Mordecai Geisler

July 25, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Issues surrounding defamation law have been fixtures in the daily news cycle recently. An inescapable part of such cases are anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statutes that have been passed across the country. New York federal courts, like federal courts around the nation, have had to grapple with the procedural applicability of anti-SLAPP statutes promulgated under state law.

By Mordecai Geisler

7 minute read

March 29, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A discussion of a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board limiting the use of non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements.

By Justin T. Kelton and Mordecai Geisler

7 minute read

January 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Uncertainty has persisted as to how the First Department would apply the tolling period resulting from then-Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Order No. 202.8. Two recent decisions of the Appellate Division, First Department have brought clarity for practitioners and unity among the Judicial Departments.

By Mordecai Geisler

5 minute read

March 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Paul A. Straus, a partner at King & Spalding, and Mordecai Geisler, an associate at the firm, write that a 2007 Second Circuit decision provides a significant tool to help auditors limit their potential liability to statements they have actually made.

By Paul A. Straus and Mordecai Geisler

12 minute read