Columns

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    The Labor Law's Plain Words

    By Raymond C. Green | March 13, 2018

    The Court of Appeals repeatedly teaches that where statutory language is clear and unambiguous, effect is to be given to the plain reading of the words used. The lesson no less serves Labor Law-based actions. Treatment of the subject necessitates questionings.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Recent Developments in State Action Immunity

    By Shepard Goldfein and Karen Hoffman Lent | March 12, 2018

    Antitrust Trade and Practice columnists Shepard Goldfein and Karen Hoffman Lent write: After the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in 2012 and 2015 heightening judicial scrutiny of state action immunity, bipartisan efforts at both the state and federal levels have emerged in an attempt to minimize the potential for misuse of state action immunity, particularly among state professional licensing boards. With the Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments this month in yet another case involving state action immunity, further reform may be on the horizon.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Software Development Goes Awry When the Underlying Agreement Is Ambiguous

    By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown | March 12, 2018

    Technology Law columnists Richard Raysman and Peter Brown write: one of the law's most important functions is to resolve interpretative problems created by the use of ambiguous language in contracts; however, by the time a court is deciding the issue, costly litigation may have taken years. In a recent case in Pennsylvania, parties to a software development and license agreement confronted this unfortunate truth, and both left unsatisfied.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    'Solow v. W.R. Grace & Co.' and the Rebuttable Presumption Test

    By Carlos J. Cuevas | March 12, 2018

    Under what circumstances should an attorney be disqualified from representing another party that is adverse to a present or former client of a former law firm for which the attorney was affiliated?

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Nominating a Guardian Ad Litem Pursuant to SCPA Article 4

    By Raymond Radigan and David R. Schoenhaar | March 9, 2018

    In this Trusts and Estates Law column, Raymond Radigan and David R. Schoenhaar focus on the nomination process of a guardian ad litem in the Surrogate's Court.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Delete at Your Own Risk: How Government Social Media Can Run Afoul of the First Amendment

    By Mark A. Cuthbertson and Matthew DeLuca | March 9, 2018

    While there is an extensive body of law on the First Amendment, New York courts have only addressed government social media in evidentiary disputes. However, recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal district court in Virginia suggest that the rigorous protections afforded to freedom of speech generally extend to the digital realm as well.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Love and Taxes (Pretty Catchy)

    By Joseph Lipari and Aaron S. Gaynor | March 8, 2018

    In this Tax Appeals Tribunal article, Joseph Lipari and Aaron S. Gaynor celebrate the case of a man who was able both to reunite with his high school sweetheart in Paris and also to prevail over the claims of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Suppression of Statement, Punitive Damages Under ADA, Restitution in a Criminal Case

    By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | March 8, 2018

    Eastern District Roundup columnists Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan discuss a decision to suppress defendant's statement to law enforcement made before any 'Miranda' warnings; a decision dealing with issues relating to punitive damages under the Americans With Disabilities Act; and a decision declining to resolve claims of proposed intervenors seeking restitution in a criminal case.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Patterns of Climate Change Litigation During Trump Era

    By Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan | March 8, 2018

    Environmental Law columnists Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan write: Under Barack Obama, climate litigation was mostly industry and red states seeking to block regulations. And now under Donald Trump, it is largely about environmental groups and blue states trying to preserve the rules adopted under President Obama, and to seek novel remedies to get around federal hostility to action on climate change.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Confidentiality Agreements Cannot Restrict a Lawyer's Right to Practice

    By David E. Gottlieb and Hilary J. Orzick | March 8, 2018

    To provide even further confidentiality protection, sometimes a settling party will ask that the complainant's counsel be bound to a confidentiality agreement as well. This raises an important issue: Under the ethical rules, can a claimant's counsel agree to hold information regarding a publicly filed litigation as confidential?

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