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Patricia Kane

Patricia Kane

Patricia Kane is the Courts Editor for the New York Law Journal.

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February 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Virtual Currencies and Illegal Money Transmission

Cyber Crime columnist Peter Crusco discusses the interplay between the virtual currency tide and present day money transmission statutes. He writes: “Today, money transmission statues have been taken out of mothballs to confront a new threat posed by the availability of a new laundering mechanism—the marketing of little-regulated … bitcoins.”

By Peter A. Crusco

9 minute read

February 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Business Divorce Cases of 2018

In recent years, most of the new and noteworthy case law developments in the business divorce field predictably have involved limited liability companies which, as business entities go, are newcomers relative to business corporations and partnerships. Last year bucked the trend.

By Peter A. Mahler and Matthew D. Donovan

11 minute read

February 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Columbia Law School Presents Its 'Medal for Excellence' Award

Columbia Law School presented its Medal for Excellence award to two distinguished alumni at the school's 70th annual winter luncheon.

By Patricia Kane

1 minute read

February 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Yariv Ben-Ari Leaves Akerman, Rejoins Herrick Feinstein

And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.

By Patricia Kane

2 minute read

February 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “Riverwalk on the Hudson v. Culliton;” Comm. United to Protect Theodore Roosevelt Park v. City of N.Y.,” and “Sokolow v. Neumann-Werth.”

By Scott E. Mollen

15 minute read

February 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals to Decide Two Cases With Major Landlord-Tenant Implications

Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss “Collazo v. Netherland Property Assets” and "Maddicks v. Big City Properties" — two cases which outcomes may signal "potentially enormous changes in how practitioners will practice landlord-tenant law."

By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman

13 minute read

February 15, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Nassau County Courts Celebrate Black History Month

The Nassau County Courts black history committee and the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association hosted their annual Black History Month Celebration…

By Patricia Kane

1 minute read

February 15, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Committee on Character and Fitness to Interview Bar Applicants

Interviews will be held on Thursday, February 21.

By Patricia Kane

1 minute read

February 14, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Discoverability of Proffer Interview Notes

Statements made by a defendant to a prosecutor during a “proffer” interview are discoverable in New York, and defendants should demand the notes that prosecutors take during these interviews in order to gauge their accuracy and properly anticipate their use at trial.

By Daniel N. Arshack and Matthew Reisman

8 minute read

February 13, 2019 | New York Law Journal

White-Collar Enforcement After Two Years of Trump

In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert Anello and Richard Albert discuss how the landscape of white-collar criminal enforcement has been altered under the President Trump's pro-business administration.

By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert

10 minute read


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