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Bar Journal, October 09 cover imageThe NYSBA Journal features substantive articles, relating to the practice of law in New York State, on business, criminal, elder, environmental, labor and employment, real property and trusts and estates law, as well as other general topics of interest to attorneys. Edited by David C. Wilkes, Esq., the NYSBA Journal is published nine times per year and distributed to members free of charge, as a benefit of membership.

The Journal is copyrighted by the New York State Bar Association. The copying, reselling, duplication, transferring, reproducing, reusing, retaining or reprinting of this Journal is strictly prohibited without permission. © New York State Bar Association. All rights reserved. ISSN 1529-3769 (print) ISSN 1934-2020 (online)

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Inside the Current Issue

(October 2009)

President’s Message: Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
by Michael E. Getnick

Articles

The Modernized, Streamlined Contract: Electronic Contracts and Signatures—Redux
by Bran Noonan

Why Arbitrate? The Benefits and Savings
by Edna Sussman

Departments

Burden of Proof: "Buried, But Not Dead"
by David Paul Horowitz

Planning Ahead: Exoneration Clauses—Not All They're Cracked Up to Be
by Ilene S. Cooper and Robert M. Harper

Point of View: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?
The Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Exception
by Bradley D. Kay

Arbitration: Counsel, Beware
by Paul Bennett Marrow

Presentation Skills for Lawyers: Winning at Trial With a Dynamic PowerPoint Presentation
by Robert Lane and Bruce A. Olson

E-Discovery: Do Ask: Do Tell: Keyword Search Terms
by Steven C. Bennett

Attorney Professionalism Forum

Language Tips

by Gertrude Block

The Legal Writer: Prove Proof It With Revision Re-vision—Part II
by Gerald Lebovits


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