Angela Turturro

November 04, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

What's an attorney's job then? To enter the chaos and bring order—a form of justice, no less.

By Greg Cox

4 minute read

November 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

This article, the first in a series, discusses settling fiduciary accounts informally rather than the fiduciary being compelled pursuant to SCPA §2205 or through the voluntary judicial settlement process as prescribed in the SCPA §2210.

By C. Raymond Radigan and Kera N. Reed

10 minute read

November 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The distinction between medical malpractice and negligence is a subtle one, for medical malpractice is but a species of negligence and no rigid analytical line separates the two. This article will discuss the factors and principles used by the appellate courts in making this distinction.

By Alan W. Clark

23 minute read

November 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

While sometimes difficult to measure, an organization's culture forms an identity that ultimately contributes to growth, or conversely, recession, writes columnist Ioana Good.

By Ioana Good

5 minute read

November 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"Chemerinsky's book is advocacy—great advocacy indeed, that seeks to break down what occurs daily on the court in polarized times. One should definitely read his advocacy."

By Joel Cohen

5 minute read

November 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Are these really "sole proximate cause" defenses or are they an entirely different animal? That threshold question, which may or may not give rise to the same answer for all three variants of the Forbidden Conduct argument, matters.

By Brian J. Shoot

24 minute read

November 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Courbet demonstrated to the next generation of great artists—Manet, Monet, Cezanne and many others—that it is possible to succeed artistically and economically apart from government approval.

By David Lenefsky

10 minute read

November 02, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A recent case by the Appellate Division, Second Department, has reinforced one important distinction between a residential rental tenant, and a shareholder in a cooperative corporation.

By Deborah Koplovitz and Andrew B. Freedland

6 minute read

November 02, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The District Court's holding reverses some of the potentially harmful consequences of the lower court's decision—which, if affirmed, would have undermined the Bankruptcy Code's statutory protections intended to encourage parties to transact with debtors in bankruptcy.

By John J. Rapisardi and Matthew Kremer

10 minute read

November 02, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Following a sweep investigation, financial regulators recently unveiled a string of settlements with large institutions arising out of employees' use of unauthorized or "off-channel" applications such as WhatsApp for business-related communications. A closer look at the settlements reveals some takeaways regarding the regulators' approach to resolving multiple cases with similar issues, and that approach appears to be largely one-size-fits-all, with limited transparency.

By William F. Johnson

15 minute read