New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Bindu Nair | December 8, 2022
On Oct. 7, 2022, in what has become a hotly contested decision, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department concluded that the statute repealing New York's Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act is to be given prospective application and not retroactive application. The author writes that the decision "will significantly impact those COVID-19 litigation claims being brought against nursing homes recently in the Empire State by plaintiffs arguing that the repeal of EDTPA was meant to be retroactive."
By Kathryn A. Edwards | December 7, 2022
Estimates based on Census data suggest that long COVID is keeping the equivalent of as many as 4 million working-age adults away from work.
By Colleen Murphy | December 6, 2022
"Now that the public health crisis is subsiding, it is time to put these worker protections into place," said Sen. Joe Cryan, D-Union. "Companies and hedge funds have exploited bankruptcy laws to protect their profits while workers lose their jobs, their paychecks and often get cheated out of severance pay."
By Scott Graham | December 5, 2022
The pharmaceutical companies fired back hard at Moderna's suit Monday with the help of Williams & Connolly; Paul Hastings; McCarter & English and Saul Ewing. They argue that Moderna relinquished its rights by publicly pledging not to enforce its patents during the pandemic.
By Brian Lee | December 5, 2022
The Office of Court Administration—after a push by lawyers from the New York Civil Liberties Union—is establishing a web portal to process requests from the press and public who want to observe virtual civil proceedings in the state Supreme Court.
By Andrew Maloney | December 2, 2022
Profit pressure from rising client discounts is also "driving lawyers hard to increase billable hours" and that could jeopardize talent if it continues, according to a new report.
By Colleen Murphy | December 1, 2022
"We deserve full transparency on how the firms were hired to conduct the review, what they will review or ignore, and the information used to make any determinations," stated Sen. Kristin Corrado, R-Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Will Sylianteng | December 1, 2022
While there have been a number of reasons given for the pushback against codifying, and thus solidifying, the continued use of ACT post-pandemic, most of them lack substance.
By Alaina Lancaster | November 30, 2022
A San Francisco state court judge appeared inclined to overrule San Francisco's attempt to toss out a lawsuit from a group of city workers challenging an employee vaccine mandate.
By Jane Wester | November 30, 2022
Schemes to secure loans through two federal programs allowed the city and state employees and two other defendants to obtain more than $1.5 million, according to Manhattan federal prosecutors.
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