Thomas E L Dewey

October 31, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey writes: The Second Circuit, in 'Winston v. Mediafare Entertainment', has recognized that an unexecuted settlement agreement may still be enforceable. Although this rule certainly allows for an oral settlement agreement to be binding on the parties to a litigation, a recent New York district court case suggests that the hurdle remains high for an oral settlement agreement to satisfy the Winston standard.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

9 minute read

July 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey writes: New York courts often enforce unsigned settlement agreements when a party merely swears in open court that it agrees to settle the dispute. But there are other, less common situations in which a party may be bound by an unexecuted settlement, examples of which have arisen recently in New York federal court.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

8 minute read

July 16, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In "The Mother Court," the distinguished trial lawyer James Zirin gives us a richly textured, immensely readable overview of the modern history of the Southern District of New York.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

6 minute read

April 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey, a partner of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky, analyzes a recent opinion that reflects the continuation of the general trend in New York federal courts of incentivizing settlements by making their enforcement predictable and robust, also addressing interesting issues of whether various alleged breaches of the particular settlement agreement were (or were not) material.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

9 minute read

January 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey, a member of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky, writes that the specter of foreign bank violations of U.S. economic sanctions reared its head again in December, and promises by enforcement authorities leave little doubt that more international banks are going to be subject to investigation and potential penalties.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

11 minute read

October 29, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky writes that Electronic Arts Inc., which produced the NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball and NCAA March Madness games, and the Collegiate Licensing Company recently announced that they had agreed to settle claims by putative classes of current and former college athletes whose images, likenesses and names the settling defendants had used without authorization and without compensation.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

13 minute read

August 09, 1999 | Law.com

How many foreign policies can one country afford? Attorney Thomas E.L. Dewey wonders.

By Thomas E. L. Dewey

4 minute read

July 31, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Settlement and Compromise column, Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky partner Thomas E.L. Dewey discusses recent opinions where New York trial courts questioned the terms of the settlement agreements that they ultimately approved, and cases where the trial courts made efforts to reform agreements - and were reversed.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

8 minute read

April 30, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey, a member of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky, reviews the latest twist arising out of one of the most protracted asbestos litigation matters in U.S. history, where the Court of Appeals recently cast serious doubt over the validity of an insurance company's allocation to its reinsurers of a portion of the nearly $1 billion settlement it reached in the underlying coverage action.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

11 minute read

May 16, 2003 | National Law Journal

The latest corporate governance vogue-featured most prominently in a recent report of the Conference Board Commission, a business research and forecasting organization-is to separate the positions of chairman and chief executive officer in order to redress the perceived problem of strong CEOs exerting a dominant influence over their boards.

By Thomas E.L. Dewey

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