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Connecticut court takes up doctor-patient confidentiality
Practice Focuses 06/23/2017The Connecticut Supreme Court will be deciding an issue that most people may think is already settled — whether medical providers have a duty to keep patients' medical records confidential.A trial court judge in Bridgeport, Richard Arnold, rule...
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Supreme Court says cities can sue banks under anti-bias law
U.S. Supreme Court 06/23/2017The Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities may sue banks under the federal anti-discrimination in housing law, but said those lawsuits must tie claims about predatory lending practices among minority customers directly to declines in property taxes.T...
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Fraternity brothers due in court in pledge's fatal fall
Personal Injury 06/13/2017Members of a Penn State fraternity facing charges related to the death earlier this year of a pledge after a night of heavy drinking are due in court Monday for a hearing about whether there's enough evidence to head to trial. Prosecutors in the case...
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James A. Piatt - Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC
Elite Lawyers IndianaJames A. Piatt James is a principal member of Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC. His practice focuses on business litigation and class action and mass tort litigation. James was named an Indiana Super Lawyers’ Rising Star in the area of business ...
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Supreme Court says cities can sue banks under anti-bias law
Business Law 05/23/2017The Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities may sue banks under the federal anti-discrimination in housing law, but said those lawsuits must tie claims about predatory lending practices among minority customers directly to declines in property taxes. ...
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High court could soon signal view on Trump immigration plans
Immigration Law 05/23/2017Supreme Court decisions in a half-dozen cases dealing with immigration over the next two months could reveal how the justices might evaluate Trump administration actions on immigration, especially stepped-up deportations. Some of those cases could be...
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Court revives black TV network's discrimination lawsuit
Employment Law 05/13/2017A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit claiming that a North Carolina city discriminated against an African-American-owned television network. A divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a lower cour...
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5 who protested inside Supreme Court plead guilty
Civil Litigation News 05/11/2017Five protesters have pleaded guilty to causing disruptions in the U.S. Supreme Court. Online court records show the pleas were entered Thursday in federal court in Washington. Sentencing is set for July 24. The group had argued a law under which they...
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Court bars release of videos made by anti-abortion group
Law Firm News 05/09/2017A federal appeals court on Wednesday barred the release of videos made by an anti-abortion group whose leaders are facing felony charges in California accusing them of recording people without permission in violation of state law. The 9th U.S. Circui...
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Andrew W. Buder
Elite Lawyers New YorkAndrew W. Buder, Esq., joined Kommer, Bave and Ollman, LLP as an associate in September of 2015 and is practicing in the areas of real estate, litigation, personal injury, family law, and business law. Mr. Buder is admitted to practice law in the Sta...
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Joann D’Emilio -
Elite Lawyers New YorkJOANN D’EMILIO is an associate attorney with Kommer Bave & Ollman LLP. She is a graduate of Cornell University (B.S. with Distinction) and St. John’s University School of Law (J.D. cum laude). She is admitted to practice in the State ...
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Rachel F. Ciccone, Esq. - Kommer Bave and Ollman, LLP
Elite Lawyers New YorkRachel F. Ciccone, Esq. Rachel F. Ciccone, Esq. is the Senior Associate Attorney with Kommer Bave & Ollman LLP and has been with the firm for more than ten years. She devotes 90% of her practice of law to litigation specifically in matrimonial an...