Discovery of Social Media Accounts—Current Case Law
In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner and Gail S. Kelner discuss the two-prong analysis courts generally use in determining whether to compel the production of the contents of social media...
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The law firm of DeCorato Cohen Sheehan & Federico is returning downtown after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The full-service civil litigation firm has signed a 15-year lease for the...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Takes on More Intellectual Property Cases
In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Robert C. Scheinfeld writes: The U.S. Supreme Court had a busy 2013-14 term, especially when it came to patent cases, granting a record-breaking six writs of...
View ArticleAttempts to Intervene in Stop-and-Frisk Case Rejected
In their Second Circuit Review column, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss 'Floyd v. City of New York', in which the circuit affirmed a district court order denying a motion by a group of police...
View ArticleAgency Proposes Plan to Manage Aquatic Invasive Species
In her State Environmental Regulation column, Charlotte A. Biblow addresses the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's draft of a plan seeking to prevent the introduction and spread...
View ArticleFighting Back Against Repayment Demands and Offsets
D. Brian Hufford and Jason S. Cowart, partners at Zuckerman Spaeder, discuss the routine practice of insurance companies to enhance their revenue, at the expense of medical providers and their...
View ArticleIranian and Ukrainian Sanctions Impact Insurers
Geoffrey Etherington, a partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer, writes: Depending on their specific provisions, OFAC sanctions may apply to U.S. insurers, reinsurers, insurance agencies and brokers,...
View ArticleCyber Liability Insurance: What Coverage Can You Expect?
Heidi Lawson and Danny Harary of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo write: Despite the fact that there are many kinds of policies that cover "parts" of a cyber-event, the parts that are not...
View ArticleLoophole Leaves Insurers Powerless Against Fraud
Michelle Arbitrio, Abigail Elrod and Steven Frangoulis of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker write: The decisions in 'Grunhut', 'Rodriguez' and 'Salamon' highlight the fact that the courts'...
View ArticleOpinions by Graffeo and Smith Highlight Insurance Law Developments
Evan H. Krinick, managing partner of Uniondale's Rivkin Radler, reviews some of the most significant insurance law opinions of Judge Victoria A. Graffeo and Judge Robert S. Smith, with the goal of...
View ArticleSocial Media and Jury Trials: Where Do We Stand?
Robert B. Gibson and Jesse D. Capell write: Social media research of potential and empaneled jurors is an area of the law that is constantly evolving. A succession of ethical opinions and trial court...
View ArticleFAA Should Step Aside and Let Drone Journalism Take Off
In their Media Law column, Elizabeth McNamara and Samuel M. Bayard write: Without doubt, drones can create legitimate safety concerns, but those concerns need to be balanced with, and should not...
View ArticleEmployment Law Implications of the Ebola Threat
In their Employment Law column, Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas examine the specific legal issues employers may face in industries with a higher risk of exposure to Ebola, when employees travel...
View ArticleSealing a Leaky Domestic Relations Law 235
Peter E. Bronstein writes: It is time that we expand the protection of parties' privacy in matrimonial actions beyond the duty of the clerks to seal the files. It is impossible to get divorced without...
View ArticleProportionality: Rarely Used, Primed for a Return?
In their Federal E-Discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss a rare written decision limiting discovery under the proportionality rule set forth in Fed. R. Civ. P....
View ArticleRecent Decisions on Liability to Non-Patients
In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier write that generally, there must be a physician-patient or a hospital-patient relationship for a legal duty of care to exist, upon...
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TD Bank U.S. Holding Company has signed a long-term lease with SL Green Realty Corp. for TD Bank's regional headquarters at One Vanderbilt, a proposed tower that will stand adjacent to Grand Central...
View ArticleYellowstone Injunctions: Not Always So Routine
After previously writing in their Landlord-Tenant column that Yellowstone injunctions are routinely granted, Warren A. Estis and Michael E. Feinstein discuss how the court in 'LIDC I v. Sunrise Mall'...
View ArticleCombating Terrorist Financing
David I. Miller and Brianna Abrams outline the laws and regulations that govern financial institutions often-unwitting role in terrorist financing, discusses recent civil and criminal action in this...
View ArticleMissing Fish, Obstruction Statute and Prosecutorial Discretion
In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert discuss 'Yates v. United States', the peculiar case of a fisherman prosecuted for obstruction of justice under Section 1519 of...
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