By Raymond “Rusty” N. Pomeroy | November 21, 2024
New York City building owners faced with compliance obligations under New York City Local Law 97 of 2019’s strict greenhouse gas emissions caps are finding little relief from the law’s alternate compliance options. Rusty Pomeroy reviews the current state of play for some of Local Law 97’s built-in alternate compliance methods and discusses the DOB’s recent rulemaking establishing the “good faith efforts” requirements.
By Abigail Adcox | November 20, 2024
"The attorney general will be able to stop things from being done a lot easier than making prosecutions where they can't make them," noted one white-collar defense lawyer.
By Scott Mollen | November 19, 2024
Scott Mollen discusses “McConnell Dorce v. City of New York,” and “Roche v. Hochfelder.”
By Patrick Smith | November 19, 2024
If the firm waited any longer for a merger, it may have been vulnerable to the same fate that other New York-founded firms outside the Am Law 50 have seen.
By Jeffrey B. Steiner and Megan Vallerie | November 18, 2024
“Just when you think you’re out, the New York Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) pulls you back in. Since the question at hand is whether or not FAPA can be applied retroactively, a brief trip down memory lane seems fitting.”
By Jeffrey Talbert and Laura Jensen | November 18, 2024
Litigation related to plastics and microplastic pollution is on the rise. Plaintiffs have brought claims under numerous theories of liability. The state of New York’s common law nuisance claims against PepsiCo were recently met with disdain. The court summarily dismissed New York’s case calling it a “predatory lawsuit” that without a statutory claim was “simply policy idealism.” Some parties have raised the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as a statute to regulate microplastics. But is CERCLA really applicable to microplastics?
By Carla-Varriale-Barker and Courtney Dunn | November 18, 2024
Record live event attendance has been driving the need for review of venue liability policies. This article discusses insurance policies, venue liability, and how to navigate negligence claims as crowd sizes continue to soar.
By Sidhardha Kamaraju and Aaron Wiltse | November 14, 2024
When many consider U.S. sanctions, they think about familiar targets like foreign banks and energy companies. But the United States has similarly used sanctions to pursue individuals and entities that operate in the creative arena, like foreign TV networks and movie studios, art collectors and movie producers. Going forward, however, U.S. regulators may find it hard to police creative industries after the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, discussed here.
By Patrick Smith | November 14, 2024
Cravath poached a team from Linklaters while Davis Polk opened a finance practice in London, in a sign of the U.K. market becoming more important for Wall Street firms.
By Joshua S. Bauchner and Frank Custode | November 14, 2024
A discussion of the ways businesses can protect themselves given the dynamic nature of non-compete agreements in light of numerous court actions pertaining to the proposed FTC ban.
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