Expert Opinion

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Developments in the Cannabis Industry in NY and at the Federal Level

    By Nikolas Komyati, Tamar Gongadze and Consuelo Mejer | February 1, 2019

    While cannabis remains an illegal substance under federal law, there is legislation pending before Congress that could resolve much of the current uncertainty that surrounds the industry in America. The green wave of legalizing adult-use cannabis may be reaching east coast states sooner than expected.

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Second Circuit Affirms 'ReDigi': No 'Resale' of Digital Music Files

    By Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein | January 30, 2019

    Copyright Law columnists Robert Clarida and Robert Bernstein discuss the Second Circuit's long-awaited ruling in 'Capitol Records v. ReDigi,' a case that raised issues of first impression concerning first sale and fair use in the age of digital music distribution.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis|Expert Opinion

    Court Shifts on Effect of Using Handcuffs During Police Encounters

    By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | January 29, 2019

    In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss how Second Circuit has generally taken the position that the use of handcuffs during 'Terry' stops converts the stop into an arrest, thereby triggering Miranda rights. That is, until its recent decision in 'U.S. v. Fiseku.'

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | January 29, 2019

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses the land use case “Matter of Peyton v. NYC Bd. of Standards and Appeals,” where the court held that an apartment tower's roof garden could not be included in the open space ratio mandate embodied in the NYC zoning resolution.

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    The New Rules of Seeking a Buyout of a Rent-Regulated Tenant

    By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman | January 29, 2019

    In their Rent Regulation column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss how recent changes to the New York City Administrative Code along with a recent decision in the Appellate Term, First Department, have made landowners who seek to buy out the rights of tenants in occupancy face a minefield of requirements and restrictions.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis|Expert Opinion

    Climate Change-Related Losses and Other Event-Driven Litigation Risks

    By Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes | January 28, 2019

    In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes discuss how climate change-related events such as hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires can lead to related securities litigation, creating additional risk for corporations, directors and officers and their D&O insurers. 

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis|Expert Opinion

    Anticipating Another Supreme Court Test for the Affordable Care Act

    By Anthony Michael Sabino and James N. Sabino | January 23, 2019

    When the U.S. Supreme Court validated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the common belief was that the controversy over the constitutionality of the nation's health insurance law was at an end. Few contemplated what might happen if the exaction enforcing the individual mandate was ever removed. That question is now upon us.

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | January 22, 2019

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “225 Huguenot St. Corp. v. Rwechungura,” and “de Socio v. 136 E. 56th St. Owners.”

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis|Expert Opinion

    Recent Decisions Tackle Federal-State Relations

    By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith | January 17, 2019

    In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew Smith discuss recent decisions from the Appellate Divisions, including the recent Second Department decision “People ex rel. Wells v. DeMarco,” which held that state and local law enforcement officers lack authority under New York law to effect arrests for violations of federal civil immigration violations.

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    Realty Law Digest

    By Scott E. Mollen | January 15, 2019

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses “Vizel v. Vitale,” where a lease option to renew was found to be missing an essential element and therefore was held void and unenforceable; and “ABJ Milano LLC v. Howell,” where the respondent was determined to be a rent-stabilized tenant, not a licensee.

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