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10

Jul

New York Commercial Litigation Lawyer Explains Trade Secrets

At Hiller, PC, our New York commercial litigation lawyers frequently field questions about trade secrets. Here, we provide a brief overview of New York trade secret law. Trade Secrets Defined New York has not adopted a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, nor is...

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26

Jun

Ask Your New York Commercial Litigation Lawyer About Alternative Dispute Resolution

If you are involved in a New York commercial litigation dispute, you may choose to resolve your claim through the traditional route of a courtroom trial, or you may choose an alternative means of dispute resolution. The two most common forms of alternative dispute resolution...

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12

Feb

Coerced Confessions Unconstitutional: Florida v. Chambers (1940)

Seventy-five (75) years ago today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Florida v. Chambers that confessions obtained through coercion are inadmissible at trial. The circumstances of the coercion in Chambers weren’t especially brutal; there was no evidence of beatings, threats, deprivation of food or...

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05

Feb

110 Years Later and We Are Still Arguing Over Compulsory Vaccinations: Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)

Over the last several weeks, the country has, once again, been in the throes of a national debate over the cost-benefit analysis of vaccination. The medical community is universal in its conclusion that vaccination vastly reduces (and, in many instances, eliminates) the spread of certain...

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