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December 19, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley: American Painters in London

Attorney and art historian David Lenefsky discusses the history of the American artists, Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley, writing “Never again would two American painters anywhere outside the U.S. play such an important role in art history.”
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December 19, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Enemy of the State: Foreign Sovereign Immunity and Criminal Prosecutions after ‘Halkbank’

Now that the Halkbank and In re Grand Jury Subpoena decisions have made clear that foreign sovereign immunity does not prevent DOJ from enforcing grand jury subpoenas through criminal contempt charges, state-owned corporations must understand these risks and incorporate them as the costs of doing business in the United States.
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December 19, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Organic Blooms Injunction Is The Latest Blow to New York’s Troubled Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary Program

The author writes "On Dec. 12, 2024, New York’s troubled Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program suffered yet another body blow, this time in the form of an injunction prohibiting the Office of Cannabis Management from processing applications for which it waived the requirement for municipal notification (and, by extension, securing a location)."
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December 19, 2024 | New York Law Journal

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December 19, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-82

A town justice may accept a position with the town’s highway department and “ghostwrite” a town’s state and federal grant applications for street, sidewalk, sewer, and infrastructure repairs, provided the judge does not personally solicit funds, permit the use of the prestige of judicial office for fund-raising, or permit the judge’s name to appear as the author or signatory on any grant applications.
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December 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Telefónica Maintains State Court Win in $623M Failed Merger Dispute

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York maintained the Latham & Watkins-secured win, finding that a Luxembourgian telecom company couldn't use a missing regulatory approval to walk away from its planned $623 million purchase of Telefónica's Costa Rican business.
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December 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

New York State Bar Outlines 2025 Legislative Priorities, Aiming for Fairness, Equity

Right-to-counsel measures for children, families and immigrants are at the top of the legislative agenda for the New York State Bar Association in 2025.
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December 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Confusion Over Jury's $20M Med Mal Verdict Causes Courthouse Stir

A Nassau County jury was dismissed and preparing to leave the courthouse when it learned an intended $20 million verdict might be entered as $6.5 million.
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December 18, 2024 | National Law Journal

Government Attorneys Are Flooding the Job Market, But Is There Room in Big Law?

“It is truly remarkable how many phone calls we are getting and how many candidates we have on the market right now. I mean, honestly, I have not seen anything like this,” said D.C.-based recruiter Rachel Nonaka at Macrae.
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December 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Breon Peace, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Announces Upcoming Resignation

Carolyn Pokorny, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District, will step in as acting U.S. attorney on his departure.
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