Jailbroken: Future of Interoperability Exemptions Under the DMCA
Michael S. Elkin and Thomas P. Lane, partners at Winston & Strawn, write the DMCA empowered the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights to grant limited,...
View ArticleNo Help for Jilted Sellers as Court Sticks With Precedent
In their Real Estate Contracts column, Adam Leitman Bailey, founding partner of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., and John M. Desiderio of the firm question the basis for a recent Court of Appeals ruling and...
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St. John's University has agreed to sell 101 Murray St., close to Battery Park City and Tribeca, to Fisher Brothers and The Witkoff Group for $223 million. The site will be redeveloped into a luxury...
View ArticleRealty Law Digest
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, analyzes recent case law, including a decision where a landlord won dismissal of harassment claims by a tenant and then pursued recovery of attorney...
View ArticleNew Deals
Debevoise, Fried Frank, and Gibson Dunn are advising on an all-stock merger between Media General and New Young Broadcasting that will create a television broadcast company with 30 stations in 27...
View ArticleBenefits of Early Discovery in Defending Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims
In their Trade Secrets column, Brent J. Gurney, Joshua T. Ferrentino and Alexander B. White of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr write: Extensive case law allows defendants to seek a protective...
View ArticleDeposing the Defendant Attorney in a Legal Malpractice Case
Andrew Lavoott Bluestone, an attorney specializing in legal malpractice litigation, writes that all too often, attorney defendants are directed not to answer "expert" questions put to them. This is...
View ArticleLitigating the Effect of 'Comcast v. Behrend'
In his Corporate Litigation column, Joseph M. McLaughlin, a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, writes that underlying the recent high court holding is a broader recognition that the issue of...
View ArticleProviders' Prima Facie Burden, Peer Review Testimony, 'Phantom' Services
In his No-Fault Insurance Wrap-Up, David M. Barshay, a member of Baker Sanders, writes that while there was a time when a plaintiff provider in a no-fault case was required to establish standing as...
View ArticleRecent Partnership Determination on Tax Liability of Non-Resident
In his Tax Appeals Tribunal column, Joseph Lipari, a partner at Roberts & Holland, writes that a recent determination by an administrative law judge demonstrates how the New York Personal Income...
View ArticleLet's Talk: Cooperation With Opposing Counsel Can Contain Discovery Costs
Bruce R. Kaliner, a partner at Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, and Erica J. Dominitz, a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, write: Now that we and, more importantly, our clients, have...
View ArticleSealing and Privilege Cases Address Protecting and Disclosing Information
In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, review recent rulings, including Judge Jack B. Weinstein ordering the unsealing of...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Issues Incomplete Clarification on Class Arbitration
In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig, a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, writes that on June 10, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-awaited decision in 'Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter,'...
View ArticleEditor's Note
A shift in methodology this year resulted in new firms being added to the NYLJ 100 while some slipped off.
View ArticleOur Methodology
The NYLJ 100 ranks the 100 largest firms by number of lawyers in the state of New York. Every private law office in the state is considered, irrespective of where the firm is headquartered or whether...
View ArticleNYLJ 100: Regional Firm Growth Outpaces Larger Firms in 2012
The size of the state's largest law firms has remained steady over the last year, while growth in several regional firms has been significant, according to an analysis of the number of attorneys in the...
View ArticleNew Tax Landscape for Trusts
In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess, CPA-attorney and of counsel at Kostelanetz & Fink, writes that due to new law changes effective in 2013, several of the tax rules for trusts have changed.
View ArticleMarketplace
The Weather Channel is moving its New York City office to 1177 Avenue of the Americas, and Treetop Development has acquired Saxon Hall Apartments at 62-60 99th St., in Queens, for $85.25 million.
View ArticleDefining Control in Transfer Restrictions
In his Transactional Real Estate column, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partners Mitchell L. Berg and Peter E. Fisch write that control in a real estate joint venture can range from total...
View ArticleRealty Law Digest
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, reviews the recent Court of Appeals decision that found the measure of a seller's...
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