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May 09, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Private equity firms have invested almost $1 trillion in hospitals and specialized practices over the last decade and there is no end to this surge in sight. The consequences of this seismic shift upon patient care and costs to the government payers are increasingly drawing scrutiny from industry observers.

By Jeanne Markey and Gary Azorsky

8 minute read

April 17, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The National Urban League's annual State of Black America report reveals an increase in recent years in hate crimes and efforts to change classroom curriculums, attempts to make voting more difficult and extremist views being normalized in politics, the military and law enforcement.

By Gary Fields

6 minute read

April 04, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Liquidated damages clauses are typically (and increasingly) fertile ground for litigation, as evidenced by an extensive and growing body of caselaw on the topic, discussed here.

By Gary M. Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis and Dejan Kezunovic

7 minute read

February 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The legal issues are the same; the evidence is the same; and the controlling law is the same," Associate Justice Anita Earls wrote in the dissent of the order agreeing to rehear the redistricting case. "The only thing that has changed is the political composition of the Court."

By Gary D. Robertson | The Associated Press

4 minute read

January 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The enforceability of undefined terms such as "best efforts" often turns on how the commercial lease is drafted. This article discusses how New York courts interpret and enforce these "efforts" clauses.

By Gary M. Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis and Michael A. Pensabene

7 minute read

January 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The states have a range of laws for reinstating rights to felons. In most states, the ability to seek state or local office coincides with the restoration of voting rights.

By Gary Fields and Josh Funk | The Associated Press

6 minute read

December 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

In a 4-3 ruling with the Democratic justices in the majority, the court on Friday said that while the House map continued to be constitutional, under closer inspection of the Senate map, the trial judges' conclusions on partisan fairness were wrong.

By Gary D. Robertson | The Associated Press

5 minute read

December 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Now there will be those both in our state, and across the country, who will point to our victory tonight and try to use it to argue there is no voter suppression in Georgia," U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock said. "The fact that millions of Georgians endured hours in lines — and were willing to spend hours in line, lines that wrapped around buildings and went on for blocks, lines in the cold, lines in the rain — is most certainly not a sign voter suppression does not exist."

By Ayanna Alexander and Gary Fields | The Associated Press

6 minute read

December 06, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In their Landlord-Tenant Law column, Gary Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis and Zachary Rothken focus on two specific parts of the proposed amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code, which DHCR says are intended to address changes made by the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and court decisions issued since the most recent Rent Stabilization Code amendments in 2014.

By Gary M. Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis and Zachary J. Rothken

7 minute read

October 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Georgia is one of several states where voters will face new hurdles to casting a ballot during the November election under laws passed by Republican-led legislatures following former President Donald Trump's false claims that voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020.

By Sudhin Thanawala and Gary Fields | The Associated Press

7 minute read