Lawrence T Gresser

July 15, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Cohen & Gresser partners Lawrence T. Gresser and Karen H. Bromberg write that historically, plaintiffs have had a difficult time showing that they have sustained damages from alleged privacy violations, and this has frustrated most attempts to bring privacy class actions. However, as a recent Seventh Circuit decision shows, the legal landscape may be changing.

By Lawrence T. Gresser and Karen H. Bromberg

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August 27, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Lawrence T. Gresser, co-founder and managing partner of Cohen & Gresser, and Elizabeth F. Bernhardt, counsel at the firm, study the oral arguments, with the benefit of perfect hindsight, to try to see why many commentators erred in their predictions about the outcome of the case and what lessons can be drawn.

By Lawrence T. Gresser and Elizabeth F. Bernhardt

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August 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Lawrence T. Gresser, managing partner of Cohen & Gresser, and Elizabeth F. Bernhardt, counsel to the firm, write that although statistics show a decline in oral arguments, they do not tell us everything we would like to know, such as the proportion of cases in which the parties waived oral argument, or what kinds of issues or parties tend to be screened out in the exercise of the courts' discretion. What we do know that a valuable, time-tested part of our tradition is on a path to extinction in many jurisdictions.

By Lawrence T. Gresser and Elizabeth F. Bernhardt

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