Geri S Krauss

July 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal

In an effort to reduce disputes arising from attorneys changing their law firm affiliations and help ensure that client interests are protected in departure situations, on June 30, 2023 the New York City Bar Association issued an opinion that provides detailed and comprehensive guidance with respect to ethical questions that repeatedly arise during the pre-notice and notice periods.

By Geri S. Krauss

12 minute read

January 26, 2004 | National Law Journal

From firm to firm, making partner means vastly different things. An overview of the rights and responsibilities of equity and non-equity partners.

By Geri S. Krauss

9 minute read

April 02, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Geri S. Krauss, founder of Krauss PLLC, write: It is often difficult for litigators who are focused on the merits of their case and positional bargaining to transition to negotiations based on interests and a wide range of options for resolution. This can result in positions being taken which are counter-productive. So, what can litigators do to transform themselves (and their clients), at least for the course of the mediation, from warriors to peacemakers?

By Geri S. Krauss

13 minute read

April 28, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By Geri S. Krauss

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October 21, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Geri S. Krauss, founder of Krauss PLLC, reviews a Rochester Supreme Court decision that dramatically expands the breadth of New York's public policy prohibiting restrictive covenants between lawyers, holding that nonsolicitation provisions contained in a mutual nondisclosure agreement between firms engaged in merger discussions are per se unenforceable, that it is not a breach of fiduciary duty for a partner to engage in preresignation solicitation of nonequity partners to leave the firm as a group and go to a competitor, and that no claim of tortious interference with contract or prospective economic advantage could be brought against the acquiring firm, even where it had signed a nonsolicitation clause.

By Geri S. Krauss

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