Suffolk County Acts on Microbeads as New York State Lags Behind
In her State Environmental Regulation column, Charlotte A. Biblow writes: In joining Erie and Chautauqua Counties in banning the sale of consumer goods containing microbeads, Suffolk County...
View ArticleMarketplace: 51 Astor Place Gets 3 New Tenants
Edward J. Minskoff Equities Inc. at 51 Astor Place has signed several retail contracts recently with Flywheel, Chop't Creative Salad Company and Bluestone Lane Coffee.
View ArticleRealty Law Digest
Scott E. Mollen reviews "Commandeer Realty v. Allegro," where the court found that a first-filed annexation request gets priority over competitors; and "92 Bergenbrooklyn v. Cisarano," where the...
View ArticleRuling Against Sign Code Has Implications for New York
In his Zoning and Land Use Planning column, Anthony Guardino discusses how a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to force local governments to reconsider many of their sign ordinances.
View ArticleNew York State Class Actions in 2015
Thomas A. Dickerson and Leonard B. Austin write: A number of exciting trial court and appellate court decisions were rendered in 2015 interpreting CPLR Article 9, New York State's class action statute....
View ArticleCourts Split on Executive Order 38 Limiting Executive Compensation
In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli reviews the status of court challenges to the Cuomo administration's regulations restricting executive compensation and administrative service expenses at...
View ArticleTurning an Exacting Eye to Physician-Hospital Compensation
In their Federal Civil Enforcement column, Richard Strassberg and William Harrington write that in June 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services issued an "alert" about its concern that...
View ArticleThe Google Books Decision and the Boundaries of Fair Use
In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp found that Google's purpose in copying books is highly transformative, that Google provides a limited public display of text, that its...
View ArticleRound Up of 2015 Developments on Business Practices
In his Law Firm Partnership Law column, Arthur J. Ciampi writes: The year 2015 presented a number of interesting developments concerning law firms and the practice of law. Once again, proving that...
View ArticleDigitization and the Risk, Liability and Property-Casualty Arena
Claire Louis of Strategic Insurance & Risk Solutions and Neil Salters of Park Insurance Company write: Property-casualty insurers must consider if their existing products and services remain...
View ArticleIndividual Accountability Highlights Insurance Issues for Directors, Officers
Jeremy M. King of Olshan Frome Wolosky writes: By now, most directors and officers are aware that last month the Deputy Attorney General set forth new policy for the DOJ that may significantly increase...
View ArticleTapping Insurance Proceeds in Class Actions
David Zensky and Nicholas Adams of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld write: No amount of advance planning can ensure an unimpeded settlement approval where third-party stakeholders are vying for the...
View ArticleAre All Bets Off for Daily Fantasy Sports Liability Coverage?
Lawrence Klein and Aaron F. Mandel of Sedgwick write: Even if daily fantasy sports companies are ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing and permitted to continue operating, the costs to DFS companies to...
View ArticleThe Impact of the ACA on Personal Injury Cases in New York
Stuart Levene and Sean Jackson of Crowell & Moring write: With the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, individuals are now required under the law to obtain health insurance to the extent they are...
View ArticleOvertime Lawsuits by Attorneys Who Perform 'Document Review'
Paul P. Rooney writes that although a recent decision allowing an overtime pay claim by an attorney who engaged in document review to proceed to discovery raises the risks to law firms that use such...
View ArticleUptick in Filings in Precious Metal Mining Sector
In his Bankruptcy Update, Edward E. Neiger discusses precious metal mining bankruptcies, which saw a significant uptick in filings recently as gold prices suffered a substantial drop over the last few...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Addresses Obviousness Issue
In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Robert C. Scheinfeld analyzes two decisions this month in which the Federal Circuit made it clear that patents must sufficiently counter obviousness attacks...
View ArticleThe Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice
Andrew Lavoott Bluestone writes that the statute of limitations in legal malpractice cases is often thought of as impervious. But what has always seemed to be a very strict and narrowly construed...
View ArticleFRCP Amendments Take Effect, Impacting E-Discovery Practice
In their Federal E-Discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss the long-anticipated amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which came into effect Dec. 1, 2015 and...
View ArticleFurther Clarification of Summary Judgment Standard
In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, discuss the "judicial drift" that led to a rule that a moving defendant could establish entitlement to summary judgment by...
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