New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins | May 31, 2018
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, employers operating in New York will be subject to sweeping new laws aimed at curtailing sexual harassment in the workplace.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Samuel Estreicher and Holly H. Weiss | May 31, 2018
On May 21, the Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, 584 U.S. ___ (2018). The court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld arbitration agreements that waive employees' rights to bring class arbitration against their employers.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Edward E. Neiger | May 30, 2018
This issue of the Bankruptcy Update focuses on recent restructurings in the shoe industry. The column delves into the bankruptcy proceedings of Aerogroup International, Nine West and The Rockport Co.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Priscilla Lundin | May 25, 2018
The findings of the landmark study of 13,000 currently practicing lawyers by the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation (ABA/Hazelden study) published in the American Bar Journal in 2016 and elsewhere, revealed that between 21 and 36 percent qualified as problem drinkers.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott E. Mollen | May 15, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses NRT New York v. Spell, where an arbitration award denying a brokerage commission was vacated as being arbitrary and violative of public policy.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel | May 1, 2018
In their Rent Stabilization column, Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel, the attorney who successfully argued 'Altman v. 285 West Fourth LLC' in the Court of Appeals on behalf of the landlord, discuss the landmark case, which restored the pre-Altman state of the law and reversed a 2015 decision that effectively re-regulated thousands of deregulated apartments.
The American Lawyer | Expert Opinion
By Brad Hildebrandt and Tony Williams | March 9, 2018
Law firm consultants Brad Hildebrandt and Tony Williams have identified four types of firms competing for the global work that keeps firms the busiest, and they identify which models are working and which have staying power.
National Law Journal | Expert Opinion|Investigation|News
By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2018
A special master looking into potential overbilling in a $75 million attorney fee request has delayed the findings of a report he said could have “serious and far-reaching adverse ramifications” for plaintiffs firms in the case and “for the practice of the plaintiffs' class action bar.”
The American Lawyer | Expert Opinion
By John Wilmouth and Gretta Rusanow | February 7, 2018
Increased demand led to a strong 2017, but expense growth and a lengthened collection cycle tempered profit growth. Strong inventory at year's end bodes well for the start of 2018, Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group's FY 2017 survey of law firms found.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion|Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | November 28, 2017
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Matter of the Application of the City of N.Y.,” a case of interest given the importance of the “project influence rule” and the proliferation of developments which utilized transfers of air rights.
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