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January 09, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Contributor Peter Vaira suggests three areas that the practicing bar, in conjunction with state and federal government leaders, should address in 2024.

By Peter Vaira

5 minute read

January 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Some view AI as a significant threat to privacy, national security, workers' rights and intellectual property. While U.S. political leaders, military experts and tech company executives have all engaged in handwringing, the European Union took action to try to tame the AI tiger.

By Peter Brown

8 minute read

December 22, 2023 | New York Law Journal

If you do a lot of business with financial institutions, banks and law firms, you are probably routinely warned about the risks of wire transfers. This article will discuss recommended steps to help avoid your wire transfer from being the target of the unscrupulous, as well as current case law illuminating some issues in the litigation of misdirected and purloined wire transfers.

By Peter A. Crusco

8 minute read

December 21, 2023 | International Edition

He replaces Samer Qudah, who served in the position for four years.

By Peter Shaw-Smith

3 minute read

December 20, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Children aged 13 and under can log in to social media by lying about their age or pretending to be an adult; yet, social media contains vast quantities of content that is inappropriate for very young users. In his Privacy Matters column, Peter Brown discusses how and why 33 states acted together to file a massive litigation against Meta to protect the children in their respective states.

By Peter Brown

9 minute read

December 18, 2023 | International Edition

Eversheds Sutherland and HFW have also made recent hires in the region.

By Peter Shaw-Smith

2 minute read

December 11, 2023 | International Edition

It becomes the first law firm with a significant standing to relocate its regional HQ to the Kingdom from a wider base elsewhere in the GCC.

By Peter Shaw-Smith

3 minute read

December 11, 2023 | International Edition

This is the fourth time the firm has counseled on a UAE IPO in the past 12 months.

By Peter Shaw-Smith

3 minute read

December 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Peter Galasso has previously argued to multiple jurists that AFCs should not be appointed to represent toddlers in child custody cases. Due to the absence of guidance from the Appellate Division, this argument has yet to gain traction in the minds of judges responsible for the appointment of AFCs for toddlers. To safeguard the integrity of the judiciary and to save our clients a substantial amount of money in the process, this misguided practice needs to end.

By Peter J. Galasso

11 minute read

November 29, 2023 | New York Law Journal

When a defendant fails to serve an answer to a complaint, CPLR 3215 provides a mechanism for obtaining a judgment on default by motion. For corporate defendants, this process almost invariably hinges on commencement documents served upon the Secretary of State. But what happens when that office fails to perform its mandated function to promptly forward these documents, as it has admittedly continued to do?

By Michelangelo Macchiarella and ­Peter S. Sanders

8 minute read