By Cheryl Miller | December 8, 2022
Supporters of the SAFE Banking Act are frustrated that despite two years of Democratic control of the White House and Congress, lawmakers have been unable to get the key piece of cannabis-related legislation passed.
By Colleen Murphy | December 8, 2022
"This is trying to stop or dissuade lawyers from taking these cases which is what has happened in many other states," said David Mazie of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman. "They reduce litigation because it's not worth it for lawyers to take these risks and bring these cases. At the end of the day, the people who get hurt are those truly hurt by medical malpractice."
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."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | December 7, 2022
John M. Parese, of Buckley, Wynne & Parese and general counsel for Auto Body Association of Connecticut, described tension between auto insurance companies, auto body repair shops and consumers.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Brad Raboin, Avi Gholian and Ian Carleton Schaefer | December 7, 2022
In response to employers' growing reliance on AI, legislative bodies have finally signaled a willingness to more generally regulate AI in the workplace. The first real attempt at wide-ranging regulation will be New York City's Automated Employment Decision Tool Law (the AEDT).
By Cheryl Miller | December 6, 2022
The bill's introduction follows a move by state bar leadership to study a mandatory misconduct reporting rule for lawyers.
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."
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Gary M. Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis and Zachary J. Rothken | December 6, 2022
In their Landlord-Tenant Law column, Gary Rosenberg, Alexander Lycoyannis and Zachary Rothken focus on two specific parts of the proposed amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code, which DHCR says are intended to address changes made by the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and court decisions issued since the most recent Rent Stabilization Code amendments in 2014.
By Cheryl Miller | December 5, 2022
The legislation still needs buy-in from labor groups who have opposed expansion of remote proceedings on a permanent basis.
By Colleen Murphy | December 5, 2022
"Currently, New Jersey does not have a limit or maximum amount permitted on recovery for noneconomic loss, referred to as compensatory damages," read the statement accompanying the bill.
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