov. 1, 2003, a moratorium preventing taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory Internet taxes. Full Text Visit the Tech Law Practice Center  



Conflicts of Interest and Law Firm Disqualification
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10/22/2001 - 11/02/2001 
Charges that lawyers have engaged in conflicts of interest are reaching epidemic proportions. Join moderator Richard Flamm to discuss the reality of how the conflict of interest rules are used in litigation practice, as well as the practical aspects of handling disqualification motions and appeals. Law.com will track and report your CLE credits to the state bar. 
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